UE909 - COGENG 302 - Augmented cognition

Intervenant·e·s

• Sophie Bouton [référent·e]   chargée de recherche, CNRS

The brain is a learning device. A well-developed brain gives to human unprecedented flexibility and adaptability. The aim of this course is to present key intervention schemes in several areas of neuroscience and cognitive engineering to show how neuroplasticity can be harnessed to (1) help recovering from neurological damage (sensory deficits, genetic diseases, stroke, etc.) via directly intervening on the material substrate (cochlear implants, stimulation, neurofeedback, gene therapies, etc.), (2) to acquire new skills or knowledge through education or training, or (3) to support cognition by modifying or reshaping the social and technical environment (design, urban planning, nudge, artefacts, etc.). The course will insist on evidence-based approaches of cognitive repair, cognitive remediation and enhancement. The course will also emphasize the many challenges that theses intervention schemes face in assisting, repairing or improving human cognition.

+ Class 1

Instructor: S. Bouton. Introduction to neuroplasticity.

Repairing (hardware)

+ Class 2

Instructor: Sid Kouider. Brain-Computer Interface & neurofeedback.

+ Class 3

Instructors: Silvia Marchesotti. Repairing abnormal neural oscillations in people with dyslexia through brain stimulation.

+ Class 4

Instructor: Anne-Catherine Bachoud-Lévi. Repairing cognitive functions with innovative techniques.  ***cours en français***

Improving (software)

+ Class 5

Instructor: Charlotte Jacquemot. Interventional neuropsychology.

+ Class 6

Instructor: Christian Lorenzi. Hearing loss: what can be done? 

+ Class 7

Instructor: Claudia Lunghi. Training vision in the case of alteration or impairment.

+ Class 8

Instructor: Franck Ramus. Application of cognitive science to education.

Assisting (environment)

+ Class 9

Instructor: Bruno Berberian & Valerian Chambon. Mediated agency for human machine interface.

+ Class 10

Instructor: Emma Vilarem. Social behavior in urban contexts.

+ Class 11

Instructor: Coralie Chevallier & Mariam Chammat. Nudging the social mind.

+ Class 12

Instructor: Giuseppe Attoma Pepe & Roberto Casati. Smart environments.

+ Class 13

Final exam.