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ch. 1-4 test #1

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Bottom up processing   based on incoming data. Color, contrast, orientation  
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Top down processing   the meaning and knowlede  
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early selection model   the filtered step occurs before the incoming information is analyzed to determine meaning  
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letters presented to both ears, high load proccessing   early selection model  
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only meaningfull information gets to the   detector  
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identifies attended message based on physical characteristics ( pitch, spped, tone)   filter  
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late selection model   everything gets processed on meaning. Low load  
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dictionary unit   which contains stored words, each have thresholds for being activated.  
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attenuating theory of attention   instead of filter theres an attenuator. BOTH attended and unattended are let through  
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late selection is based on   meaning  
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early selection is based on   characteristics  
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high load task =   early selection  
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low load task=   late selection  
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more likely to be distracted in a   low load task  
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less likely to be distracted in a   high load task  
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Gamers are distracted in   both high and low load task  
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divided attention   attention to a number of things simultaneously. Ex. driving and talking on phone  
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factors that influence divided attention   practice, difficulty, type of task  
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effect of practice   became more automatic, reduces task load  
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harder it is the less   automatic  
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talking on phone is   cognitive processing  
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change blindness   difficulty detecting changes in scene  
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feature detectors   neurons such as simple, complex, and end-stopped cells, which fire in response to specific features of the stimuli  
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simple   oriented bar of light  
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complex   oriented bar of light moving in a specific direction  
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end stopped   oriented bar of light, with a specific length, moving in a specific direction.  
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Geons   more complex, 3D features detectors. Ex. cylinders or cubes  
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feature detectors are   both built in and based on experience  
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cerebral cortex   divided into four lobes: temporal, frontal, occipital, parietal  
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subcortical structures   below cortex, hippocampus, amygdala, thalamus  
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amygdala   emotions  
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rely stationg ofr sensory info. (EXCEPT smell) vision, hearing, and touch   thalamus  
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memories   hippocampus  
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neurons   cells that are specialized to recieve and transmit info. in the nervous sys.  
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180 billion cells with   1000 connection for each  
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cell body   contains mechanism to kekpp cell alive (dendrites, axaon, nerve fiber, receptors)  
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dendrites   branch out from the cell body to receive electrical signals from other neurons  
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recepots are on the   dendrites  
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axon or nerve fiber   is a tube filled with fluid that conducts electrical signals.  
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neurons that are specialized to receive information from the environmen are called   receptors  
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transmit information throughout the body   neurons  
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transmit all electrical and chemical signals   neuron  
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transduction   one form of energy into another form of energy  
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action potential   recorded from neurons with tiny microelectrodes that are positioned inside or right next to the neurons axon.  
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electrical firing of a neuron   action potential  
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action potential becomes more positive because other neurons   fired  
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the strength of the firing never changes the   frequency increases or decreases  
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information about stimulis intensit is represented not by the size of the action potential   but by their rate of firing  
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two scenarios that can occur when neurotransmitters are released   excitatory and inhibitory  
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excitatory neurotransmitter   increase the chance that the next neuron will fire  
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inhinitory neurotransmitter   decrease the chance of neuron will fire.  
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broca's area   speaking, located in frontal lobe  
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Wernicke's area   understands sppech, located in temporal lobe  
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neural code   the pattern of neuron fires  
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distributed coding   the code that indicates a specific face is distributed across a number of neurons  
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each face is represented by a specific pattern of firing across a number of neurons.   the solution is distributed coding  
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Rolling ball ex.   when the ball rolls numberous neurons fire throughout the brain, for things like color, distance, speed  
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methods for studing hte physiological nature of cognition   single unit recording, ERP, PET, fMRI, brain lesioning  
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Provides information about what single unit neurons are doing   single-unit recording  
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ERP   tells you when activity occurs but not where  
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response of many thousands of neurons to a specific event   Event related potential (ERP)  
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Brain imaging   Good at where, but bad at when  
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Measure blood flow in the brain   brain imagin PET, fMRI  
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neuropsychology   study of the behavioral effects of brain damage in humans  
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Gestalt laws   seires of rules that specify how we perceptually organize parts into wholes  
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pragnanz   "law of simplicity" every stimulis pattern is seen in such a way that the resulting structure is as simple as possible  
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similarity   similar things appear to be grouped together  
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good continuation   strait or smooth cury lines are seen as belonging together.  
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proximity of nearness   things that are near eachother appear to be grouped together  
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common fate   things that are moving in the same direction appear to be grouped together  
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familiarity   tings are more likely to form groups if the groups appear familiar or meaningful.  
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n Cognition is adaptive   n Cognition seems to have developed to allow us to anticipate what is coming next and behave accordingly  
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n We can be aware or unaware of our own cognitive processes as they occur   (blank)  
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n Cognition is based in physiology   n Genes produce the physical building blocks of cognition  
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n Cognition is extremely complex   n We process billions of pieces of information almost instantaneously  
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n Cognition cannot be directly measured   n Use indirect methods of determining cognitive processes  
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low task load =   greater distraction  
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varying task load can lead to   more difficulty because it increases the task load  
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factors that lead to how you perceive a sound   Pervious experience, Contex, expectations  
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