Language Flashcards
what are the 3 domains of psycholinguistics
Acquision/learning
comprehension
production
What is acquisiotion
how do children acquire language
What is cognitive neuroscience
aims to understand human cognition by combining info from behaviour and the brain
What are single unit recordings
a micro electrode is inserted into the brain, records info from a single neuron
what is the late selection theory
meaning is accessed before filtering and processing
what is ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY (EEG)
event related potentials (ERP’s) refer to average EEG responses that are time locked to more complex processing of stimuli
SCAN
what is cognitive neuro psychology
studying cognitive brain functioning in brain damaged patients
what is computatonal cognitive science
constructing computational models to understand human cognition
goal of the serial processing approach
specify linear processes and structures involved in cognition
artificial intelligence?
constructing computer systems that produce intellegent out comes
what is computational modelling
programming computers to model and mimic aspects of human cognitive functioning
what is bottom up processing
externally driven attention + influenced by environmental stimuli
what is top down motivation
internally driven motivation
assumptions of the serial processing approach
processing in people resembles computers
what is serial processing
one process is done then the next can be started
what is cognitive science
develop theoretical framework by forming and testing computational models intended to be mental operations
what is top down processing
influenced by factors such as the individuals knowledge and expectations
what is parrallel processing
being able to do two or more cognitive processes at once
what does functional magnetic resonance imaging do?
measures blood oxygen level
what is binocular disparity
because eyes see different perspectives, b d is difference between two images
what is the cornea
the transparent window that covers the front of the eye, transmits and focuses light into the eye
what is the iris
coloured part of eye, regulates amount of light that enters the eye
what is the lens
the transparent structure in the eye that focuses light rays into the retina
what is the pupil
determines how much light is let into the light, dilates,
ehat is experimental cognitive psychology
applies experimental methods to the study of behaviour and the process that underlie it q
what is the retina
nerve layer at the back of the eye, senses light and creates impulses that are sent through the optic nerve to the brain
2 main stroop effects 1) speed of processing theory
the interference occurs because words are read faster than colours named
stroop effect 2 ) selective attention theory
the inference occurs because naming colours requires more attention than reading words
