Cognitive psychology

From various studies conducted by a number of psychologists, have shown that the dorsolateral prefrontal techniques and the superior posterior parietal cortex have a relation to the cognitive control. The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex tends to be activated when there is a series of activities being carried out when some activities are kept on hold in the working memory, when the tasks to be carried out are demanding or when there is…

Therefore, we hypothesize that participants took a longer time reading the incongruent label sheet verses the no label sheet. Methods Participants The participants for this study were undergraduate students taking Psychology 241 this fall 2015 semester. 18 students in total partook in the study; majority being female ranging from ages 18-22. Materials The experiment required a Stopwatch, a sheet containing silhouettes with no label, a sheet containing silhouettes…

A neuropsychological assessment consists of administering tests that examine a set of more-or-less independent functional domains that are controlled by brain systems. While neuropsychologists agree on a general range of functional domains, some categories may be combined in different examinations. Nevertheless, neuropsychological assessment generally taps most of these areas of functioning that potentially may be impacted by brain disorders. Attention and Processing Speed -- The capability to…

Mini Mental Status Exam JS scored twenty-eight out of thirty possible on the Mini-Mental State Examination. This shows no cognitive impairment without any clinical signs of cognitive impairment present. She received a perfect score on everything except two areas. The first one was only being able to recite only two of the three items to be remembered. Second area was difficulty counting back from one hundred by sevens (Demential Today website, n.d.). Mini-Mental Status Exam results show…

In the workbook, there are two columns, one on the left is the symbols and other one on the right is the numbers. To experience the Stroop effect, I have to count the numbers of symbols/numbers that are there in the workbook. My personal experience with the Stroop task wasn’t so difficult but the one on the right one made me respond slower than I did with the one on the left. I would say the reason I was slower when I performed the right column because my mind would atomically read first instead…

This research article by Steven J. Frenda, Lawrence Patihis, Elizabeth F. Loftus, Holly C. Lewis and Kimberly M. Fenn, aims to further the research on false memories and how they occur by looking into the role of sleep deprivation. 2 experiments were conducted; experiment one contained 193 undergraduates from the University of California, experiment 2 contained 104 undergraduates from Michigan State University. In each experiment there was a sleep deprived group and a rested group. In experiment…

Emotional processing and processing information are linked to specific areas within the brain. Cognitive neuroscience has had advances that show the processing of emotional information and the network that carries it through cortical and subcortical regions. Some of the networks required for emotional processing are also involved in attentional processing and attentional processes. Attention and emotion are correlated this way. Emotional processing studies recently began considering the…

Some individuals may experience severe deterioration of cognitive skills, which can lead to dementia. This can make it impossible to cope with on a day to day basis. It has been said that once the aging results are in an inevitable loss of cognitive abilities, that nothing can be done to halt the decline. Research, however does not support this claim (Cherry 2016). Although certain areas of thinking do…

Memory is defined as “The mental capacity or faculty of retaining and reviving, facts, events, impressions, etc., or of recognizing previous experiences.” Many people rely on their memories and are convinced their memory is always correct. Scientist have tested memory multiple times and found that memory is not all that reliable. Memory has been found to be affected by many factors such as emotions, verbs, selective attention, and many more. The following article explores the ways memories are…

ASSIGNMENT 2: MEMORY (1) Explain what each of the following terms means: (a) Consistency bias, (b) retroactive interference, (c) proactive interference. 1a: Consistency bias means that people tend to exaggerate the consistency between our past feelings or beliefs with our current viewpoint. 1b: Retroactive interference means that people have trouble recalling old material because of recently learned material interfering with old memories. 1c: Proactive interference means that people have…