PSY493H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Big Questions, Cognitive Psychology, Pineal Gland
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How we do the most complex things that are in some ways uniquely human. How is it that mental networks go awry through psychological illness, injury, atypical development, etc. When someone has a stroke and can no longer walk, or is having trouble with their memory. Ask this question in the context of psychology. Body translate into neural signal that we can understand. To know how loud or bright something is. We don"t have to think about it, it"s automatic. When you"re directing your mind to the world or internal world, you"re using the process of attention. Interested in how we"re able to do that and how certain conditions like adhd alter that ability alter that ability. But it needs the body to carry out those commands. When we do something or don"t do something, hopefully it is the command of the brain when it"s appropriate. In context of schooling, it"s important but also important all the time.
