PSYC 3265 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Brainstem, Substantia Nigra, Anterograde Amnesia
21 Nov 2016
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Themes have start around 1950/1960s; cognitive psych guided by info. A lot of different measures; popular reaction time: measure elapsed time from onset of stimulus until response is produced idea is that there is something going. Trying to infer internal brain processes contrasted with behaviourist approach. Cognitive what goes on internally; behaviourist by looking at what is internal, As a scientist what you can control is the nature of the stimulus the stimulus goes. Channel capacity popular in 50/60s maybe the brain is like a computer: think of brain in terms of computer; computer has max capacity; there are. Basic building block of brain neuron specialized cell that receives info and. In order for the info to be retained, it has to make its way into the lt memory store: emphasized that rehearsal was key process to get from st to lt memory.
