Critical psychology in South Africa:
... In both its active advocacy for apartheid policies based on things like the ‘results’ of mental testing and (increasingly after World War II) its apparent scientific neutrality with regard to matters of discrimination and social inequality (in industry, for example), psychology thus carved out its p ...
... In both its active advocacy for apartheid policies based on things like the ‘results’ of mental testing and (increasingly after World War II) its apparent scientific neutrality with regard to matters of discrimination and social inequality (in industry, for example), psychology thus carved out its p ...
The Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Disability Debate
... more physical impairments. Patients with isolated MTBI reported more PCS symptoms than those with MTBI and other injuries. On average, those with additional injuries had suffered more severe MTBI as well. Stulemeijer et al. Impact of Additional Extracranial Injuries on Outcome after Mild Traumatic B ...
... more physical impairments. Patients with isolated MTBI reported more PCS symptoms than those with MTBI and other injuries. On average, those with additional injuries had suffered more severe MTBI as well. Stulemeijer et al. Impact of Additional Extracranial Injuries on Outcome after Mild Traumatic B ...
Lillienfeld: Chapter 3 lecture PowerPoint
... Figure 3.3 The Action Potential. When a neuron is at rest there are positive and negative ions on both sides of the membrane. During an action potential, positive ions rush in and then out of the axon. This process recurs along the axon until the axon terminal releases neurotransmitters. ...
... Figure 3.3 The Action Potential. When a neuron is at rest there are positive and negative ions on both sides of the membrane. During an action potential, positive ions rush in and then out of the axon. This process recurs along the axon until the axon terminal releases neurotransmitters. ...
Origins of Behavioral Neuroscience 1.1 Multiple Choice 1) The mind
... E) movement of fluids within the tree branches. Answer: C Rationale: Early humans would explain the movement of tree leaves in the wind as due to the presence of spirits in the tree. ...
... E) movement of fluids within the tree branches. Answer: C Rationale: Early humans would explain the movement of tree leaves in the wind as due to the presence of spirits in the tree. ...
Computational rationality: A converging paradigm
... Models of computational rationality are built on a base of inferential processes for perceiving, predicting, learning, and reasoning under uncertainty (1–3). Such inferential processes operate on representations that encode probabilistic dependencies among variables capturing the likelihoods of rele ...
... Models of computational rationality are built on a base of inferential processes for perceiving, predicting, learning, and reasoning under uncertainty (1–3). Such inferential processes operate on representations that encode probabilistic dependencies among variables capturing the likelihoods of rele ...
Social Psychology & Aggression
... Leonard Berkowitz and his associates demonstrated aggressiveness by having students hold one hand in lukewarm water or painfully cold water. Those whose hands were submerged in the cold water reported feeling more irritable and more annoyed, and they were more willing to blast another person with ...
... Leonard Berkowitz and his associates demonstrated aggressiveness by having students hold one hand in lukewarm water or painfully cold water. Those whose hands were submerged in the cold water reported feeling more irritable and more annoyed, and they were more willing to blast another person with ...
Evolutionary Psychology as of September 15
... right that our mind contains cognitive mechanisms that are adaptations for producing adaptive behavior, then why are we behaving maladaptively so often? The claim that the brain is an adaptation for producing adaptive behavior does not entail that it is currently producing adaptive behavior. Adapta ...
... right that our mind contains cognitive mechanisms that are adaptations for producing adaptive behavior, then why are we behaving maladaptively so often? The claim that the brain is an adaptation for producing adaptive behavior does not entail that it is currently producing adaptive behavior. Adapta ...
Cognitive Science: Emerging Perspectives and Approaches
... Most of cognitive psychology is at the level of representations and algorithms. A critical development is the three levels of description proposed by David Marr (Marr, 1982). According to Marr, the mind can be explained in terms of three different levels: computational, algorithmic, and implementati ...
... Most of cognitive psychology is at the level of representations and algorithms. A critical development is the three levels of description proposed by David Marr (Marr, 1982). According to Marr, the mind can be explained in terms of three different levels: computational, algorithmic, and implementati ...
Movement
... Axon loss increases excitatory communication to the globus pallidus. The result is increased inhibition from the globus pallidus to the thalamus and decreased excitation from the thalamus to the cerebral cortex. People with Parkinson’s disease show decreased initiation of movement, slow and inaccura ...
... Axon loss increases excitatory communication to the globus pallidus. The result is increased inhibition from the globus pallidus to the thalamus and decreased excitation from the thalamus to the cerebral cortex. People with Parkinson’s disease show decreased initiation of movement, slow and inaccura ...
Responses of the human motor system to observing actions across
... arm with a humanoid hand, including a thumb and five fingers. In addition, a behavioral study by Stenzel et al. (2012) reports that a social cognitive action effect (the joint Simon effect; Sebanz, Knoblich, & Prinz, 2003) emerged when participants were interacting with a human-like robot, but not whe ...
... arm with a humanoid hand, including a thumb and five fingers. In addition, a behavioral study by Stenzel et al. (2012) reports that a social cognitive action effect (the joint Simon effect; Sebanz, Knoblich, & Prinz, 2003) emerged when participants were interacting with a human-like robot, but not whe ...
Abstract Book Brain Circuits for Positive Emotions
... indignation about a situation which is, in fact, not unjust. And shame about a deed which, in fact, was not shameful. Suppose now that you are happy about an impending promotion but in fact your promotion is not going to take place or is going to take place but is undeserved. Might it then be the ca ...
... indignation about a situation which is, in fact, not unjust. And shame about a deed which, in fact, was not shameful. Suppose now that you are happy about an impending promotion but in fact your promotion is not going to take place or is going to take place but is undeserved. Might it then be the ca ...
Electrophysiological recordings from behaving animals—going
... Lighter drives enable animals to behave more naturally. The lighter machinery can also be applied to smaller animals such as mice and zebra finch [13,14]. The ability to record from mice during behavioral studies has the advantage that neural recordings can be combined with genetic manipulations. ...
... Lighter drives enable animals to behave more naturally. The lighter machinery can also be applied to smaller animals such as mice and zebra finch [13,14]. The ability to record from mice during behavioral studies has the advantage that neural recordings can be combined with genetic manipulations. ...
Lesions of the Basolateral Amygdala Disrupt Selective Aspects of
... reward representations. However, it is clear by their unimpaired performance in first-order conditioning that BLA-lesioned rats are sensitive to some aspects of reward presentation. The following experiments examine appetitive conditioning after BLA lesions, using the differential outcomes effect an ...
... reward representations. However, it is clear by their unimpaired performance in first-order conditioning that BLA-lesioned rats are sensitive to some aspects of reward presentation. The following experiments examine appetitive conditioning after BLA lesions, using the differential outcomes effect an ...
Culturing the adolescent brain: what can
... The scientific category of ‘adolescence’ was developed in a particular historical moment, in which particular cultural concerns were influential in shaping it. Hall was profoundly influenced by evolutionary theory, especially, German zoologist Ernst Haeckel’s theory of recapitulation (Haeckel, 1866) ...
... The scientific category of ‘adolescence’ was developed in a particular historical moment, in which particular cultural concerns were influential in shaping it. Hall was profoundly influenced by evolutionary theory, especially, German zoologist Ernst Haeckel’s theory of recapitulation (Haeckel, 1866) ...
Large brains and cognition: Where do elephants fit in?
... of the trunk is capable of fine manipulations, one cannot expect analogous vision-dependent behavioral performance in elephants as in chimpanzees with relatively complete binocular overlap and elaborate digital manipulation abilities. It is acknowledged that natural selection can be expected to influe ...
... of the trunk is capable of fine manipulations, one cannot expect analogous vision-dependent behavioral performance in elephants as in chimpanzees with relatively complete binocular overlap and elaborate digital manipulation abilities. It is acknowledged that natural selection can be expected to influe ...
Is Political Cognition Like Riding a Bicycle?
... 1991; Petty & Cacioppo, 1986; Rogers et al., 1997; Wegner & Bargh, 1998). Similarly, many factors that shape the way we ride a bike—including tire size and inflation, handlebar position, weather, and terrain—can change how we ride, but may do so without any blip on our conscious radar. But here is w ...
... 1991; Petty & Cacioppo, 1986; Rogers et al., 1997; Wegner & Bargh, 1998). Similarly, many factors that shape the way we ride a bike—including tire size and inflation, handlebar position, weather, and terrain—can change how we ride, but may do so without any blip on our conscious radar. But here is w ...
DSP-4 (N-(2-Chloroethyl)-N-ethyl-2-bromobenzylamine)
... strongly to the eye that remained open. These results are considered together with previous results from our laboratory on monocular deprivation and NA depletion. There is little difference between the ocular dominance histograms of depleted and undepleted animals and little correlation between the ...
... strongly to the eye that remained open. These results are considered together with previous results from our laboratory on monocular deprivation and NA depletion. There is little difference between the ocular dominance histograms of depleted and undepleted animals and little correlation between the ...
Proposal: Creation of an Honours Minor Program in Cognitive Science
... of the main disciplines that study the mind and the different methodologies that they employ. Students are expected to acquire an understanding of the methods used by these disciplines to study different aspects of mental processes and cognition, and gain an appreciation of the ways in which they ca ...
... of the main disciplines that study the mind and the different methodologies that they employ. Students are expected to acquire an understanding of the methods used by these disciplines to study different aspects of mental processes and cognition, and gain an appreciation of the ways in which they ca ...
Creativity and emotion: Reformulating the Romantic theory of art
... The nature of creativity has mystified thinkers in the western tradition at least since Plato. According to Oatley (in press), our contemporary view of creativity is predominantly Romantic. From the Romantic perspective, beauty, goodness, and truth are inherent in human nature and we have access thi ...
... The nature of creativity has mystified thinkers in the western tradition at least since Plato. According to Oatley (in press), our contemporary view of creativity is predominantly Romantic. From the Romantic perspective, beauty, goodness, and truth are inherent in human nature and we have access thi ...
Introduction to Psychology, 7th Edition, James W. Kalat Chapter 3
... But there doesn’t seem to be any relationship between dopamine and ADD. ...
... But there doesn’t seem to be any relationship between dopamine and ADD. ...
A cognitive neuroscience account of posttraumatic stress disorder
... narrative that were written while they were experiencing a flashback. The data confirmed that, compared to ordinary memory sections, flashback sections were associated with more use of perceptual words such as ‘see’ and ‘red’ and more mention of fear, helplessness, and horror. Moreover, during flash ...
... narrative that were written while they were experiencing a flashback. The data confirmed that, compared to ordinary memory sections, flashback sections were associated with more use of perceptual words such as ‘see’ and ‘red’ and more mention of fear, helplessness, and horror. Moreover, during flash ...
Slides - Indiana University Bloomington
... LTP, Learning and Memory, and CREB • Long-term memory is represented at the cellular level by activity-dependent modulation of both the function and the structure of specific synaptic connections • these synapses depend on the activation of specific patterns of gene expression • Inhibition of trans ...
... LTP, Learning and Memory, and CREB • Long-term memory is represented at the cellular level by activity-dependent modulation of both the function and the structure of specific synaptic connections • these synapses depend on the activation of specific patterns of gene expression • Inhibition of trans ...
Ecological dominance, social competition, and coalitionary arms
... of our closest relatives, suggesting a history of intense natural selection. The conditions favoring the evolution of human cognitive adaptations, however, remain an enigma. Hypotheses based on traditional ecological demands, such as hunting or climatic variability, have not provided satisfying expl ...
... of our closest relatives, suggesting a history of intense natural selection. The conditions favoring the evolution of human cognitive adaptations, however, remain an enigma. Hypotheses based on traditional ecological demands, such as hunting or climatic variability, have not provided satisfying expl ...