Valid for: 2016/17
Decided by: Education Board A
Date of Decision: 2016-04-05
Main field: Technology.
Compulsory for: C1, D1, D3
Elective for: BME4, E4, Pi4
Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish
The course aims to give fundamental insight about the human being as a knowledge and information being as well as getting insight into cognition science as a discipline.
Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must
Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must
Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must
The course introduces fundamental concepts from cognitive
science, such as perception, learning and memory, concept
formation, communication, etc. It presents different levels of
description that are used in studies on information processes in
human beings: the neurocognitive (with e.g. neural network models),
the psychological, the social cognitive and the communication
theoretical levels of description. The last-mentioned addresses
common human dialogue as well as the role of technology for human
communication and human-computer communication.
The second part of the course amounts to applying, and
simultaneously further developing, some of the obtained knowledge
about cognition. In this, second, part issues about the design of
artefacts in human environments in particular technical systems and
products are studied. A short introduction is given to the domain
of human-machine interaction in relation to cognitive science, as
well as an introduction to a cognitive perspective on design. The
relation between automatic and conscious processes, and the role of
these kinds of processes in human-technology contexts, are central
themes. A number of design principles and their cognitive
background are presented and discussed. Furthermore, the theme of
individual cognitive variation e.g. visual versus verbal styles of
thinking and the consequences of individual cognitive variation on
the design of technology is treated.
Grading scale: TH
Assessment: Compulsory assignments.
The number of participants is limited to: No
Course coordinator: Annika Wallin, annika.wallin@lucs.lu.se
Course homepage: http://www.lucs.lu.se/