COGST 1101- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 27 pages long!)

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How is it tied to a single body: mind depends on the body, achromatopsia color perception problems/color blindness, physical systems are capable of many mental activities. Behavior can tell us something about our mind functions. Information can be processed using relatively simple, physical mechanisms. Summary points: information is recorded into bits symbols, information is transmitted along channels, different tasks have different limits, but usually a few bits, multiple channels and processing stages are present. Value that separates responses (how conservative a person is in deciding if something is present). Summary: things learned first, right before a test are recalled better, most learning and forgetting happen early on, some memories are conscious and accessible, some memories are inaccessible but still influence behavior. Imagery: nature of mental representations, several possibilities, symbolic hypothesis, rt should not depend on angular disparity, calculators don"t care how big numbers are, analog hypothesis, rt should depend on angular disparity.

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