have access to such resources. Some research supports the theory that low SES “manifest poor cognitive performance” (Kaplan et al., 2001). In addition, past research has evidenced that there is a correlation between low socioeconomic status and low achievement in school. Achievement is a broad yet complex product of the interaction between cognition and brain development (Noble et al., 2015). Poor cognitive development may promote developmental delays that makes it hard for some students to…
emerged in research. With the progress of current findings on FBMs, future studies are vital to develop an assessment model of FBMs in an attempt to fully consider how they are formed, stored and processed cognitively, to advance our understanding of cognitive processes on memory and potentially prevent and treat disorders of…
think about each step and then move to the second step. According to Anderson (2015) this process is called cognition. By definition it is when a person processes the knowledge they have gained whether it is old or new. This is where the art of cognitive psychology is important because it looks and studies the types of functions in the brain. Because the brain is so complex and it is always processing different types of information and…
Devyn’s cognitive abilities were assessed with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-V). The areas of cognitive processing ability measured include crystallized intelligence, short-term memory, visual-spatial processing, reasoning ability, and processing speed. The subtests measured different cognitive processing abilities and when combined form five index scores: Verbal Comprehension, Visual-Spatial, Fluid Reasoning, Working Memory and Processing Speed, which makes up the…
that includes three different experiments.[1] However, the effect was first published in 1929 in Germany, and its roots can be followed back to works of James McKeen Cattell andWilhelm Maximilian Wundt in the nineteenth century.As is true for the cognitive literature in general (cf. MacLeod, 1991), the Stroop effect is a mainstay of research on age-related…
Studying the human body is an intimate academic exercise – my fingers move in response to messages sent through my nervous system and words appear on the page. Either side of the divide - the neuromuscular junction In order for motor neurons to communicate with the skeletal muscle fibres of my fingers, a synapse is formed between them, known as a neuromuscular junction. The neural and muscular sides of the NMJ have different roles to play. The motor neuron’s axon terminal, along which nerve…
studies have taken each side of the argument and sought to prove which stance is valid. Slaughter and Zapata (2014) are inclined to proving that culture does indeed influence mind reading. The analysis validates the sociocultural perspective of cognitive development which asserts that everyday interactions are essential for human development. The primary elements that influence human behavior in the sociocultural environment include nationality, gender, age, race, amongst others (Siegler, 2014).…
and engage with language for the purpose of communication, education, self-awareness and for a sense of belonging. Cognitive development is the result of language acquisition. Without cognition, a child would fail to thrive. Cognition…
Creative Histories Presentation History is a narrative of human experience, written retrospectively. There is a process of evaluation and reflection that colours, interprets and reshapes events into patterns of memory that can be selective and distinctly individual. Authenticity and verifiable details make history a more reliable ‘story’ of human experience through the additional use of personal memories. Memory is fragile, often short term and highly subjective. The mind’s impact on memory can…
In “A conversation with Einstein’s Brain,” written by Douglas R. Hofstadter and Daniel C. Dennett, the authors write about a conversation occurring between tortoise and Achilles in which they discuss about a book containing all of the neurons and pathways symbolized by abbreviations and words. These fully functional neurons written as abbreviations represent Einstein’s brain, and thus, the book is Einstein’s brain. During the conversation, Achilles struggles to understand the concept. Thus,…