PSYB57H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cerebral Circulation, Temporal Lobe, Phineas Gage
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The scientific study of the processes and products of the human mind. Processing perception, computations, and integration (care about this the most) Behaviour can be seen but the mental processes cannot be seen. This is preventing us from completely understanding the mind. Synesthesia: when individuals cross different sensory modalities (words with colors, may see different letters in different colors) Importance: cognitive resources appear to be limited, cognition is important for functioning well in the world. Variability there are within-subject differences in cognitive functioning there are between-subject differences in cognitive functioning. Flexibility: cognitive abilities often change, for better or worse, with development or dysfunction, many cognitive abilities are malleable, at least to some extent, even when injuries occur, abilities may change. Taking complex phenomenon and trying to break them down into the pieces that make them up. Trying to understand sadness a structuralist would: carefully analyze what is happening when they are sad, mentally, individuals start thinking about sad things.
