PSY270H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Mental Rotation, Epiphenomenon, Auditory Cortex
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Prototype, exemplar, hybrid: typicality and basic-level preference, hierarchical semantic network, connectionist model, sensory-functional hypothesis, semantic category, embodied approach: mirror neurons. Pre-lecture notes: testing imagery, imagery in the brain, imagery and perception, using imagery in real life. Dual code, pegword, method of loci: eidetic memory: what imagery is not. Course evals due at apr 9 for all courses. Incl title page and reference page --> does not count towards the 4pg limit. If we reach 70% response rate, david will make a mock exam and post it on blackboard. Ra applications are still open - submit by next week (interviews will be scheduled then) Final exam: apr 17, 9am-12pm --> format given next week. Definitional: idea that we have some internal, mental definition of what an object is. When you encounter a bird or object, brain compares it to mental dictionary and marks a checklist to see if it matches.
