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Study programmes 2008-2009Last update : 29/06/2009
PSYC0061-1  Experimental psychology of animal cognition
Duration :  30h Th
Credits/ECTS :  
Master in Biology of organism and ecology, in-depth approach, 2nd yearToute l'année3
Master in Psychological Sciences, in-depth approach, 1st yearToute l'année3
Master in Psychological Sciences,specialized approach, 1st yearToute l'année3
Master in Psychology, Professional Focus in Clinical Psychology : Psychotherapeutic Process and Change, 1st yearToute l'année3
Master in Psychology, Professional Focus in Clinical Psychology : Cognitive-Behavioural Psychotherapeutic Approach, Clin, 1st yearToute l'année3
Master in Psychology, Professional Focus in Cognitive and Behavioural Neurosciences, 1st yearToute l'année3
Holder(s) :  André Ferrara
Language :  Langue française
Course contents :  Topic of this 2008-09 academic year : study of animal memory in a human-animal comparative perspective .
Course objective :  The reading course will concerns a specific aspect of the memory as, for example, serial position effects / chuncking / memory span / adaptive forgetting / recognition memory / episodic-like memory / etc.

Through this work, student must :

  • show a good understanding of methodological aspects (memory evaluation procedure, possible biases, limitations, etc.),
  • confront the experimental data to theoretical explanations,
  • analyze these results in a human-animal comparative perspective.
Organization :  30 hours. First semester.
Written notes :  Animal cognition I : Memory mechanisms (chapter 10). In Michel Domjan (2006). The Principles of Learning and Behavior. Fifth Edition.

For the reading course, bibliographical sources will be specified in consultation with the course holder (deadline : mid-october).
Assessment :  Oral exam.
Contacts :  Ferrara André, Chef de Travaux
ULg - FAPSE
Département des Sciences Cognitives
Boulevard du Rectorat, 5 - Bât.32
4000 Sart Tilman
Tél.: 04/366.22.32
eMail : a.ferrara@ulg.ac.be


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