Lehre

Winter Semester 2025/2026

Bachelorpropädeutikum Kognitive Neurowissenschaften - EinzelansichtExterner Link

  

Here you will find additional Material for the Bachelor of Science Lectures:

Link to the Script of the Biological Psychology LectureExterner Link

Link to the example questions and topics for the Biological Psychology Exam I (winter semester)Externer Link

Link to the additional example questions and topics for the Biological Psychology Exam I NebenfachExterner Link

Link to the example questions and topics for the Biological Psychology Exam II (summer semester)Externer Link

Link to the Topics for the oral exampdf, 42 kb Biological Psychology I (winter semester)

Link to the Topics for the oral exampdf, 76 kb Biological Psychology II (summer semester)

Winter Semester 2025/2026

Courses B.Sc. Winter Semester

179948 - Empiriepraktikum I - Kognitive Neurowissenschaften- Learning & Credit in brains and machinesExterner Link

Brief description of course content: How do our brains learn to learn? How are modern AIs also able to "learn"? This course explores the universal puzzle of learning and credit assignment, or the rules that let brains and machines decide which parts of the learning process deserve praise or blame after every success or failure. By semester’s end, you’ll grasp how knowing who gets the credit drives smarter psychology, neuroscience, and AI alike.  

Location: Seminar room, Department of Biological Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Jentower 18. floor, Leutragraben 1, D-07743, Jena

Time: Tuesdays, 12:00 to 14:00 h

 

179949 - Empiriepraktikum I - Kognitive Neurowissenschaften -Face RecognitionExterner Link

Brief description of course content:  This course introduces the cognitive and neural foundations of face perception and recognition. We will discuss how the brain processes faces, how familiarity develops, and why recognition performance varies across individuals. Special focus will be given to the role of context in recognizing people in everyday life and to individual differences in face recognition ability. In the second part of the course, students will design and carry out their own research projects on these topics.   

Max number of participants: 10   

Location: Jen Tower   18te  Etage, BPCN Seminar Raum

Time: Wednesdays 12–14      

Bitte beachten Sie, dass der Kurs  in englischer Sprache abgehalten wird.

Winter Semester 2025/2026

138986 Biologische Psychologie IExterner Link

Bitte beachten Sie, dass die Studenten/innen die im Hauptfach/BSc. studieren im  WISE die Übung (Veranstaltung 165613) zur Vorlesung besuchen müssen.

 Like usual, the VL will be held in presence but video recordings will be made available after the lectures for your  convenience.

Winter Semester 2025/2026

1. "When your brain learns to cheat on you." Perceptual Learning in Motion-Induced Blindness. (András Sárközy)
2. ”Once I was seven years old” - The aging identity. MVPA EEG. (Prof. Gyula Kovács)
3. ”I love Italians” - Culture specific person recognition MVPA EEG. (Prof. Gyula Kovács)
4. "Menstrual cycle and music and mood. (M.Stöhr Honour Project) (Prof. Gyula Kovács)
5. "Is it you?" Pattern separation for artificial images (fMRI) (Prof. Gyula Kovács / Mario Archila Melendez)
6. "Fake or real?" The (un)conscious neurophysiology of synthetic face perception (EEG + MVPA) (Mario Archila Melendez)
7. "Which face did you see?" Stimuli reconstruction from electrophysiological recordings during face perception (EEG + GANs) (Mario Archila Melendez)
8. "Are you a CDU voter?" How political attitude affects face representation: the interaction between the perceiver and target identity (EEG based uni- & multivariate study) (Yang Shi)
9. "I know i can trust you" How trustworthiness affects identity face representation, and the underlying neuro-machanism ( EEG and/or fMRI study) (Yang Shi
10. "Are you good with faces?" Does the neural representation of familiarity differ between high and low performers in face recognition? (Multivariate analysis in EEG) (Yeliz Dinc)
11. "Is it still me?" Self-face prioritization in elderly people (EEG) (Yeliz Dinc)

 

 

Winter Semester 2022/2023

Courses B.Sc. Winter Semester  (Jedes 2. Semester)

• 165613 Biologische Psychologie ÜbungExterner Link

Sommer Semester 2024

212142 The neuroscience of musicExterner Link

Music is omnipresent, universal, and significant throughout our lifespan (ontogenesis) and human history (phylogenesis). Apart from gaining single insights into the interactive biopsychological processes between human and music, music research within the neurosciences operates at interfaces between fields and encounters paradoxical phenomena, likely crucial for our understanding of the human condition. The seminar discusses current hot topics in the neuroscience of music, namely topics related to anthropology, language, emotion, brain plasticity, and health (e.g., potential use in therapy and rehabilitation).

Winter Semester 2022/2023

Courses B.Sc. Winter Semester   (Nur jedes 2. Semester)

179950 Functional Neuroimaging: Practical IntroductionExterner Link

Sommer Semester 2024

212935 Projektseminar I - BPCN- Higher sensory functionsExterner Link

Higher sensory (auditory) functions: the neural processing of language, speech and music.

During the course we will teach you how to perform a cognitive neuroimaging experiment. We will plan, design, prepare, perform and analyse together an experiment from the field of higher auditory functions, such as language and speech processing or music processing.

You will have to participate in the SoSe and WiSe as well in the Projectseminar and attend the research colloquium of the BPCN unit to receive the 9 LPs.

Sommer Semester 2023

173143 Cinema Cognitivo: How popular films depict today`s neuroscientific findings?Externer Link

FILMS to SCIENCES

SCIENCES to FILMS

IS QUALITY ACCURACY? OR ACCURACY IS QUALITY?

Brain functions, general psychology, metal disorders, AI in films.

Is it anything worth to watch and discuss?

Find your answers in "Cinema Cognitivo " -How popular films depict today’s neuroscientific findings?

 The course will present a list of popular films with direct relevance to cognitive neurosciences. The students are expected (1) to watch the films and (2) give a critical comment / Referat and lead a discussion on the accuracy and errors of one given film. The cognitive neuroscience topics, the films are referring to, should be introduced properly first, refreshing everyone’s knowledge on the topic and finally critically discussed how popular believes / artistic depictions misshape or mirror them correctly. Finally, the group should rank and judge each film according to its accuracy. The list of the films is composed of the following items below. Language: English.

Requirements:

Every student needs to choose one of the listed topics/films on the first occasion. From this topic they need to prepare a Referat during the semester in the following format:

First and most importantly, they need to present the group the scientific background of the topic. The previously learned material must be refreshed and additional state-of-the-art knowledge about the topic must be presented. This presentation should be done by Powerpoint slides and be approximately 20-40 min long. It must go deeper than the previously learned material about the topic! Next, the speaker shall list aspects of the film which the group should discuss together. These aspects should be categorized into accurate, correct depictions, matching our current knowledge about the cognitive functions and inaccurate/false/artistic representations or errors. This second part of the seminar should be a discussion with the audience. There is no need here that the speaker tells everything, rather (s)he should lead a discussion on the topic and make a consensus about the positive and negative aspects of the depiction of the topic in the given film.

Finally, the group should give a ranking from 0-100 to the film, according its relevance, accuracy and other aspects.

If the Referat is given by more than one student, then the above described task shall be split in the following way: if two people choose a film, then they both should contribute to the introductory lecture about the topic and thereafter one should list the accuracies while the other should list the mistakes of the film and they should discuss them with each other, with the contribution and arguments of the audience.

 In order to have a real, meaningful discussion EVERY STUDENT IS EXPECTED TO WATCH THE FILM PRIOR THE SEMINAR. For this, we at the BPCN purchased all the DVDs and will organize their watching together at the seminar room of the BPCN (Jentower, 18te etage) every week, prior to the seminar on Fridays 16.00-18.00. ONLY STUDENTS ENROLLED TO THE COURSE ARE ALLOWED TO COME TO THESE EVENTS!

 

Kindly see the list of films, topics and dates below in a tabular format.

In case of questions please contact Prof. Gyula Kovács.

We wish you a fruitful and informative time during the seminar.

Literature

http://psychmovies.com/Externer Link

Motz B, (2013) Cognitive Science in popular film: the cognitive science movie index TICS 17: 483-5

Nelson EM (2002) Using film to teach psychology: a resource of film study guides

Conner DB (1996) From Monty Python to Total Recall: A feature film activity for the cognitive psychology Course Teaching PSychology. 23: 33-35

Wiertelak EP (2002) And the winner is: Inviting Hollywood into the neuroscience classroom. The J. Undergra Neurosci Ed 1: A4-A17

Sommer Semester 2024

146927 Kolloquium Biologische Psychologie und Kognitive NeurowissenschaftenExterner Link

Dear Students,  the colloquium will take partly online place. Some talks by invited guests will be per zoom. Most of the program (including talks and research paper discussions) will be in presence. The detailed program and topic will be announced on our homepage under

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