Cognition

Introduction
Participants in this learning project are encouraged to explore:
 * 1) Processes of knowing, understanding, and reasoning that involve being aware of one's thoughts and perceptions.
 * 2) What is the physical substrate of cognition?
 * 3) Can man-made machines ever become cognitively active?
 * 4) What human brain processes generate cognitive  experiences?

What is cognition?

 * 1) Cognition is a general term for all forms of knowing (e.g. attending, remembering, reasoning and understanding concepts, facts, propositions, and rules).
 * 2) Cognitive processes are how you manipulate your mental contents.
 * 3) Cognitive psychology is the study of cognition.
 * 4) Cognitive science is an interdisciplinary field that extends the principles of cognitive psychology to other systems that manipulate information.

Cognition and the brain
Non-invasive brain scanning allows correlations to be made between human conscious experiences and patterns of brain activity. Studies of both visual and auditory perception allow distinctions to be made between brain regions that do and do not show activity patterns that correlate with conscious experiences. Results from study of brain lesions, application of drugs, and electromagnetic disruption of the function of specific brain regions can be interpreted in combination with results from brain scans.

Cognitive therapy
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." Aristotle

Reading

 * Reflections of other minds: how primate social cognition can inform the function of mirror neurons by Derek E Lyons, Laurie R Santos, and Frank C Keil.
 * Life, chemistry and cognition: Conceiving life as knowledge embodied in sentient chemical systems might provide new insights into the nature of cognition by Ladislav Kováč.
 * 7 Functional neuroimaging: linking brain anatomy to cognition by K E Stephan.

quiz
{Cognition refers to all forms of ________. + knowing - thinking - learning - perceiving
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 * Correct! Cognition is a general term for all forms of knowing.
 * Incorrect. While thinking is a part of cognition, the definition provided specifically mentions "knowing".
 * Incorrect. Learning is a part of cognition, but the definition provided specifically mentions "knowing".
 * Incorrect. Perceiving is a part of cognition, but the definition provided specifically mentions "knowing".

{Cognitive processes are how you ________ your mental contents. + manipulate - store - perceive - learn
 * type="[]"}
 * Correct! Cognitive processes are about manipulating mental contents.
 * Incorrect. While storing can be a part of cognitive processes, the definition provided specifically mentions "manipulate".
 * Incorrect. Perceiving can be a part of cognitive processes, but the definition provided specifically mentions "manipulate".
 * Incorrect. Learning can be a part of cognitive processes, but the definition provided specifically mentions "manipulate".

{Cognitive psychology is the study of ________. + cognition - the brain - therapy - science
 * type="[]"}
 * Correct! Cognitive psychology focuses on the study of cognition.
 * Incorrect. While cognitive psychology does study how the brain relates to cognition, it is primarily about cognition itself.
 * Incorrect. Cognitive therapy is a form of treatment, while cognitive psychology is a field of study.
 * Incorrect. Cognitive science is an interdisciplinary field, while cognitive psychology is a specific field of study.

{Cognitive science extends the principles of cognitive psychology to other systems that ________ information. + manipulate - store - perceive - generate
 * type="[]"}
 * Correct! Cognitive science looks at how various systems manipulate information.
 * Incorrect. While storing information is important, the definition provided specifically mentions "manipulate".
 * Incorrect. The definition provided specifically mentions "manipulate" information.
 * Incorrect. The definition provided specifically mentions "manipulate" information.

{Non-invasive brain scanning allows correlations to be made between human ________ experiences and patterns of brain activity. + conscious - cognitive - unconscious - sensory
 * type="[]"}
 * Correct! The text mentions making correlations between human conscious experiences and brain activity.
 * Incorrect. While related, the text specifically mentions "conscious" experiences.
 * Incorrect. The text specifically mentions "conscious" experiences.
 * Incorrect. The text specifically mentions "conscious" experiences.

{Who said, "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."? + Aristotle - Plato - Socrates - Freud
 * type="[]"}
 * Correct! Aristotle is credited with this quote.
 * Incorrect. It was Aristotle, not Plato.
 * Incorrect. It was Aristotle, not Socrates.
 * Incorrect. It was Aristotle, not Freud.

Wikibooks

 * Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience

Wikipedia

 * Cognition
 * List of cognitive biases
 * Aging and memory
 * Animal cognition
 * Animal communication
 * Aptitude
 * As We May Think
 * Cognitive bias
 * Cognitive dissonance
 * Cognitive radio
 * Cognitive space
 * Cognitive style
 * Cognitivism
 * Concept learning
 * Consciousness
 * Decision making
 * Educational psychology
 * Emergence
 * Emotion and memory
 * Emotional stroop
 * Functional neuroimaging
 * Gestalt effect
 * Holonomic brain theory
 * Information foraging
 * Intentionality
 * List of cognitive scientists
 * Memory
 * Memory-prediction framework
 * Metacognition
 * Molecular Cellular Cognition
 * Neurocognitive
 * NLP meta programs
 * Numerical Cognition
 * Personal knowledge management
 * Philosophy of mind
 * Santiago theory of cognition
 * Theory of Cognitive development
 * Theory of mind
 * Quantum mind

Wikiversity

 * Cognitive psychology
 * Psychology 102/Lectures/Cognitive processes
 * Topic:Cognitive psychology