Fundamentals Of Cognitive Neuroscience Study Guide

Cognitive Neuroscience Study GuidePsychology - The study of mental processes and behaviorSocial Clinical Developmental BiologicalCognitive Cognition - is the process by which the sensory input is transformed, reduced, elaborated, stored, recovered, and used - (Neisser, 1967) Cognitive Neuroscience - what are the neural mechanisms underlying cognitive processesCognitive Psychology - The study of mental processes Attention LearningMemoryLanguage Emotions Why Cognitive Neuroscience? Who Are We?How We Know What We KnowThinking Critically about the BrainFigure out what makes us who we are.Determine how the brain processes informationbuilds memoriesmakes decisions.- The brain is made of neurons and glia- there are nearly 100 billion of each of these types of cells.- a typical neuron makes about 10,000 connections to other cells.- together, they form a three-pound organ that has the consistency of Jell-O.Emergent Properties – (Cognitive neuroscience seeks to understand)Characteristics of a system that are not part of the individual components that make up the system.Arranging all of the molecules into a cell, then into organs, and