Week 1

Tuesday, 25 Jan | Introduction, syllabus, course setup

• Readings : [How to read a scientific paper]
• In class activity : What is an event?

Thursday, 27 Jan | Memory (episodic) as a product of experience: remembering the past, predicting the future

• Readings : [Schachter et al., (2007)] [TS/IS Chapter 1: They say]
• In class activity : Identifying and defining a thesis

Week 2

Tuesday, 1 Feb | Event segmentation: incorporating the past to make predictions for processing of ongoing experience

• Readings : [Zacks & Swallow, 2007] [Reading games: Strategies for reading scholarly sources by Karen Rosenberg]
• In class activity : Reading strategy 1: section focus
• Assignment (due 2 Feb) : Diagnostic essay

Thursday, 3 Feb | Is episodic memory uniquely human?

• Readings : [Clayton & Dickinson (1998) and explanation from brain science podcast] [TS/IS Chapter 2: The art of summarizing]
• In class activity : Plagiarism & summarizing

Week 3

Tuesday, 8 Feb | Fidelity of episodic memory: are event memories faithful representation of experience?

• Readings : [Brainerd & Reyna, 2002] [Business Insider article by Lindsay Dodgson]
• In class activity : Structuring essay, answering prompt, outline

Thursday, 10 Feb | Fidelity of episodic memory: what can we learn from rats

• Readings : [Ramirez et al., 2013]
• In class activity : Outlining & In-class discussion

Week 4

Tuesday, 15 Feb | Fidelity of episodic memory: real-world implications

• Readings : [abc news by Lucia Osborne-Crowley] [Elixabeth Loftus’ TED talk]
• In class activity : Purpose, Audience, and Tone
• Assignment (due 16 Feb) : Assignment 2

Thursday, 17 Feb | Cognitive map: how do we organize memory?

• Readings : [Deuker et al., 2016]
• In class activity : Mind mapping in Jamboard

Week 5

Tuesday, 22 Feb | Cognitive map: importance for social communication and interactions

• Readings : [Rice et al., 2017]
• In class activity : Paragraph organization and structure

Thursday, 24 Feb | Peer review day

• Readings : (Fun read) Maguire et al., 2000
• In class activity : Guess the argument. This exercise won the John S. Knight Award honorable mention.

Week 6

Tuesday, 1 Mar

February break - no class

Thursday, 3 Mar | Neuro Behavior debate - introduction

• Readings : [Cushman, 2020] [Niv, 2021] [TS/IS Chapter 4: “Yes/ No/ Okay, But” Three ways to respond]
• In class activity : Debate introduction.
• Assignment (due 4 Mar): Assignment 3

Week 7

Tuesday, 8 Mar | Neuro Behavior debate - class preparation

• Readings : TS/IS Chapter 5: And yet - Distinguishing what you say from what they say

Thursday, 10 Mar | Neuro Behavior debate - debate day!

• Readings : (Fun read) Maguire et al., 2000
• In class activity : Guess the argument. This exercise won the John S. Knight Award honorable mention.