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Cognitive Psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Cognitive Psychology

...Cognitive psychology... Cognitive Psychology A short introduction to this album. What is consciousness? What does consciousness mean? How artists, writers and scientists understood consciousness in the 19th and 20th centuries. Consciousness: the central psychological question The difficulties of explaining consciousness scientifically. The evolution of consciousness Are...
Cognition and gender development
Education & Development

Cognition and gender development

...cognitive processes need to be taken into account in order to explain how the social environment makes its mark on the child’s gender development and how the child plays an important role in directing his or her own gender development. Cognitive processes The theories covered in this section all relate to aspects of children’s thinking that are central to their gender...
‘Irrational emotions’ and their cognitive impenetrability
History & The Arts

‘Irrational emotions’ and their cognitive impenetrability

...cognitive and emotional responses...[Art image of varying colours to represent emotions] The irrationality of emotions ‘Irrational’ or ‘recalcitrant’ emotions are those emotions that are in tension with our evaluative judgements. For example, you fear flying despite judging it to be safe, you are angry at your colleague even though you know her remarks were...
What can lucid dreaming teach us about consciousness?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What can lucid dreaming teach us about consciousness?

...cognitive functioning such as logical reasoning and voluntary behaviour which are typically only observed during waking states. The type of brain activity observed, gamma wave activity, is also known to allow different aspects of our experience; perceptions, emotions, thoughts, and memories to “bind” together into an integrated consciousness. A follow-up study found...
There is a biological reason why teenagers struggle to wake up early!
Health, Sports & Psychology

There is a biological reason why teenagers struggle to wake up early!

...Neuroscience, Dr Paul Kelley...In societies the world over, teenagers are blamed for staying up late, then struggling to wake up in the morning. While it’s true that plenty of teenagers (like many adults) do have bad bedtime habits, researchers have long since proven that this global problem has a biological cause. In 2004, researchers at the University of Munich proved...
Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator
Languages

Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator

...cognitive skills, all of which had to operate in unison. She did so continuously and in real time, without asking the speaker to slow down or clarify anything. She didn’t stammer or pause. Nothing in our evolutionary history can have programmed Pinkney’s brain for a task so peculiar and demanding. Executing it required versatility and nuance beyond the reach of the...
5 reasons why exercising outdoors is great for people who have dementia
Health, Sports & Psychology

5 reasons why exercising outdoors is great for people who have dementia

...cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease. Current Neurology and Neuroscience reports. 2010; 10(5):352-8. Leschenes CL & McCurry SM. Current treatments for sleep disturbances in individuals with dementia. Current Psychiatry reports. 2009; 11(1):20-26. Prince M, Knap M, Guerchet M, McCrone P, Prina M, Comas-Herrera A, Wittenberg R, Adelaja B, Hu B, King D, Rehill A,...