PSYCH 2385: Cognition by

Neuroscience

amitisaryaii2 — 2025-04-07 21:14:17 UTC

Neuroscience is the study of the brain. How it functions, what it does, and more about the nervous system.

Perception

amitisaryaii2 — 2025-04-07 21:19:33 UTC

With perception become aware of our surroundings. It helps us be aware of objects, people, relationships, and more!

Multitasking

amitisaryaii2 — 2025-04-07 21:23:25 UTC

The brain is an incredible thing! We might think that we are multitasking, but really we are switching our focus on different things.

Attention

amitisaryaii2 — 2025-04-07 21:26:50 UTC

Attention allows our brain to put our focus on things with no distraction. Like how when you're at the cinema you get really focused on what you're watching especially since there are no other distraction.

Memory

amitisaryaii2 — 2025-04-07 21:30:37 UTC

Memory is very important! Especially Riley's memory;) Memory helps us to recall, retain, and store information. It helps us to build relationships, do good on exams, and be a better person overall!

Knowledge and Semantics

amitisaryaii2 — 2025-04-08 23:06:12 UTC

Knowledge is crucial when learning about cognition. It helps us in many fields like; understanding our material, problem-solving, and storing information. Knowledge is a collection of information that we store in our brain.

Imagery

amitisaryaii2 — 2025-04-08 23:15:40 UTC

Imagery is the ability to interact and create visual images in the mind without relying on sensory input. We use this experiments and real world scenarios!

Problem Solving and Reasoning

amitisaryaii2 — 2025-04-08 23:23:01 UTC

Problem solving is defined as trying to get around an obstacle, like the dog in this GIF. Through this we learn how to over come complex tasks and adapt to changes in our environment.

Expectation & Violation-of-Expectation

amitisaryaii2 — 2025-04-08 23:35:58 UTC

We all form types of expectation of our own. We make these predictions and expect them to follow through, sometimes they get violated and we get surprised.

History of Cognition

amitisaryaii2 — 2025-04-08 23:50:37 UTC

Ah "I think, therefore I am", said by the french philosopher, René Descartes. He is known for many things like, introducing Cartesian Dualism.

Cognition

amitisaryaii2 — 2025-04-08 23:54:09 UTC

Cognition is the study of the mind and how humans think. It aids in obtaining better understanding of how we process and store information.