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What brain area is activated when individuals with synaesthesia perceive colors?
What brain area is activated when individuals with synaesthesia perceive colors?
What phenomenon describes the involuntary association of colors with numbers in some individuals?
What phenomenon describes the involuntary association of colors with numbers in some individuals?
In the studies mentioned, what was shown to not activate the somatosensory cortex?
In the studies mentioned, what was shown to not activate the somatosensory cortex?
Which of the following best describes the 'synaesthetic Stroop effect'?
Which of the following best describes the 'synaesthetic Stroop effect'?
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What is a common outcome for individuals trained to associate colors with specific stimuli, but who do not have synaesthesia?
What is a common outcome for individuals trained to associate colors with specific stimuli, but who do not have synaesthesia?
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What does cognitive neuropsychology primarily study?
What does cognitive neuropsychology primarily study?
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Which of the following is a key concept in cognitive neuropsychology related to understanding cognitive functions?
Which of the following is a key concept in cognitive neuropsychology related to understanding cognitive functions?
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Which disorder exemplifies a dissociation examined in cognitive neuropsychology?
Which disorder exemplifies a dissociation examined in cognitive neuropsychology?
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What is the primary focus of cognitive neuroscience?
What is the primary focus of cognitive neuroscience?
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Which of the following is NOT a neuroimaging technique used in cognitive neuroscience?
Which of the following is NOT a neuroimaging technique used in cognitive neuroscience?
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Why are sophisticated techniques important in cognitive neuroscience?
Why are sophisticated techniques important in cognitive neuroscience?
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What is a common characteristic of cognitive neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience?
What is a common characteristic of cognitive neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience?
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What happens when FRU is activated?
What happens when FRU is activated?
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In the context of face recognition, what role do first-order relations play?
In the context of face recognition, what role do first-order relations play?
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How can PENS be partially activated?
How can PENS be partially activated?
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What is the significance of 2nd-order relations in face coding?
What is the significance of 2nd-order relations in face coding?
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Why is recognizing individual faces challenging?
Why is recognizing individual faces challenging?
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What is implied by the term 'semantic priming' in this context?
What is implied by the term 'semantic priming' in this context?
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Which statement best describes the efficacy of face coding?
Which statement best describes the efficacy of face coding?
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What type of connections are activated within pools as per the content?
What type of connections are activated within pools as per the content?
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What is the main function of FRU-PIN in the context provided?
What is the main function of FRU-PIN in the context provided?
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What is the primary advantage of multi-sensory perception over processing each sense separately?
What is the primary advantage of multi-sensory perception over processing each sense separately?
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Which phenomenon illustrates the integration of auditory and visual information leading to a misperception?
Which phenomenon illustrates the integration of auditory and visual information leading to a misperception?
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What type of damage is typically associated with agnosia?
What type of damage is typically associated with agnosia?
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What type of experiences does synaesthesia provide?
What type of experiences does synaesthesia provide?
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What does agnosia impair specifically?
What does agnosia impair specifically?
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Which part of the brain is activated when a subject silently observes moving lips according to the fMRI studies?
Which part of the brain is activated when a subject silently observes moving lips according to the fMRI studies?
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of multi-sensory perception?
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of multi-sensory perception?
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Which visual abilities remain largely intact in individuals with agnosia?
Which visual abilities remain largely intact in individuals with agnosia?
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How does synaesthesia differ from hallucinations?
How does synaesthesia differ from hallucinations?
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What is a common misconception about the cause of agnosia?
What is a common misconception about the cause of agnosia?
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Which of the following is an example of a specific type of agnosia?
Which of the following is an example of a specific type of agnosia?
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What enables us to effectively act on the world according to the concept of multi-sensory perception?
What enables us to effectively act on the world according to the concept of multi-sensory perception?
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Which area of cognition is generally unaffected in patients with agnosia?
Which area of cognition is generally unaffected in patients with agnosia?
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In the context of the McGurk Illusion, what do subjects perceive when they see 'BA' and hear 'GA'?
In the context of the McGurk Illusion, what do subjects perceive when they see 'BA' and hear 'GA'?
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What is a critical feature of multi-sensory perception?
What is a critical feature of multi-sensory perception?
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What distinguishes agnosia from general visual impairment?
What distinguishes agnosia from general visual impairment?
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In patients with agnosia, what visual aspect is typically preserved?
In patients with agnosia, what visual aspect is typically preserved?
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What cognitive function remains functional in individuals with agnosia despite their condition?
What cognitive function remains functional in individuals with agnosia despite their condition?
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Which condition involves the inability to recognize familiar faces?
Which condition involves the inability to recognize familiar faces?
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Study Notes
Introduction to Cognitive Psychology - Week 1
- Cognition is the process by which sensory input is transformed, reduced, elaborated, stored, recovered, and used.
- Introspectionists' methodology was poor, focusing on internal processes
- Behaviorists had a strong methodology (observable), but studied less interesting phenomena.
- Gestalt theorists resurrected mental processes as a viable object of study but were somewhat vague.
- Cognitive psychology emerged in the 1950s
- It viewed the mind as an information processing system, drawing on computer science principles.
- Processes intervene between stimulus and response
- Information is encoded in symbolic representations
- These mental processes take time
- Information processing systems have a finite capacity.
Experimental Psychology
- Typically involves reasonably large sample sizes and smaller budgets.
- Uses traditional inferential statistics to determine success.
- Examples include studies by Godden and Baddeley (1975).
Methodological Approaches
- Often involve psychological experiments with healthy humans.
- Computational modeling simulates cognitive processes, often involving PDP (parallel distributed processing)/neural networks.
- Examples include the McClelland & Rumelhart PDP model of word recognition.
- Cognitive neuropsychology studies the effects of brain damage or psychiatric disorders on cognitive function.
- Single-case studies are often important in identifying associations/dissociations; revealing modularity of the mind;
- Cognitive neuroscience explores the neural mechanisms of cognitive function, using neuroimaging techniques like EEG, MEG, TMS, PET, MRI.
Perception
- Perception is our ability to extract meaning from sensory input, including vision, audition, taste, touch, and olfaction.
- Object recognition is a process heavily studied
- Object recognition also involves different stages like the local feature stage, shape representation stage & object representation stage using stored knowledge/representations.
- Includes Gestalt principles, Template matching, Feature analysis, Recognition by Components (geons).
- Bottom-up processing (input-driven) involves input stages processing until a required output
- Top-down processing (conceptually driven) involves goals, desires, plans influencing perception.
- Eye movements reflect external stimuli and current goals.
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This quiz covers the foundational concepts of cognitive psychology introduced in Week 1. Topics include cognition processes, methodological approaches of various psychological schools, and the emergence of cognitive psychology. Understand how mental processes are viewed and studied in this dynamic field.
