Sustainable Development Goals

Abstract/Objectives

Cognitive Neuroscience is a newly emerging research field. It mainly explores the relationship of brain and mind. Topics include sensation and perception, learning and memory, attention and emotion, empathy and disguise, decision-making and execution, and even consciousness. Learning all these topics is not only important for understanding the current issues of cognitive neuroscience, but also important for everyone’s life. For example, Neuroeconomics is related to consumer’s behavior and marketing. Neurodegenerative disorders is related to aging and dementia. In this course, we will discuss current research findings of cognitive neuroscience, and address the impact of these discoveries on personal life and society. The course materials mostly come from the articles published in Scientific American, but also some from the BBC and YouTube videos as well as journal articles. Students without psychology and biology backgrounds are equally welcome to take this course, and learn brain and mind with us.

Results/Contributions

This project is an extension of my current MOE teaching grant titled “Virtual classroom: learning without boundary via live stream”. This project is intended to develop new strategies in order to overcome the difficulties that we faced during teaching “Brain and Mind” course in the current semester. The new strategies are aligned with the spirit of 2019 new national curriculum: self-driven, interactive, and seeking the common good. By using creative teaching and assessment design, this project is aimed to elevate students’ learning motivation, promote peer-learning, and develop teaching and learning feedback. With the help of online meeting platform, bi-directional interaction via live stream is possible. The overarching goal of this project is to establish a new paradigm for teaching extra-large courses and to achieve effective digital learning.

Keywords

sensation and perception, learning and memory, reasoning and emotion, decision-making, empathy, aging and diseases, consciousness and free will

Contact Information

焦傳金
ccchiao@life.nthu.edu.tw