COGS 1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Data Analysis, Turing Test, Spacetime
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What is cognitive science l l l l. Nearly 100% of studies of cognition assume the biological. It examines the nature, the tasks, and the functions of cognition. l. Cognitive scientists study intelligence and behavior, with a focus on how nervous systems represent, process, and transform information. l. Cognitive science is an interdisciplinary field with contributors from various fields, including psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, computer science, philosophy of mind, anthropology, sociology, and biology. Executive functioning l = cognitive control l = supervisory attentional system l. Including attentional control, inhibitory control, working memory, and cognitive flexibility, as well as reasoning, problem solving, and planning n. Selecting and successfully monitoring behaviors that facilitate the attainment of chosen goals n. Cognitive control and stimulus control, which is associated with operant and classical conditioning, represent opposite processes. Functional specialization suggests that different areas in the brain are specialized for different functions.
