I. INTRODUCTION AND THE NEURAL BASIS OF COGNITION.
1.Introduction.
What Is Cognitive Psychology?
Information-Processing Model.
The Domain of Cognitive Psychology.
Representation of Knowledge.
A Brief History of Cognitive Psychology.
Conceptual Science and Cognitive Psychology.
2.Cognitive Neuroscience.
Exploring and Mapping the Brain-AN Introduction.
Logbook: The Twenty-first Centruy-Brain Science.
Mind-Body Issues.
Cognitive Neuroscience.
The Nervous System.
Neurophysiological Sensing Techniques.
A Take of Two Hemispheres.
II. PERCEPTION, ATTENTION, PATTERN RECOGNITION, AND CONSCIOUSNESS.
3.Perception and Attention.
The Computational Brain.
Sensation and Perception.
Perceptual Span.
Iconic Storage.
Echoic Storage.
Function of Sensory Stores.
Attention.
Processing Capacity and Selective Attention.
Auditory Signals.
Models of Selective Attention.
Visual Attention.
Automatic Processing.
The Neurocognition of Attention.
4.Pattern Recognition.
Perceptual Theories.
Visual Pattern Recognition.
Gestalt Theory.
Canonic Perspectives.
Bottom-Up versus Top-Down Processing.
Template Matching.
Feature Analysis.
Prototype Matching.
Form Perception: An Integrated Approach.
Pattern Recognition among Experts.
Pattern Recognition-The Role of the Perceiver.
5.Consciousness.
History of Consciousness.
Cognitive Psychology and Consciousness.
Consciousness as a Scientific Construct.
Modern Theories of Consciousness.
Functions of Consciousness.
III. MEMORY
6.Mnemonics and Experts.
A King from Texas Matches a Paul Bunyan King from Minnesota.
Mnemonic Systems.
Extraordinary Memories.
Experts and Expertise.
7.Memory: Structures and Processes.
Short-Term Memory.
Long-Term Memory.
8.Memory: Theories and Neurocognition.
Early Studies.
The Neurocognition of Memory.
Two Memory Stores.
Memory in the Larger Cognitive Domain.
Models of Memory.
IV. MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS: MEMORY AND IMAGERY.
9.The Representation of Knowledge.
Semantic Organization.
Associationist Approach.
Semantic Memory: Cognitive Models.
Representation of Knowledge - Neurocognitive Considerations.
Memory: Consolidation.
Connectionism and the Representation of Knowledge.
10.Mental Imagery.
Historical Overview.
Imagery and Cognitive Psychology.
Neurocognitive Evidence.
Synthesis: The Sound of Colors.
V. LANGUAGE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF COGNITION.
11.Language 1: Structure and Abstractions.
Language: Cognition and Neurology.
Linguistics.
Chomsky's Theory of Grammar.
Psycholinguistic Aspects of Language.
Cognitive Psychology and Language: Abstraction of Linguistic Ideas.
Knowledge and Comprehension.
A Model of Comprehension: Kintch.
Language and Neurology.
12.Language 2: Words and Reading.
Perceptual Span.
Interactive Activation Model and Letter and Word Identification: A PDP Perspective.
Lexical-Decision Task (LDT).
Word Recognition: A Cognitive-Anatomical Approach.
Comprehension.
13.Cognitive Development.
Life-Span Development.
Developmental Psychology.
Neurocognitive Development.
Cognitive Development.
VI. THINKING AND INTELLIGENCE (HUMAN AND AI)
14.Thinking 1: Concept Formation, Logic, and Decision Making.
Thinking.
Concept Formation.
Logic.
Decision Making.
Decision Making and Rationality.
15.Thinking 2: Problem Solving, Creativity, and Human Intelligence.
Problem Solving.
Creativity.
Human Intelligence.
16.Artificial Intelligence.
AI - The Beginnings.
Machines and Minds: The Imitation Game and the Chines Room.
Perception and AI.
Language and AI.
Problem Solving, Game Playing, and AI.
AI and the Arts.
Robots.
The Future of AI.
AI and Scientific Inquiry.
