PSYB57H3 Chapter 1: Memory&Cognition Textbook notes Chapter 1 to Chapter 6
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Studies memories, attention and concentration, and how decision is made. Broad disciplines: perception & attn. (to items), language, knowledge & concept formation, problem solving (processes involved w/in it, how to problem solve correctly and efficiently) A scientific way of studying the mind & how we think. (a) betsy wanted to bring jacob a paper. She went to look for her mother vs (b) betsy wanted to bring jacob a present. In this example, (b) makes sense and (a) is incoherent. We understand that to buy something (e. g. present) we need money and we would generally find that where we put our money (e. g. piggy bank : when shook, makes a sound when there"s money). This exemplifies not only how memory and understanding play an important role outside academics, but that memory brings the context needed for understanding. Patient h. m: brain surgery to relieve epilepsy = unable to form new memories, but remembered events before his operation.
