PSYC 2060U Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Visual Cortex, Thalamus, Frontal Lobe
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Cognitive psychology lecture 2 september 20, 2016. Relates cognitive processing to its neural substrate. Cog(cid:374)iti(cid:448)e (cid:374)euros(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e so(cid:373)eti(cid:373)es (cid:271)elie(cid:448)ed to (cid:271)e the (cid:862)future(cid:863) of cognitive psych: pre(cid:448)iously (cid:449)e did(cid:374)"t" ha(cid:448)e mri, et(cid:272). to (cid:271)e a(cid:271)le to i(cid:373)age the (cid:271)rai(cid:374) There will always be a gap in our knowledge to understand how a neuron firing into a process of memory, perception, etc. We know that brain area activated but does not tell us how these invisible mental processes work and exist. Cognitive psych and cognitive neuroscience therefore are a side by side process. In some senses, yes: but no, because of the gap. Study scientist were more convinced by study that included brain pictures than those that received study did not pictures. Neurons are the building blocks of the nervous system and brain: neurons: cells specialized to receive and transmit information in the nervous system, each neuron has a cell body, an axon, and dendrites.
