Course Name: Introduction to Brain & Behaviour

Course abstract

Course Objectives: The course is meant to familiarise the students with theneural basis of mental/cognitive processes. The course will stress on both how the mental functions operate to give rise to human behaviour and also simultaneously show how these processes are implemented in the human brain.


Course Instructor

Media Object

Prof. Ark Verma

I have done my Bachelors Degree in Psychology & English Literature from the University of Allahabad in 2007. After that I did my Masters Degree in Cognitive Science at the Centre of Behavioral & Cognitive Sciences, University of Allahabad in 2009. I joined the PhD program in the Department of Experimental Psychology at Ghent University, Belgium in January 2010 & was awarded my PhD in 2014. I joined IIT Kanpur as an Assistant Professor of Psychology in May 2015. My research lies in the field of Cognitive Psychology (Lateralisation, Symmetry Detection, Attention) & Psycholinguistics (Visual Word Recognition & Bilingualism).
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 Course Duration : Feb-Apr 2021
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 Syllabus
 Enrollment : 18-Nov-2020 to 15-Feb-2021
 Exam registration : 15-Jan-2021 to 12-Mar-2021
 Exam Date : 25-Apr-2021

Enrolled

2151

Registered

242

Certificate Eligible

127

Certified Category Count

Gold

1

Silver

18

Elite

34

Successfully completed

74

Participation

70

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold




Legend

AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 6 out of 8 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Note:
We have taken best assignment score from both Jan 2020 and Jan2021 course
Introduction to Brain & Behaviour - Toppers list
Top 1 % of Certified Candidates

DEBASMITA SUTRADHAR 90%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY


Top 2 % of Certified Candidates

SANDHYA 85%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

KAMALUDDIN 83%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

AVITI JAIN 83%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY


Top 5 % of Certified Candidates

PRASHANT SINGH 82%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

IRA TIWARI 81%

VKM VARANASI

HANSI JEENA 81%

CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF KARNATAKA

KHUSHBOO 81%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 2151

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 242

Assignment Statistics



Assignment

Exam score

Final score

Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.