Extraneous cognitive load

originated from the unitary short-term memory store projected by Atkinson and Shiffrin (Baddeley, 2003). Working memory allows for the storage, retaining of information for a specified period of time and manipulating that information for performance of cognitive activities. A multi-component model of working memory was proposed by Baddeley and Hitch consisting of three main components (Baddeley, 1998). It is important to briefly outline the three main elements of the mentioned model before…

The description of what one is able to feel during the reach stage is a certain level of discomfort but excited as well because this step requires one to move themselves beyond their current circumstance all while practicing new thoughts. This is a place of discovery find something to say or do that moves will move the toxic thoughts in to positive thinking. This can be nurtured by reading and quoting scriptures. The mind is the power of intellect emotions and if an able to power by the Holy…

certain vitamins and herbs could protect older adults from memory loss (Ashpari, 2014). Nutritional supplementation can ply a role in improving our memory. According to Harris, Elizabeth, et al that “Nutritional and vitamin status may be related to cognitive function and decline in older adults”. However, some vitamins are more important for older adults memory than others. . That is what Macpherson, Ellis, Sali, and Pipingas, (2012) discuss in their study “Memory Improvements in Elderly women…

Neural activity is defined as the interactions and processes that occur in the brain due to internal and external stimuli, giving rise to psychological function. Carl Jung’s (2014) model of typology identifies four basic psychological functions; thinking, feeling, sensation and intuition. Jung (2014) states that, “Sensation establishes what is actually present, thinking enables us to recognize its meaning, feeling tells us its value, and intuition points to possibilities, giving outlook and…

Cognitive Psychology is a branch of Psychology that is related to the scientific study of mental function and mind , including learning, perception, attention, reasoning, learning, language, decision making and conceptual development. The modern study of cognition is based on this premise that a brain can be also understood as any complex computer systam. Aaron Beck is generally regarded as the father of cognitive therapy. Beck has worked mainly with depression diagnoses. Cognitive Therapy has…

have gone through has made me the consciously aware woman that I am today. I’m still a work in progress. I do my best to find logic in my own mental processes. (Wikipedia, 2016) In Psychology mental process is the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents. (Vocabulary,…

Mapping the Brain, written by Sharon Begley, focuses on how the brain has specific tasks for each of the divided sections. In the article, Begley (1992) uses an analogy to explain how different regions of the brain have distinct roles and are in control of different tasks. Specifically, the brain is compared to a map. Begley (1992) declares, “[The maps] will show . . . where in the brain cognition, feelings, language and everything else that makes us human comes from” (p. 66). This means that…

Reflections on Mirror Neurons The author's main point in the article is that mirror neuron help with imitating what we see. The author wants the reader to understand that humans and monkeys think in a similar way when mirror neuron is being studied. The author uses professional researchers to explain the finding of mirror neurons and their experiments. The author explains that the monkeys learn by visual models as well as humans. The monkeys learned by seeing food that they want just by…

Perception Imagine driving down the road and what seems to be coming towards you is a giant black puddle. The puddle keeps transforming in to different shapes as the sun reflects different levels of brightness on the road. You look around and see that it is not raining and you wonder why you would be seeing a puddle. As your car gets even nearer to the puddle suddenly the puddle disappears and all you see is the hot black pavement. This is when you realize that you were not seeing a puddle at…

In their work, The Extended Mind, Andy Clark and David Chalmers present the extended mind hypothesis to argue against the idea of the mind consisting solely of inputs and outputs. The hypothesis argues that the mind is not simply an internal thing, but rather that it can exist externally and be part of an individual’s environment. Clark and Chalmers argue for this this by presenting the examples of Otto, a man whose memories and knowledge lie in a notebook, and Inga someone who stores all the…