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UE932 - COGSCI 312 - Comparative cognition
Lieu et planning
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Autre lieu Paris
ENS, 29 rue d'Ulm 75005 Paris
1er semestre / hebdomadaire, mercredi 10:00-12:00
du 23 septembre 2020 au 20 janvier 2021
Description
Dernière modification : 8 avril 2021 11:23
- Type d'UE
- Enseignements fondamentaux de master
- Disciplines
- Psychologie et sciences cognitives
- Page web
- https://cogmaster.ens.psl.eu/en/program/m2-program-13572
- Langues
- anglais
- Mots-clés
- Sciences cognitives
- Aires culturelles
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Intervenant·e·s
- Melissa Berthet [référent·e] contrat postdoctoral, ENS
The course aims to provide students with an overview of the field of comparative cognition and a presentation of its concepts and methods. Starting from a brief presentation of the field, students will be faced with a variety of issues such as communication, sociality, cognitive mechanisms and meta cognition. Each class will be divided into two parts: about ¾ of the class will consist in a lecture by an expert of the field, where students will be invited to discuss and ask questions, and the second part (1/4 of the course) will consist in the discussion of a study, led by one student. Additionally, students will present a mini-project (written report or oral presentation) on a subject of their choice due by the end of the semester, that can take the form of a literature review, research protocol or popularization media (twitter account, blog…). The aim of such a broad overview, combined with the homework, is for students to become aware of the main research questions addressed by the field, and to be able to understand and critically discuss studies in comparative cognition.
Course content to be adapted depending on the evolution of the covid situation
Some classes will be given by a guest speaker.
Introduction to comparative cognition (class 1) - Mélissa Berthet
Presentation of the UE, schedule and expected work
History and main figures of the field
Main methods of observation and experimentation on animals
Vocal communication (class 2) - Mélissa Berthet
Anatomical and neural processes
Vocal learning, flexibility
Syntax, semantics, pragmatics
To read: Suzuki, T. N. (2018). Alarm calls evoke a visual search image of a predator in birds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(7), 1541-1545.
Gestural communication (class 3) - Mélissa Berthet
Gestural learning
Flexibility of the behaviour
Semantics, pragmatics
To read: Kersken, V., Gómez, J. C., Liszkowski, U., Soldati, A., & Hobaiter, C. (2019). A gestural repertoire of 1-to 2-year-old human children: in search of the ape gestures. Animal cognition, 22(4), 577-595.
Learning and memory – Anne-Sophie Darmaillacq (Université de Caen Normandie) [To be confirmed]
Cognition in cephalopods: how to question invertebrates, association learning (through classical and operant conditioning), short and long term memories, prenatal learning (if enough time: tool use, deception, camouflage).
To read: The “prawn-in-the-tube” procedure: What do cuttlefish learn and memorize? Lelia Cartron, Anne-Sophie Darmaillacq, Ludovic Dickel Published in Behavioural Brain Research 2013
Sociality – TBA
TBA
The evolution of social conformity - Guillaume Dezecache (Université Clermont Auvergne)
TBA
Theory of Mind in Infants and Other Animals – Cathal O’Madagain (ENS)
When we see someone smile when they greet us, we recognize they are happy to see us. This is a form of what has been called ‘mind-reading’ - thinking about the thoughts of other agents. How much mind-reading can other animals do? Do they know that others have seen what they have seen? That the world might look differently to others? That others beliefs might be false? We will explore a series of experiments on infants, chimps and corvids.
To read: Krupenye, Kano, Hirata, Call, and Tomasello : Great apes anticipate that other individuals will act according to false beliefs. (Science, 354, 110–114, 2016)
Chemical communication – Patrizia d’Ettorre (Université Paris 13) [to be confirmed]
General principles of chemical communication in animals, including humans;
The most ancient and taxonomically widespread messages: pheromones;
The difference between pheromones and signature mixtures;
Chemical signatures and recognition of identity
To read: Tibbetts, E. A. (2002). Visual signals of individual identity in the wasp Polistes fuscatus. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 269(1499), 1423-1428.
Tool use – Sabrina Krief (Musée de l’homme) [To be confirmed]
What are the types of tool use
What is a culture
What species use tools
Cognition and conservation - Sabrina Krief (Musée de l’homme) [To be confirmed]
TD session - Mélissa Berthet
Presentation of grading sheets
Introduction to scientific communication
Feedback on the students’ mini-projects
Master
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Initiation/introduction
– Sciences cognitives
– M2/S3
Suivi et validation – semestriel hebdomadaire = 4 ECTS
MCC – mini-project, participation orale
Renseignements
- Contacts additionnels
- cogmaster@psl.eu
- Informations pratiques
The complete syllabus of the course is available on the Cogmaster's website. For any information, please contact the secretariat of the Cogmaster.
Registration procedure (external students) : https://cogmaster.ens.psl.eu/en/students/external-students-13501
- Direction de travaux des étudiants
- -
- Réception des candidats
- -
- Pré-requis
None.
Dernière modification : 8 avril 2021 11:23
- Type d'UE
- Enseignements fondamentaux de master
- Disciplines
- Psychologie et sciences cognitives
- Page web
- https://cogmaster.ens.psl.eu/en/program/m2-program-13572
- Langues
- anglais
- Mots-clés
- Sciences cognitives
- Aires culturelles
- -
Intervenant·e·s
- Melissa Berthet [référent·e] contrat postdoctoral, ENS
The course aims to provide students with an overview of the field of comparative cognition and a presentation of its concepts and methods. Starting from a brief presentation of the field, students will be faced with a variety of issues such as communication, sociality, cognitive mechanisms and meta cognition. Each class will be divided into two parts: about ¾ of the class will consist in a lecture by an expert of the field, where students will be invited to discuss and ask questions, and the second part (1/4 of the course) will consist in the discussion of a study, led by one student. Additionally, students will present a mini-project (written report or oral presentation) on a subject of their choice due by the end of the semester, that can take the form of a literature review, research protocol or popularization media (twitter account, blog…). The aim of such a broad overview, combined with the homework, is for students to become aware of the main research questions addressed by the field, and to be able to understand and critically discuss studies in comparative cognition.
Course content to be adapted depending on the evolution of the covid situation
Some classes will be given by a guest speaker.
Introduction to comparative cognition (class 1) - Mélissa Berthet
Presentation of the UE, schedule and expected work
History and main figures of the field
Main methods of observation and experimentation on animals
Vocal communication (class 2) - Mélissa Berthet
Anatomical and neural processes
Vocal learning, flexibility
Syntax, semantics, pragmatics
To read: Suzuki, T. N. (2018). Alarm calls evoke a visual search image of a predator in birds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(7), 1541-1545.
Gestural communication (class 3) - Mélissa Berthet
Gestural learning
Flexibility of the behaviour
Semantics, pragmatics
To read: Kersken, V., Gómez, J. C., Liszkowski, U., Soldati, A., & Hobaiter, C. (2019). A gestural repertoire of 1-to 2-year-old human children: in search of the ape gestures. Animal cognition, 22(4), 577-595.
Learning and memory – Anne-Sophie Darmaillacq (Université de Caen Normandie) [To be confirmed]
Cognition in cephalopods: how to question invertebrates, association learning (through classical and operant conditioning), short and long term memories, prenatal learning (if enough time: tool use, deception, camouflage).
To read: The “prawn-in-the-tube” procedure: What do cuttlefish learn and memorize? Lelia Cartron, Anne-Sophie Darmaillacq, Ludovic Dickel Published in Behavioural Brain Research 2013
Sociality – TBA
TBA
The evolution of social conformity - Guillaume Dezecache (Université Clermont Auvergne)
TBA
Theory of Mind in Infants and Other Animals – Cathal O’Madagain (ENS)
When we see someone smile when they greet us, we recognize they are happy to see us. This is a form of what has been called ‘mind-reading’ - thinking about the thoughts of other agents. How much mind-reading can other animals do? Do they know that others have seen what they have seen? That the world might look differently to others? That others beliefs might be false? We will explore a series of experiments on infants, chimps and corvids.
To read: Krupenye, Kano, Hirata, Call, and Tomasello : Great apes anticipate that other individuals will act according to false beliefs. (Science, 354, 110–114, 2016)
Chemical communication – Patrizia d’Ettorre (Université Paris 13) [to be confirmed]
General principles of chemical communication in animals, including humans;
The most ancient and taxonomically widespread messages: pheromones;
The difference between pheromones and signature mixtures;
Chemical signatures and recognition of identity
To read: Tibbetts, E. A. (2002). Visual signals of individual identity in the wasp Polistes fuscatus. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 269(1499), 1423-1428.
Tool use – Sabrina Krief (Musée de l’homme) [To be confirmed]
What are the types of tool use
What is a culture
What species use tools
Cognition and conservation - Sabrina Krief (Musée de l’homme) [To be confirmed]
TD session - Mélissa Berthet
Presentation of grading sheets
Introduction to scientific communication
Feedback on the students’ mini-projects
-
Initiation/introduction
– Sciences cognitives
– M2/S3
Suivi et validation – semestriel hebdomadaire = 4 ECTS
MCC – mini-project, participation orale
- Contacts additionnels
- cogmaster@psl.eu
- Informations pratiques
The complete syllabus of the course is available on the Cogmaster's website. For any information, please contact the secretariat of the Cogmaster.
Registration procedure (external students) : https://cogmaster.ens.psl.eu/en/students/external-students-13501
- Direction de travaux des étudiants
- -
- Réception des candidats
- -
- Pré-requis
None.
-
Autre lieu Paris
ENS, 29 rue d'Ulm 75005 Paris
1er semestre / hebdomadaire, mercredi 10:00-12:00
du 23 septembre 2020 au 20 janvier 2021