Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this module students should be able to:
Demonstrate a knowledge of the characteristics of human language and its development.
Demonstrate a knowledge of high level visual processes that underlie the perception and recognition of faces and bodies
Demonstrate a knowledge of embodied cognition and how it serves social cogntion
Demonstrate an understanding of the different methods by which we study language and cognition and of how these methods relate to each other
Indicative Module Content:
Introduction to methods in psychology and cognitive neuroscience that are used to study language, perception and social cognition
Introduce to human language; its characteristics, development and assumed unique status among animal communication systems
Introduction to social perception, including the perception of faces, bodies, gaze and pointing
Introduction to social cognition, including 'mind reading', perspective taking considered from an embodied perspectice