PSYB57H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Brain Damage
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Cognition- the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience and the senses. The study of human cog has advanced in 3 stages: 1st later 1950s to early 1960. Was one of rapid progression propelled by the methods of traditional psychophysics and experimental psychology. Scientific investigation of the relationship between sensation and stimulus: 2nd- mid 1970s. Computational analysis and marked arrival of cognitive science: 3rd- mid 1980s. Incorporated evidence from neuropsychology and animal neurophysiology and an increasing array of imaging techniques. The amount of info provided by a given event can be quantifies in terms of bits. The amount of info provided by a given message is proportional to the probability that particular message will occur. Underlying info processing is that the info provided by a particular message is not determined solely by its content, but rather by the whole array of possible message of which this particular message is just one.
