- Course Code
- PS 3519
- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Dr D Pearson
Pre-requisites
(except Neuroscience students) PS 3011, PS 3012 and
PS 3014. Neuroscience students: PS 3012 and PS 3014.
Co-requisites
(except Neuroscience students): PS 3517 and PS 3518.
Notes
This course can only be taken by students pursuing either an Honours, Behavioural Studies or Designated Degree Programme in Psychology or an Honours or Designated Degree Programme in Neuroscience.
Overview
The memory component of the course examines the cognitive study of human learning and memory; the modal and working memory models; the application of memory models to everyday cognition. The language component of the course examines cognitive mechanisms underlying sentence processing and production, and higher level processes of language comprehension.
Structure
12 week course - 1 lecture per week and two workshops during the course.
Assessment
1st Attempt: 1 ninety-minute written examination (75%) and in-course assessment (25%).