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Colunga, Eliana

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  • word learning, computational modeling, neural networks

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  • CSCI 7000 - Current Topics in Computer Science
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2023
    Covers research topics of current interest in computer science that do not fall into a standard subarea. May be repeated up to 18 total credit hours.
  • NRSC 4011 - Senior Thesis
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2024
    Senior Thesis credits are available for students during the semester that they write and defend a departmental Honors Thesis. A neuroscience honors thesis must be based on an empirical research project that the student directs/participates in under guidance from a faculty member. Contact the neuroscience director for further information.
  • PSYC 4011 - Senior Thesis
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2020 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2026
    Critically reviews some aspect of psychological literature, scholarly analysis of a major psychological issue, and/or empirical research project. See the psychology honors director for further information.
  • PSYC 4145 - Advanced Cognitive Psychology
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2024
    Advanced course in human cognitive processes. Covers key aspects of cognition, such as perception, attention, learning, memory, language and thinking. Discusses major theories and ideas in terms of the research they have inspired. Emphasis varies with instructor. One lab per week and a research project is required. Same as PSYC 5145.
  • PSYC 4655 - Community-based Research and Design
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2025
    There is a growing recognition that in designing products, interventions, and systems, it is critical to involve the people who will be using those products, experiencing those interventions, and participating in those systems. The field of developmental psychology studies how people grow, change, and adapt over time. The fields of participatory and design research combine methods from different disciplines to guide design and implementation. In this course, you will collaborate with local community partners to design, prototype, implement, and refine a learning experience for young children. By the end of this class you will be able to combine theory- and evidence-based principles from cognitive development with methods and tools from community-based and participatory research to create and evaluate a design product. Recommended prerequisite: PSYC 3684.
  • PSYC 5685 - Research Methods Proseminar
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2020
    Main topic is research methods in cognitive psychology, with an emphasis on experimental methods. Skills and knowledge will be gained that are necessary to A) critically evaluate existing research and B) design, conduct, analyze and write up experimental studies. Required for graduate students in Cognitive Psychology. May be repeated up to 4 total credit hours.
  • PSYC 5815 - Language Proseminar
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2020 / Spring 2024
    Introduction to research on human language. A required proseminar for Cognitive Psychology Ph.D. students. Covers research at the cognitive, neural, and computational levels. Addresses phenomena at the levels of phonology, grammar, and meaning. Emphasizes interrelationships between language and other domains of cognition (perception, memory, executive function). May be repeated up to 4 total credit hours.
  • PSYC 6605 - Cognitive Psychology Research Update
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2024 / Spring 2025
    Provides summaries of current research by graduate students and faculty members in the Cognitive Psychology program in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience. Professional Development issues relevant to cognitive psychologists will also be discussed. Graduate students in all programs and advanced undergraduates welcome with instructor consent. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours.
  • PSYC 7215 - Seminar: Experimental Psychology
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2023
    Advanced seminar dealing with different specialized topics, at the discretion of the instructor, in different years. Topics chosen are within the broad range of experimental psychology. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours.

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