This introductory lecture provides an overview of Cognitive Psychology, which attempts to understand the mental processes that underlie human behavior.
The area of Cognitive Neuroscience specializes in identifying the neural corollaries of behavior.
Our perception involves integrating our the signals received from the environment with our prior experiences.
Key topics covered include distinguishing between overt and covert attention, the Stroop effect, top-down modulation, and attentional warping.
We evaluate four hypothetical components of short-term memory: the central executive, phonological loop, visuospatial sketchpad, and episodic buffer. We then explore the circumstances which cause memories to be encoded for the long term.
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