85-363 Attention, Its Development and Disorders

9 units, Carnegie Mellon University

TThis seminar will discuss a broad range of topics pertaining to the study of human attention, including theoretical frameworks and biological foundations of human attention interrelationship between attention and other aspects of cognition such as perception, memory, and executive functions development of attention in infancy and childhood biological and psychological foundations of attention disorders. Students will be expected to read original research articles, lead and participate in class discussions, and complete a term paper.

Prerequisites: 85-221 or 85-211

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