module 1 Flashcards
1
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what is cognition
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acquiring and processing information about the world in order to make behavioural decisions
2
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basic research
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research whose goal is to understand phenomena for the sake of understanding/discovery - there is no end use goal
3
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applied research
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research concerned with the end goal of developing a solution to a problem
4
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human factors
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applied research that aims to facilitate the design of systems that humans interact with, like machines or computers
5
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3 approaches to studying cognition
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cognitive psychology, neuroscience, computational modeling
6
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cognitive psychology
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studying behaviour to understand the mind
7
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neuroscience
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studying the brain and linking it to the mind
8
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computational modeling
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building and modelling the mind brain connection
