- Department: Psychology
- Module co-ordinator: Dr. Silvia Gennari
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: H
- Academic year of delivery: 2018-19
- See module specification for other years: 2017-18
Occurrence | Teaching cycle |
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A | Autumn Term 2018-19 |
The purpose of this module is to explore how we store and retrieve the meaning of thousand of words that we have experienced, and how we process and remember information when watching movies or reading stories. We will start by looking at how we store information about actions and events and the words and expressions linked to this information. Then, we will examine the brain mechanisms underlying this knowledge and the process of encoding and remembering information about words and events.
The course will start by examining theories of knowledge organization with specific reference to actions and events. This involves learning about the meaning of action words as well as the memory representations of actions and events. Then, we will discuss theories of language comprehension, in particular, theories of how semantic information of individual words is retrieved and combined. From there, we will review some behavioural and brain imaging evidence for these theories, uncovering some of the brain mechanisms underlying the understanding, encoding and retrieval of events.
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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University - closed examination Events in Language & Memory |
1.5 hours | 100 |
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Task | Length | % of module mark |
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University - closed examination Events in Language & Memory |
1.5 hours | 100 |
The marks on all assessed work will be provided on e-vision
These marks will be accompanied by module feedback circulated via e-mail.
Students will meet supervisors in wk 6 in AuT, SpT and wk 9 in SuT to discuss their marks
There is no one key reading that is suitable for this course.