Intro/Brain And Cognition Flashcards
What are the brain lobes for?
EF/WM
Frontal lobe
What are the brain lobes for?
Episodic memory/Semantic memory
Temporal lobe
What are the brain lobes for?
Attention
Parietal lobe
What are the brain lobes for?
Problem solving/thinking/reasoning
Frontal lobe
What are three attentional networks?
Default, ventral, dorsal
Implicit memories, such as motor memories, rely on the basal ganglia and ___________.
Cerebellum
Declarative and episodic memory as well as recognition memory
Hippocampus
fear and fear memories
Amygdala
Procedural memories: how to play the piano
Cerebellum
Remembering semantic tasks
Prefrontal cortex
What’s the critical function of hippocampus in memory?
Acquiring new memory
How does exercise affect brain and cognition? (Children/elderly)
Increase hippocampal and have better memory
What is language?
Language is a rule-governed behavior.
What are the components of language?
Semantics, syntax, phonology, morphonology, pragmatics
What is cognition? What is the definition?
Cognition is about intelligence and mental process. It is the mental process of acquiring knowledge through thoughts, experiences, and the senses.
What is the common/consistent view on the relationship between language and cognition?
Language is embedded in cognition
Compare the following processing: automatic vs. controlled processing
Automatic processing is the process without thinking and takes little or no space of working memory. Controlled processing is the process that requires conscious thinking and takes space of working memory.
Compare the following direction of processing: bottom-up vs. top-down processing
Bottom-up is data driven and focuses on vocabulary and grammar. Top-down is concept driven and uses prior knowledge to process information.
what is the definition of working memory?
The retention of the current in-put and what is just happened.
What is executive functioning?
The executive superviory system
What are the three components of EF?
Initiation, organization, planning
