Cognitive science

You must be wondering what is the monkey mind. Did you know our mind is often compared to a monkey? The 'monkey mind' is a common metaphor used to describe our constantly spinning minds. Imagine sitting at your desk all set to tackle an essay as part of an assignment. Suddenly you feel like eating something which you believe will allow you to better concentrate. Now that eating is out of the way, you get back at your desk. Just under a minute you decide to fix the printer. Once fixed, you…

I sat appalled, not daring to drop my gaze. His eyes were dark similar to mine when I would become enraged. Deep and hollow, no life in them. After all those years singing to a mirror or my shower head, those harmonic tunes...the owner of the song was just meters in front of me. The frigid water would cascade down my back to the point I knew it was time to leave the shower. I knew I was a terrible singer, just ask my pet goldfish - which died. I shuddered at the remembrance of the funeral I…

According to chiropractors one of the worse things to do to yourself is crack your own neck. I was unaware of this fact up until a few weeks ago; I never realized I could become paralyzed or possibly die just from simply cracking my own neck. I decided to stop once and for all but I never realized how hard it would be. I was so accustomed to cracking my neck that by the time I realized I was cracking one side of my neck, it was too late to stop and I had to “finish” the job. According to Charles…

First thing's first, I'm the realest, Drop this and let the whole wor… Oh sorry I’ve gotten in the habit of when ever I’m actually doing something, it’s usually just me preforming “Fancy”. These past two years have been a world wind. I’ve released an album and the only song people know is “Fancy”, you already know. You guys know I have other songs, right. And knowing “Black Widow” doesn’t count. I have literally “rapped” “Fancy” for the past two years; any late night show or music festival I…

Ryse is a male, he has a bronze sword, gold armor, and a steel shield. He lived in Rome, and it was raining all day, and all night since the past 5 days. “Ryse I want to tell you a myth” the king said. “Ok father” Ryse said. “There once was a ape, and Dionysus accidentally changed the apes size, and behavior Dionysus was raving, but also joyful, because it was very special” the king said. Then after a couple of hours everyone in Rome fell asleep, but then boom. “What was that?” Ryse said.…

Metacognition Metacognition is a view of learning that many refer to as “thinking about thinking” when in reality it has a much deeper meaning than this simple summary. Metacognition is a process where an individual becomes aware of what they are learning and continually review their progress towards a goal (Livingston, Jennifer A. 1997). An example of this would be, if someone was doing advanced university math [Math 1000] and they are faced with a multiple page question the average student…

practice of meditation and other training. Mindfulness training helps us to become less concerned and interested in the contents of the mind. Some of the benefits of the mind is happiness, emotional stability, and effective relationships. There are cognitive benefits as well, which include, memory and…

Living In Dubuque Iowa My cousin is moving to Dubuque this weekend from Chicago but she doesn’t believe that it is the right thing for her to do. But little do she know their are a lot of good things about this town. Such as all the good history that this town holds. Also there is a lot of fun things to do here as far as going snowboarding at sundown in the winter time. Or even going out enjoying the national parks like going to the Minds Of Spain or the Aubroritom. Dubuque has a lot of great…

Whiling attempting to select what aspect of myself I want to change my mind ran a thousand miles a minute. I began thinking of all the things I would want to change about myself: my mindset, my body, and all the little things I obsess over. This then caused me to realize that one thing I would desire to change is to feel more satisfaction, and no longer obsess over unimportant details and things I cannot control. I tend to worry and fear not being able to be happy or feel clear head to the…

Study of the mind, body and behavior has always interested me since I was in high school. This class has taught me the significance of psychology. In human life. Since day one, I have learned something new about behavior and why it functions in a certain way. Psychology is a great profession with a vast knowledge of things which a human mind has a difficulty to understand. Psychology is not just limited to human mind but it is also the study of animal behavior and how they correlate with humans.…