PSYB57H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Brain Mapping, Pineal Gland, Temporal Lobe
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Psychological science is the study of the mind, brain and behavior. There are many other factors that affect behavior, mind and brain. Cognitive psychology is concerned with the systematic study of how cognitive processes work. Mind wandering is also a very interesting branch of psychology. We use that time to make a lot of decisions. We think to ourselves and it has a lot of utility and thus should not be ignored. Seeing the world differently situatio(cid:374) (cid:449)he(cid:396)e so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e asks (cid:455)ou to da(cid:374)(cid:272)e pe(cid:396)so(cid:374) (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e interested or they can be messing with them. So one situation can be interpreted very differently. Endel tolvin: the most impressive cognitive ability we have is to imagine a state of affairs that does not exist at the moment. For the demo: when words flashed up we visually perceived the letters. All of these happened in about a second or a second and a half. Second example: name color on screen: (stroop task)
