PSYC 3265 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Substantia Nigra, Motor Disorder, Autoradiograph
17 Dec 2016
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Cognitive psychology has been guided by an information processing approach to theorizing this approach attempts to characterize how information is processed from its initial input until its response this approach continues to be used: primary measures. Accuracy this measure assesses the accuracy of an individual"s performance: note: accuracy can be broadly (or narrowly) defined, e. g. , verbatim versus gist recall, analogies. Channel capacity: early uses: attention/broadbent, more recent uses: controlled processing. Computer analogy serial sequential processing of information: general early assumptions. Hierarchical organization: e. g. , typing a word, e. g. , grasping an object (prepare index finger thumb apperture as you move arm toward object) Context effects semantic priming: cognitive neuroscience intro. Neuron is the basic building block of the brain: cell that is specialized for receiving and transmitting a neural impulse, note: there is enormous variability in the structure of neurons, development of neurons and glial cells.
