QC's Cognitive Science Capstone (CSC) Work Site

About this page

This page presents documents pertaining to my work in the Cognitive Science Capstone (CSC) Course. Most of the presented documents pertain to my CSC research project. Several documents pertain to other significant components of the course, including notes on The Craft of Research, preparations for an oral exam, and blog entries. The remaining references are included to provide elements of enrichment that relate to the interdisciplinary nature of cognitive science and, more specifically, to the Cognitive Science Capstone experience.

Research Project

  • Interests that I may wish to explore for my research project: Candidate Interest 1 (Embodied Cognition as it Relates to Gymnastics and Artistic Expression) | Candidate Interest 2 (The Role of Music in our Lives: its Meaning, Music Therapy, and its associated Neural Pathways) | Candidate Interest 3 (The Examination of Minimalism through a Cognitive Lens)

  • Candidate Research Project Statements: Candidate Project Statement 1 (Embodied Cognition and its Relation to Artistic Expression in Gymnastics) | Candidate Project Statement 2 (The Role of Music in our Lives: its Meaning, Music Therapy, and its Neural Underpinnings) | Candidate Project Statement 3 (The Examination of Minimalism through a Cognitive Lens)

  • First Sources: Annotated List of a Dozen Resources

  • Second Sources: Annotated List of Twenty Resources (Eight New)

  • Research Project Statement: Embodied Cognition and its Relation to Artistic Expression in Gymnastics and in other Athletic Activities

  • First Notes: Pass 1 | Pass 2 | Pass 3 | Pass 4 | Pass 5

  • Second Notes: Additional Twenty Notes

  • Draft Prerequisite Assignment: Draft Prerequisite Assignment

  • Twenty Questions Assignment: Twenty Questions Assignment

  • Lightning Draft Assignment: Lightning Draft Assignment

  • Skeletal Draft Assignment: Skeletal Draft Assignment

  • Substantial Draft Assignment: Substantial Draft Assignment

  • Final Draft Assignment: Final Draft Assignment

  • Bibliography Assignment: Annotated List of All Sources Included in Research Paper

  • Slide Show Assignment: Slide Show of Salient Findings in Research Paper

  • Presentation Video: Research Project Presentation Video

    • Peripheral Tasks

  • Craft of Research Lists: CoR 1: Thinking in Print | CoR 2: Connecting with Your Reader | CoR 3: From Topics to Questions | CoR 4: From Questions to a Problem | CoR 5: From Problems to Sources | CoR 6: Engaging Sources | CoR 7: Making Good Arguments | CoR 8: Making Claims | CoR 9: Assembling Reasons and Evidence | CoR 10: Acknowledgments and Responses | CoR 11: Warrants

  • Classic Reading Briefs: The Turing Test | Physical Symbol Systems | Parallel Distributed Processing | Embodied Cognition

  • Blog Entries: Entry 1: Why Cogntive Science? | Entry 2: Cognitive Science, its Interdisciplinarity, and its Applications | Entry 3: A Selected Class Experience | Entry 4: Looking to the Future after Graduation ...

    • Cognitive Science Capstone Finale

  • Final Assignment: Capstone Finale

    • Other Sites and Materials