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Decks in this class (21)

intro to sensation and perception
Sensation 1,
Perception 2,
Cognition 3
16  cards
vision - from retina to cortex
What do we do with visual informa...,
The problem of vision 2,
The eye 3
13  cards
colour perception
Why is colour important 1,
What do we use colour for 2,
Where does colour come from 3
18  cards
attention - what is it?
Why is attention important 1,
Different types of attention 2,
How can we study attention 3
10  cards
attention - what happens to the info we ignore
To what extent do we process the ...,
Early selection 2,
Late selection 3
20  cards
determinants of selective attention
What determines what we pay atten...,
Some vocabulary 2,
Biased competition theory desimon...
17  cards
attention and the role of cognitive control
Load theory 2 1,
Effect of cognitive load lavie et...,
Attentional capture and cognitive...
15  cards
intro to speech perception
The challenges of speech percepti...,
Why study speech perception 2,
What is developmental language di...
11  cards
cognitive models and the neural basis of speech perception
Motor theory of speech perception 1,
Perceiving intended articulatory ...,
Evidence for the motor theory of ...
13  cards
memory - catching the moment
What is an episodic memory made of 1,
Episodic memory in the lab 2,
Stages of memory 3
20  cards
memory - using it not losing it
Memory cue 1,
What is transfer appropriate proc...,
What is an episodic memory made of 3
24  cards
the sins of memory
Memory failures 1,
Desse roediger mcdermott memory i...,
Why 3
28  cards
hacking your memory
No laptops orders technophobia 1,
Distraction in class 2,
Note taking and memory encoding 3
20  cards
concepts and categorisation
William james the principles of p...,
Categorisation concepts language 2,
What s in a concept 3
22  cards
language and thought
The context 1,
Categories concepts and the world...,
Categories concepts and the world...
22  cards
language and language processing 1
Talking about language context 1,
Arrangement and purpose 2,
Linguistics 3
23  cards
language and language processing 2
Language processing the context 1,
Chromsky competence and performan...,
Two aspects of language processing 3
24  cards
the psychology of planning
What is planning 1,
What is planning problem componen...,
What is planning problem decompos...
12  cards
psychology of insight
Insight 1,
Nature of insight 2,
Importance of insight theory 3
12  cards
psychology of proof
Chernobyl a failed deduction 1,
What is proof 2,
Types of inference 3
19  cards
psychology of choice
Types of choices 1,
Normative prescriptive models 2,
An alternative to eut prospect th...
10  cards

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