PSYC 2650 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: Capgras Delusion, Memory Rehearsal, Subvocalization
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Chapter one the science of the mind. Almost everything you do, feel, or say, depends on your cognition what you know, think, and remember. Many subcortical structures, such as the hippocampus and amygdala, come in groups of two. The all or non law states that the signal traveling down a neuron"s axon does not vary in size or strength. The width of the gap between the presynaptic and postsynaptic cells is not a factor in explaining why the postsynaptic neuron"s initial response may vary in size. Cognitive psychology is far broader huge range of our actions, thoughts, and feelings depend on knowledge. Many encounters with the world depend on your supplementing your experience with knowledge that you bring to the situation. Amnesia cases in which someone, because of brain damage, has lost the ability to remember certain materials. Each of us has a conception of who we are, and that conception is supported by numerous memories: