Week 1 - Cognitive Psychology Basics

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Bottom-up Processing
Processing that is directly influenced by external stimuli
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Top-down Processing
Processing that is influenced by the observers' expectations and knowledge
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Modularity
Environmental information is processed by independent modules
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Domain Specificity
Modules that respond to only one class of stimuli
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Anatomical Modularity
Each module is located in a specific brain area
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Double Dissociations
An individual has an intact performance on one task, but impaired performance on another, whilst other individuals exhibit the opposite pattern
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Processing that is influenced by the observers' expectations and knowledge

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Top-down Processing

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Environmental information is processed by independent modules

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Card 4

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Modules that respond to only one class of stimuli

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Card 5

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Each module is located in a specific brain area

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