Syllabus
1) Memory and knowledge representation; spatial orientation; hippocampus.
2) Introduction into behavioral sciences, ethology. Imprinting, habituation, sensitization, operant and classical conditioning. Learning at the level on neurons and synapses.
3) Brain research methods
4) Motor system: oculomotor system, spinal cord, cerebellum, motor cortex, basal ganglia. Walking robots.
Annotation
This course gives an introduction into computational neuroscience and cognitive psychology. The second term will focus primarily on memory systems, spatial cognition and motor systems, and also neural and behavioral learning.
The lecture will be given in Czech language in 2016/7 and in English language in 2017/8.