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Psychology of higher cognitive processes

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Psychology of higher cognitive processes (C855): The study of thinking, reasoning, decision-making and problem solving.

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Link "Cognitive psychology" - Online Course by The Saylor Foundation

This is a link to a course which introduces Cognitive Psychology. Memory, along with attention, perception, language, and decision making, are...

cognitive psychology, Chomsky, Cognition, motivation, Emotion, neuropsychology, attention, memory, Language, Knowledge, pattern recognition, object perception, problem solving, reasoning, decision making view
Link "Is Autism an extreme of the male brain?" A lecture by Simon Baron-Cohen

This is a Stockholm Psychiatry Lecture given by Professor Simon Baron-Cohen of Cambridge University, entitled "Is Autism an extreme of the male...

Gender, autism, aspergers, Brain, brain scanning, empathy view
Link Attention

What does ‘attention’ mean? This link to the Open University unit on attention attempts to unravel the mysteries of the field of attention and ...

attention, cognitive, distract, memory, Psychology, sounds, images, stimuli view
Link Types of Reliability

Research Methods Knowledge Base page from the Web Center for Social Research Methods (Cornell University) introduces the major forms of...

reliability, Validity, statistics view
Link The Autistic Spectrum: From Theory to Practice

This is a link to an Open University unit on autism, where the wide spectrum of disorders associated with autism is described. The unit then...

autism, asperger's, Psychology, psychological disorders, developmental disorders, child development, research, diagnosis, treatment view
Link Introduction to Psychology Course by the Saylor Foundation

This is a link to an online, introductory course which presents the fundamental principles of psychology. It begins with a short overview of the...

Psychology, nature, nurture, nature-nurture debate, memory, Cognition, Communication, neurospsychology, Introduction, introduction to psychology, Learning, sensation, Perception, development, adolescence, psychopathology view
Link Joseph LeDoux Lecture on "Our Emotional Brains"

"Our Emotional Brains" - delivered by Professor Joseph LeDoux, was the third Copernicus Center Lecture.

The 2011 Copernicus Center Lecture...

Brain, emotions, Neuroscience, limbic system, homeostasis, neurotransmission, threat, brain surgery view
Link Allpsych - the Virtual Psychology Classroom

AllPsych is dedicated to the education of psychology and this is a link to the website which contains a number of useful materials and references...

virtual classroom, Reference, quizzes, research methods view
Link Elizabeth Loftus on Eyewitness Testimony

Professor Elizabeth Loftus discusses the unreliable nature of eyewitness testimony and describes her groundbreaking research on eye witness...

Eye-witness testimony, memory, Cognition, Loftus, Psychology view
Link Understanding Dyslexia

Dyslexia is a condition affecting literacy skills. This Open University unit analyses how our image of normality affects the way in which society...

Psychology, developmental disorders, developmental psychology, child development, Reading, Dyslexia, Language view
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