Current & Recent Courses





Introduction to Cognitive Science
Course Type : Undergraduate lecture course
Course #s : CGSC 1100, PSYC 1300
Semester : Fall 2025
Meeting Time : Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:30 - 3:45 pm
Classroom : Marsh Lecture Hall (entrance at southeast corner of the Yale Science Building)
 
View/download syllabus (.pdf) (Updated 8/4/25)

 


Social Perception
Course Type : Seminar for advanced undergraduates and graduate students
Course #s : CGSC 4250, PSYC 4250/6250 (Instructor permission required)
Semester : Spring 2026
Meeting Time : Tuesday afternoons, 3:30 - 5:20 pm
Classroom : TBA
 
View/download syllabus (.pdf) (Updated 11/17/25)  
 


Metaphysics Meets Cognitive Science: Objects, Causation, Time, and Self
Course Type : Seminar for advanced undergraduates and graduate students
Course #s : CGSC 492, PHIL 492/692, PSYC 424, HUMS 424 (Permission required)
Co-Instructor : L. A. Paul (Department of Philosophy)
Semester : Spring 2022
Meeting Time : Tuesday afternoons, 3:30 - 5:20 pm
Classroom : Initially online via Zoom (see Canvas home), then eventually HQ401
 
View/download syllabus (.pdf) (Updated 1/20/22)  
 
For the Spring 2022 semester, this course will also be the Shulman Seminar in Science and the Humanities, with several distinguished visitors who will also give public talks (including David Chalmers, Ian Phillips, Elizabeth Spelke, and Josh Tenenbaum).



Research Topics in Perception and Cognition
Course Type : Lab meeting
Course # : PSYC 7660a, 7660b (Instructor's permission required)
Semester : Fall 2025 + Spring 2026
Meeting Time : TBA
Classroom : Perception & Cognition Laboratory
 
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