PSY 265 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Oxford University Press, Dyslexia, Neurosurgery
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Outline of chapter 2: cognitive neuroscience and cognitive science. An important aspect of modern cognitive science is an understanding of neural processes and how they relate to thought. 2. 1: cognitive neuroscience: the brain and cognition together. There is a stunning story of cognitive disruption. K. c. sustained brain damage in a motorcycle accident. About 9 years later, he still showed pervasive disruption of long-term memory. This memory impairment was selective: k. c. remains perfectly competent at language, his intelligence is normal, and he is able to converse on a number of topics. But when he is asked a(cid:271)out a(cid:374) e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e f(cid:396)o(cid:373) his o(cid:449)(cid:374) past, he does(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:396)e(cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)e(cid:396). His brain damage seemed to destroy his ability to access his episodic memory, his own autobiographical knowledge, while leaving his general knowledge system (semantic) intact. Dissociation a disruption in one component of mental functioning but no impairment of another.
