Higher Cognition

PSYC-4620

This course explores three major subdomains of higher cognition: the logic and psychology of reasoning, decision theory and the psychology of decision-making, and game theory, including behavioral game theory. This course takes an integrated approach to provide a unified account of these topics. It also covers the psychological lifecycle across 14 phases. Emphasizing mathematical modeling, the course introduces theories such as mental logic theory, mental models theory, mental metalogic, mental decision logic, and reasoning dynamics.

4 credits
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Cognitive Engineering (4c)
  • Vladislav Daniel Veksler
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