COGSCI 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Prosopagnosia
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Assignment #1 - released thursday 9/20, due 9/27. Assignment #2 - released tuesday 10/2, due 10/9. Assignment #3 - released thursday 10/25, due 11/1. Assignment #3 - released thursday 11/8, due 11/15. Assignment #3 - released thursday 11/29, due 12/6. Final exam - december 18 @ 8-10 am. All chicks think that light comes from above, even though they"ve been raised in a world where light comes from below. The idea that the mind is at least in part composed of specialized modules that evolved to solve specific (computational) problems faced by our ancestors. Some aspect may be innate, given that it is localized. Doesn"t necessarily mean it"s innate (part of genetic endowment) Results from monkey experiment (sugita) show that there are both innateness and experience specialization. Monkeys deprived from faces (use other sensory inputs) for either 6, 12, or 24 months. Tested 1 week before, 1 month after, and 12 months after the end of face deprivation.
