Calendar
Note that linked materials for each topic are for class preparation. Please review these materials before class. I am not afraid of awkward silences. :)
Feel free to bulk download all readings here.
Onboarding
- Jan 17
- Welcome
- Come with curiosity about the brain.
- Jan 19
- What is cognitive neuroscience?
- Cognitive neuroscience: Origins and promise.
- Updated view.
- Jan 24
- What is empiricism?
- Big data vs. big theory.
- Hypothesis- & data-driven neuro. modeling.
- Jan 26
- Jan 31
- How to form and test a hypothesis?
- If deep learning is the answer, what is the question?
- Scientific hypothesis-testing strengthens neuroscience research.
- Feb 2
- The structure of a scientific paper
- 10 simple rules for reading a scientific paper.
- 10 simple rules for structuring papers.
Empiricism + theory complement one another
- Feb 7
- Linking empiricism to theory
- Theory before the test
- Feb 9
- Paper presentations: Day 1 Due
- DIY (you choose)
- Feb 14
- Paper presentations: Day 2 Due
- DIY
- Feb 16
- Paper presentations: Day 3 Due
- DIY
Neuroscientific tools
- Feb 21
- The importance of behavior
- Neuroscience needs behavior
- Feb 23
- fMRI introduction
- A Hitchhiker’s guide to functional magnetic resonance imaging
- Feb 28
- fMRI advantages and limitations
- What we can do and what we cannot do with fMRI
- March 2
- Open science and closed science
- Estimating the reproducibility of psych.
- March 7 + March 9
- SPRING BREAK
- Have fun
- March 14
- Brainstorming with others
- Come prepared with coarse ideas of what catches your interest.
Ethics and the value of uncertainty
- March 16
- Blindspots and statistical pitfalls
- Neural correlates … in the post-mortem Atlantic Salmon
- March 21
- R crash course
- March 23
The creativity of science- March 28
- The idea of a “right” answer
- All models are wrong: reflections on becoming a systems scientist.
Engaging with the scientific process
- March 30
- Reviewing the literature Due
- Prepare lit. review pres.
- April 4
- Hypothesizing Due
- Prepare hypothesis pres.
- April 6
- Designing an experiment Due
- Prepare exp. design pres.
- April 11
- Predicting results Due
- Prepare predicted results pres.
- April 13
- SPRING CARNIVAL
- Celebrate Spring!
- April 18
- Drawing conclusions and implications Due
- Prepare conclusions pres.
- April 20
- Poster practice Due
- Practice poster and be ready to give feedback to fellow classmates.
- April 25:
- Poster practice Due
- Practice poster and be ready to give feedback to fellow classmates.
Fin~
- April 27
- Retrospective + creativity in science {Guest speaker}
- Night science. S1E1.