PSYC 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Eye Movement, Sound, Prosopagnosia

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 221
• Professor: Caitlyn Mc Coleman

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Cognitive science: the new term designating the study of cognition from multiple standpoints of psychology, linguistics, computer science, and neuroscience. The standard theory is an example of strict information processing approach. Inp t (cid:314) sensory (cid:314) short term memory (cid:316) long term memory (cid:315) Model is specifically about multiple parts of memory serving cognition. Generally, any input is subject to processing to produce an output. Assumptions of the ipa model: (only true for the strict information approach: sequential stages of processing. Inp t (cid:314) sensory (cid:316) short term memory (cid:314) o tp t. For double arrows, they signify that information can be processed both ways and. This updated model allows for parallel processing and context effect. Basic unit of information is the bit. The bit can be functionally thought of as 1 and 0 (in binary form) Lesion studies: the study of people before and after having brain lesions to see the impact of damage on function.