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Because this is a modified mirror of the original it is unlikely to be fully up to date at any given moment. Lecture notes and readings will only be copied here as the lectures occur. Other changes to the original will probabily not make it here until the final day of the course.

Lecture notes & assigned readings
Click on the topic title to view the lecture notes (they will be posted as soon as they are available). 
Some readings are also available here by clicking on the reading title.

Date Topic Lect. Assigned readings
(*available here -- **distributed in class)
26 Feb Welcome & Intro to Applied
Cognition & Neuroscience		 SGC *VanCott, From control systems to knowledge systems  (972 Kb)
 *Flach & Kuperman, The human capacity for work  (1.2 Mb)
28 Feb Road Transport:
The task of driving		 SGC *Groeger, Applying cognitive psychology to driving  (191 Kb)
 *Summala, Traffic psychology theories   (747 Kb)
4 Mar Road Transport:
Learning to drive		 RBI **Dorn, Driver coaching: driving standards higher
6 Mar Road Transport:
Vision & navigation		 JAP ** Warren & Hannon. Direction of self-motion is perceived from optical flow
11 Mar Physiology of Performance I RBI **Nash, Fertile minds
13 Mar Physiology of Performance II RBI **Barret and Sowden,  Psychophysiological methods
18 Mar Aviation & Aerospace:
Basic vision		 JAP TBA
20 Mar Aviation & Aerospace: The Biology Barrier & Cognitive Limits SGC *Roscoe, Adolescence of engineering psychology  (59 Kb)
 *Hitchcock, Pilot performance  (2 Mb)
27 Mar Aviation & Aerospace:
Ground Control & Methods		 SGC *Niessen, Air traffic controller?s picture  (561 Kb)
1 Apr Methods of investigation RBI TBA
3 Apr Methods of investigation:  Methods used in Neuroscience JAP  
8 Apr Review    
  Teaching recess  
29 Apr Neuroscience:  Visual Pathways JAP **Livingstone & Hubel, Segregation of form, color, movement and depth
1 May Neuroscience:  Neurological Disorders JAP TBA
6 May Neuroscience:  Emotion Regulation RBI **Gross, Emotion Regulation
8 May Neuroscience:  Anxiety  Disorders RBI **Le Doux , Emotion, memory and the brain
13 May Forensic Cognitive Psychology SGC *Greenberg, President Bush?s false flashbulb memory  (68 Kb)
*Wells & Loftus, Eyewitness memory for people & events     (1.3 Mb)
*Loftus, Creating false memories  (360 Kb)
15 May Physiology of Learning & Memory RBI **Tsien, Building a brainier mouse
20 May Illusions JAP TBA
22 May Cognition & Design: Ergonomics & Consumer Products SGC *Norman, Emotion & design  (538 Kb)
 *Kreuzbauer, Embodied cognition & new product design  (535 Kb)
27 May Cognition & Design: Knowledge Systems SGC *Myers, A Brief history of HCI technology  (270 Kb)
 *Duderstadt, The future of the university in the digital age  (117 Kb)
29 May Cognition & Design: Virtual Reality JAP TBA
3 June Review   None