Cognition is the function of understanding the processes that produce complex behaviors, including memory, language, and perception.
Cognitive function is regulated by brain activity, which emerges from the connections of over 100 billion nerve cells in the brain.
Cognitive research includes basic research, which aims to understand the world and its phenomena without regard to a specific end-use of this knowledge, and applied research, which aims to develop a solution to a problem.
Hypothesis-guided research involves developing a theory and then testing it against evidence.
Phenomenon-based research involves discovering an "effect" and then following up with research to understand the nature of the effect.
The placebo effect is a phenomenon where fake treatments lead to improvements in people’s symptoms and functioning.
Cognitive psychology is the study of behavior to understand the mind (mental processing).
Neuroscience is the study of the brain and linking it to the mind, exploring which parts of the brain carry out functions we see behaviorally.
Computational modeling involves building and modeling the mind-brain connection.
The emotional enhancement effect states that emotional stimuli are more easily attended to and remembered than neutral stimuli.
Behavioral experiments show focal memory enhancements for negative stimuli in an image (Loftus et al., 1987).
Cognitive neuroscience of emotion involves studying the role of the amygdala in predicting memory for emotional but not neutral images (Dolcos et al., 2004).
The advent of AI, represented by ChatGPT, is a significant development in cognitive research.
"I want to know the reason that I think the way I do" represents functionalism
Rationalism is to innate as empiricism is to acquired