PSYB57H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Cognitive Revolution, Mismatch Negativity
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Psyb57h3-midterm study: psychological science: the study of the mind, the brain and behavior. It involves cognitive psychology, how people change over time (developmental psychology), cultural psychology and the biological basis of why people do what they do: cognition is the process of studying mental processes. These mental processes involve visually perceiving something, recognizing it and responding to it: stroop task: way to study automatic versus controlled processes. Words are automatic, whereas colors are controlled processes. Understanding how inhibition works, how you can put the brakes on the words, in order to read the ink color: ecological validity: the regard to which something you study is similar to the real world. Applied cognitive science: brain-machine interface: through a tragic injury you lose your arm. Build a prosthetic arm the interfaces with your brain to allow you to move your arm and pick up a cup of coffee. This is the interface between your brain and external technology.
