2026 Fall
NEU 172L 001 - LEC 001
Cognitive and Computational Lab
Michael Andrew Silver, Frederic E Theunissen
Class #:27370
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Neuroscience
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
8
Enrolled: 42
Waitlisted: 11
Capacity: 50
Waitlist Max: 20
Open Reserved Seats:
8 reserved for Undegraduate Students: Neuroscience Majors
Hours & Workload
1 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 9 hours of outside work hours per week, and 2 hours of instructional experiences requiring special laboratory equipment and facilities per week.
Other classes by Michael Andrew Silver
+ 1 Independent Study
Other classes by Frederic E Theunissen
Course Catalog Description
In this laboratory course, students will be taught the experimental and analytical techniques used by cognitive and computational neuroscientists. Students will learn how to assess humans’ performance in visual and auditory tasks, how to design experiments for testing theories of motor control, and how cognitive processes such as memory and decision-making affect perceptual and motor behavior. Students will also be introduced to computational methods used to analyze the large behavioral and neural data sets that are acquired in systems and cognitive neuroscience. Finally, students will be introduced to the tools of theoretical neuroscience for generating mathematical descriptions of the computations performed by a thinking brain.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Reserved Seats
Reserved Seating For This Term
Current Enrollment
Open Reserved Seats:
8 reserved for Undegraduate Students: Neuroscience Majors
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
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