Week 10

Question 1

Models

Answer 1

Remove ambiguity and force us to state our assumptions
Alter our understanding of data we already have
Are always simplifications of the real world

Question 2

Math vs English

Answer 2

Math is direct
English is ambiguous

Question 3

embodiment: in language and in memory

Answer 3

In language: using bodily metaphors (way over my head)
In memory: carry out memory to the world around us (rats can do this)
The brain is situated in the body which is embedded in the world

Question 4

Anterograde

Answer 4

inability ti firm new memories but everything before damage is preserved (Clive Wearing, H.M)

Question 5

Retrograde amnesia

Answer 5

inability to remember anything before damage

Question 6

episodic memory

Answer 6

• your autobiography; putting together the “what”, “when” and “where” of events
• integration of multimodal information
  -Medial temporal lobe is crucial for acquisition of such memories

Question 7

Hippocampus (seahorse)

Answer 7

• Massive funnel of inputs from all over the brain
• Trisynaptic circuit: lots of recurrency, mixing up different modalities of sensory information
• Processed info goes out of. hippocampus and all over the brain

Question 8

Place cells: in the hippocampus

Answer 8

• Particular cells that fire strongly when a rat is at a particular location in the maze
• Can code the physical location in the maze but also where the rodent came from

Question 9

HCI/UX/Design Job

Answer 9

• Build up a design portfolio
• Learn hard on personal and alumni connections
• Get a design internship while in college

Question 10

UX researcher

Answer 10

user research, user testing/experiments
(often are master’s or Ph.D. grads)

Question 11

Product Manager

Answer 11

user research, team coordination

Question 12

UX/Interaction/Product Designer

Answer 12

non-code prototypes
(most common type of job for new college grads)

Question 13

UX/Architect/UX prototyper

Answer 13

design + some coding

Question 14

Visual Designer

Answer 14

art/graphics

Question 15

Data Scientist:

Answer 15

write code to analyze data; Ph.D. -focused

Question 16

Front-end developer

Answer 16

write lots if production

Question 17

Portfolio

Answer 17

• Start by making a personal website as your portfolio
• Class projects with design components
• Volunteer to help on campus groups
• Look beyond web/mobile apps: posters, art pieces, business marketing slides
• Design Sprints, hackathons or challenge/contents
• Work Part time - as freelance designer for local companies

Question 18

Should you go to grad school?

Answer 18

no if ur portfolio already good or you can get job with bachelors. maybe if not.
yes if you can afford tit, get into top schools, if u wanna be researcher or teacher