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Objectives of this course is to provide insight into current topics in Cognitive Psychology. This include the relation between psychology and ethology, contemporary approaches to Intelligence and decision making, Cognitive illusions and biases and  emotionality.
 
Objectives of this course is to provide insight into current topics in Cognitive Psychology. This include the relation between psychology and ethology, contemporary approaches to Intelligence and decision making, Cognitive illusions and biases and  emotionality.
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== News ==
 
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Online education is held by MS Teams Meetings
 
  
 
== Course schedule ==
 
== Course schedule ==
Riadok 20: Riadok 17:
 
|Tuesday
 
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|16:30 - 19:00
 
|16:30 - 19:00
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|Online (MS Teams)
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|I-23
 
|Tomáš Gál (tomas.gal at uniba.sk)
 
|Tomáš Gál (tomas.gal at uniba.sk)
 
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== Syllabus ==
 
== Syllabus ==
 
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!colspan="4"|Current Trends in Cognitive Psychology, Summer 2020
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!colspan="4"|Current Trends in Cognitive Psychology, Summer 2023
 
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|Thema
 
|Thema
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|Introduction
 
|Introduction
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|Methodology
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|15. 2.  
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|14. 2.  
 
|[https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/51087041.pdf Validity and Rentability in Quantitative and Qualitative Research]
 
|[https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/51087041.pdf Validity and Rentability in Quantitative and Qualitative Research]
 
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|Projects brainstorming
 
|Projects brainstorming
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|Methodology
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|22. 2.
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|21. 2.
 
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXQ2lO3ieBA Project managemant ]
 
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXQ2lO3ieBA Project managemant ]
 
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|From Ethology to Psychology (1)
 
|From Ethology to Psychology (1)
 
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|1. 3.
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|28. 3.
 
|[http://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(09)01597-8.pdf Are bigger brains better?]
 
|[http://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(09)01597-8.pdf Are bigger brains better?]
 
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|From Ethology to Psychology (2)
 
|From Ethology to Psychology (2)
 
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|8. 3.
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|7. 3.
 
|[https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms9398.pdf The foundations of the human cultural niche]
 
|[https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms9398.pdf The foundations of the human cultural niche]
 
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|Perception
 
|Perception
 
|[https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/videos/what-is-it-like-to-have-synesthesia-333640 What is it like to have synesthesia?]
 
|[https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/videos/what-is-it-like-to-have-synesthesia-333640 What is it like to have synesthesia?]
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|15. 3.
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|14. 3.
 
|[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262764745_Why_study_synesthesia_What_can_that_teach_us_about_ourselves Why Study Synesthesia?]
 
|[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262764745_Why_study_synesthesia_What_can_that_teach_us_about_ourselves Why Study Synesthesia?]
 
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|Thinking Slow & Fast
 
|Thinking Slow & Fast
 
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|22. 3.
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|21. 3.
 
|[https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/117/4/1924.full.pdf What music makes us feel]
 
|[https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/117/4/1924.full.pdf What music makes us feel]
 
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|Affective and Cognitive Empathy
 
|Affective and Cognitive Empathy
 
|[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwudSU6HldSKZzZZZ2FISUhFbG8/view?usp=sharing About Arguments]  
 
|[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwudSU6HldSKZzZZZ2FISUhFbG8/view?usp=sharing About Arguments]  
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|29. 3.
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|28. 3.
 
|[https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00085/full  Neuroanatomical and Functional Correlates of Cognitive and Affective Empathy in Young Healthy Adults]
 
|[https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00085/full  Neuroanatomical and Functional Correlates of Cognitive and Affective Empathy in Young Healthy Adults]
 
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|Memory
 
|Memory
 
|[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwudSU6HldSKc0ZxSHBkS2Jld0k/view?usp=sharing Tali Sharot, about biases]
 
|[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwudSU6HldSKc0ZxSHBkS2Jld0k/view?usp=sharing Tali Sharot, about biases]
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|5. 4. (*)
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|4. 4. (*)
 
|[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982211011912 Optimism Bias]
 
|[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982211011912 Optimism Bias]
 
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|Some words about the Concept on Intelligence
 
|Some words about the Concept on Intelligence
 
|[https://www.ted.com/talks/alex_wissner_gross_a_new_equation_for_intelligence A new Equation for Intelligence]
 
|[https://www.ted.com/talks/alex_wissner_gross_a_new_equation_for_intelligence A new Equation for Intelligence]
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|12. 4.
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|18. 4.
 
|[https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0191582 Brain entropy and human intelligence]  
 
|[https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0191582 Brain entropy and human intelligence]  
 
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|Cognitive Illusions
 
|Cognitive Illusions
 
|[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/The_Cognitive_Bias_Codex_-_180%2B_biases%2C_designed_by_John_Manoogian_III_%28jm3%29.png Infographic], Text
 
|[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/The_Cognitive_Bias_Codex_-_180%2B_biases%2C_designed_by_John_Manoogian_III_%28jm3%29.png Infographic], Text
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|19. 4. (*)
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|25. 4. (*)
 
|[http://affectivebrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/models_aff_dm.pdf Models of Affective Decision Making]
 
|[http://affectivebrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/models_aff_dm.pdf Models of Affective Decision Making]
 
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|Cognitive Biases
 
|Cognitive Biases
 
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|26. 4.
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|2. 5.
 
|[https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05259-5 Making biases to do something useful]
 
|[https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05259-5 Making biases to do something useful]
 
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|Practical enhancements
 
|Practical enhancements
 
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|3. 5.
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|10. 5.
 
|[https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-58831-9.pdf Psychology of Human-Machine-Interface]
 
|[https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-58831-9.pdf Psychology of Human-Machine-Interface]
 
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|Project presentations
 
|Project presentations
 
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|10. 5.
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|17. 5.
 
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== Supplemental reading and references ==
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== Supplemental reading and references (used by lecturer for preparation) ==
 
* Goleman, D. (2006), Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
 
* Goleman, D. (2006), Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
 
* Sacks, O. (2013) Hallucinations, Vintage
 
* Sacks, O. (2013) Hallucinations, Vintage
 
* Steenberger, R. (2018) The Gaslighting Effect: A Revealing Look at Psychological Manipulation and Narcissistic Abuse, Independently Published,
 
* Steenberger, R. (2018) The Gaslighting Effect: A Revealing Look at Psychological Manipulation and Narcissistic Abuse, Independently Published,
 
* Priest, H. (2019) BIASES and HEURISTICS : The Complete Collection of Cognitive Biases and Heuristics That Impair Decisions in Banking, Finance and Everything Else, Independently Published,
 
* Priest, H. (2019) BIASES and HEURISTICS : The Complete Collection of Cognitive Biases and Heuristics That Impair Decisions in Banking, Finance and Everything Else, Independently Published,
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* Harmon-Jones, E. (2019) Cognitive Dissonance: Reexamining a Pivotal Theory in Psychology,  ‎ American Psychological Association,
 
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* Priest, H. (2019) BIASED: 50 Powerful Cognitive Biases That Impair Our Judgment, Independently Published,
 
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* Demetriou, A., Spanoudis, G. (2018) Growing Minds: A Developmental Theory of Intelligence, Brain, and Education, Routledge
 
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* Fields, K., Burnett, C., Mance, M. (2018) Big Questions in Creativity 2018: A Collection of First Works, ICSC Press,
 
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* Ecker, U. (2012) Objects in Context: The Neurocognitive Representation, Binding, and Processing of Object and Context Features in Recognition Memory - An Electrophysiological Approach, AV Akademikerverlag,
 
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* Mercier, H. (2020) Not Born Yesterday: The Science of Who We Trust and What We Believe, Princeton University Press,
 
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* Simler, K., Hanson, R. (2018) The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life, Oxford University Press,
 
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* Barrett, L. (2018) How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain, Harper
 
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* Faraj, M. J., (1990) Visual Agnosia: Disorders of Object Recognition and What They Tell Us about Normal Vision, The MIT Press
 
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* Levitin, D. J. (2015) The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload, Dutton,
 
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* Geary, D. C. (2009) Male, Female: The Evolution of Human Sex Differences, American Psychological Association,
 
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* Goldberg, E. (2005) The Wisdom Paradox: How Your Mind Can Grow Stronger As Your Brain Grows Older, Gothamm
 
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* Aral, S. (2020) The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health--and How We Must Adapt, Currency,
 
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* Kurzweil, R. (2014) How to Create a Mind, Gerald Duckworth & Co.,
 
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* Dahaene, S. (2005) From Monkey Brain to Human Brain: A Fyssen Foundation Symposium, A Bradford Book,
 
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* O'Boyle, C., G. (2006) History of Psychology: A Cultural Perspective, Psychology Press
 
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* Lamberts, K., Shanks, D. (2016) Knowledge Concepts and Categories, Routledge
 
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* Kaufman, S. B. (2013) Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined, Basic Books,
 
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* Reisberg, D. (2018) Cognition: Exploring the Science of the Mind, W. W. Norton & Co.,
 
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* Pinker, S. (2019) Enlightenment Now, Penguin
 
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* Gibson J. J., (2014) The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception, Psychology Press
 
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* Houghton, D. P. (2017) Political Psychology: Situations, Individuals, and Cases,
 
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* Jackson Harris, R., Sanborn, F. W. (2013) A Cognitive Psychology of Mass Communication, Routledge,
 
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* Nisbett, R. E. (2004) The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently...and Why, Free Press,
 
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* Shermer, M. (2012) The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies---How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths, St. Martin Press,
 
 
* KAHNEMAN, D. (2011) Thinking, fast and slow. Macmillan,
 
* KAHNEMAN, D. (2011) Thinking, fast and slow. Macmillan,
 
* GOLDBERG, E. (2009): The New Executive Brain, Oxford, Oxford University Press,
 
* GOLDBERG, E. (2009): The New Executive Brain, Oxford, Oxford University Press,
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== Course grading ==
 
== Course grading ==
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Semestral evaluation: active participation by sending resumes of provided texts. See progress [https://liveuniba.sharepoint.com/:x:/s/CurrentTrendsinCognitivePsychology2022/EfXM0_XfctRHm9525zfRunoBUxDum6EX7EkvQVHXe6m6rw?e=tZBI2S here].  
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Semestral evaluation: active participation by sending resumes of provided texts. Resume should be send by email till the Sunday preceding course meeting.
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See progress [https://liveuniba.sharepoint.com/:x:/s/CurrentTrendsinCognitivePsychology2022/EfXM0_XfctRHm9525zfRunoBUxDum6EX7EkvQVHXe6m6rw?e=tZBI2S here].  
  
 
Exam: project presentation at coloquium.  
 
Exam: project presentation at coloquium.  
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'''Projects / Essays'''
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'''Projects / Presentations'''
  
 
It is welcome if seminary project corresponds, or is related, to the topic of the yearly project or special project of interest.  
 
It is welcome if seminary project corresponds, or is related, to the topic of the yearly project or special project of interest.  
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Given the situation with the pandemic, it is understandable if the research cannot be carried out with participants.  
 
Given the situation with the pandemic, it is understandable if the research cannot be carried out with participants.  
  
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Project should be presented in 10-15 minutes. Expected date of presentations is May 10th.
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Project should be presented in 10-15 minutes. Expected date of presentations is May 17th.
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If participant is unable to implement any project related to psychological or similar research, he / she can end the semester with an essay in the range of 8-10 pages.
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Aktuálna revízia z 21:55, 20. august 2023

Current Trends in Cognitive Psychology 2-IKV-141

Objectives of this course is to provide insight into current topics in Cognitive Psychology. This include the relation between psychology and ethology, contemporary approaches to Intelligence and decision making, Cognitive illusions and biases and emotionality.

Course schedule

Type Day Time Room Lecturer
Seminar Tuesday 16:30 - 19:00 I-23 Tomáš Gál (tomas.gal at uniba.sk)

Syllabus

Current Trends in Cognitive Psychology, Summer 2023
Thema Presentation Scheduled date Materials
Introduction 14. 2. Validity and Rentability in Quantitative and Qualitative Research
Projects brainstorming Methodology 21. 2. Project managemant
From Ethology to Psychology (1) 28. 3. Are bigger brains better?
From Ethology to Psychology (2) 7. 3. The foundations of the human cultural niche
Perception What is it like to have synesthesia? 14. 3. Why Study Synesthesia?
Thinking Slow & Fast 21. 3. What music makes us feel
Affective and Cognitive Empathy About Arguments 28. 3. Neuroanatomical and Functional Correlates of Cognitive and Affective Empathy in Young Healthy Adults
Memory Tali Sharot, about biases 4. 4. (*) Optimism Bias
Some words about the Concept on Intelligence A new Equation for Intelligence 18. 4. Brain entropy and human intelligence
Cognitive Illusions Infographic, Text 25. 4. (*) Models of Affective Decision Making
Cognitive Biases 2. 5. Making biases to do something useful
Practical enhancements 10. 5. Psychology of Human-Machine-Interface
Project presentations 17. 5.

Supplemental reading and references (used by lecturer for preparation)

  • Goleman, D. (2006), Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
  • Sacks, O. (2013) Hallucinations, Vintage
  • Steenberger, R. (2018) The Gaslighting Effect: A Revealing Look at Psychological Manipulation and Narcissistic Abuse, Independently Published,
  • Priest, H. (2019) BIASES and HEURISTICS : The Complete Collection of Cognitive Biases and Heuristics That Impair Decisions in Banking, Finance and Everything Else, Independently Published,
  • KAHNEMAN, D. (2011) Thinking, fast and slow. Macmillan,
  • GOLDBERG, E. (2009): The New Executive Brain, Oxford, Oxford University Press,
  • STAINTON, R. J. (2005) Contemporary debates in Cognitive Science. Oxford, Blackwell,
  • STERNBERG, R. J., STERNBERG, K. (2011) Cognitive Psychology. Belmont, Wadsworth (6ed)

Course grading

Semestral evaluation: active participation by sending resumes of provided texts. Resume should be send by email till the Sunday preceding course meeting. See progress here.

Exam: project presentation at coloquium. Projects / Presentations

It is welcome if seminary project corresponds, or is related, to the topic of the yearly project or special project of interest. In this case, the project may focus on theoretical or methodological part and / or a presentable research design. Given the situation with the pandemic, it is understandable if the research cannot be carried out with participants.

Project should be presented in 10-15 minutes. Expected date of presentations is May 17th.

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