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Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience

Cognitive psychology is the scientific study of mental processes such as attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, creativity, and reasoning. Cognitive neuroscience is the scientific field that is concerned with the study of the biological processes and aspects that underlie cognition, with a specific focus on the neural connections in the brain which are involved in mental processes.

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Category: Basic Sciences

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Contents· 115 sections

01: Cognitive Psychology and the Brain
1.01: History of Cognitive Psychology
1.02: What is Cognitive Psychology
1.03: Relations to Neuroscience
1.04: Conclusion
02: Problem Solving from an Evolutionary Perspective
2.01: Introduction
2.02: Restructuring The Gestalt Approach
2.03: Problem Solving as a Search Problem
2.04: How do Experts Solve Problems
2.05: Creative Cognition
2.06: Neurophysiological Background
2.07: The Evolutionary Perspective
2.08: Summary and Conclusion
2.09: References External Links
03: Evolutionary Perspective on Social Cognitions
3.01: Introduction
3.02: Social Cognition
3.03: Evolutionary Perspective on Social Cognition
3.04: Conclusion
3.05: References
04: Behavioural and Neuroscience Methods
4.01: Introduction
4.02: Lesion Method
4.03: Techniques for Assessing Brain Anatomy Physiological Function
4.04: Electromagnetic Recording Methods
4.05: Techniques for Modulating Brain Activity
4.06: Behavioural Methods
4.07: Modeling Brain-Behaviour
4.08: References
05: Motivation and Emotion
5.01: Introduction
5.02: Motivation
5.03: Emotions
5.04: Disorders
5.05: Summary
5.06: References
06: Memory
6.01: Introduction
6.02: Types of Memory
6.03: Forgetting and False Memory
6.04: Some Neurobiological Facts about Memory
6.05: Links
6.06: References
07: Memory and Language
7.01: Introduction
7.02: Basics
7.03: Acquisition of Language
7.04: Disorders and Malfunctions
7.05: References and Resources
08: Imagery
8.01: Introduction and History
8.02: Concept
8.03: The Imagery Debate
8.04: Neuropsychological approach
8.05: Imagery and Memory
8.06: References
8.07: Links and Further Reading
09: Comprehension
9.01: Introduction
9.02: Historical Review on Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics
9.03: Characteristic Features
9.04: Physiological Approach
9.05: Behavioristic Approach Parsing a Sentence
9.06: The Interactionist Approach of Parsing
9.07: Situation Model
9.08: Using Language
9.09: Language Culture and Cognition
9.10: Culture and Language
9.11: What is the Connection between Language and Cognition
9.12: Is Thought Dependent on or even caused by Language
9.13: Language as a Cognitive Ability
9.14: Non-Human Language - Animal Communication
9.15: Language Comprehension and Production
9.16: Using Language
9.17: Language Culture and Cognition
9.18: References
10: Neuroscience of Text Comprehension
10.01: Introduction
10.02: Lateralization of Language
10.03: Auditory Language Processing
10.04: Visual Language Processing
10.05: Other Symbolic Systems
10.06: Outlook
10.07: References and Further Reading
11: Situation Models and Inferencing
11.01: Introduction
11.02: Why do we need Situation Models
11.03: Multidimensionality of Situation Models
11.04: Processing Frameworks
11.05: Levels of Representation in Language and Text Comprehension
11.06: Inferencing
11.07: Important Topics of Current Research
11.08: References
11.09: Links
12: Knowledge Representation and Hemispheric Specialization
12.01: Introduction
12.02: Knowledge Representation in the Brain
12.03: Computational Knowledge Representation
12.04: Hemispheric Distribution
12.05: References
12.06: Links
13: Reasoning and Decision Making
13.01: Reasoning
13.02: Decision Making
13.03: Summary
13.04: References
13.05: Links
14: Present and Future of Research
14.01: Introduction Until now
14.02: Today's Approaches
14.03: Future Research
14.04: Conclusion
14.05: References
14.06: Links