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PSY246: Cognitive Processes I
This unit introduces major topics of cognition including mechanisms of visual and auditory attention, varieties of short and long term memory, language processes such as reading and written word recognition, storage and retrieval of knowledge of concepts and reasoning. We cannot attend to everything that impinges on the senses so we select and attend only to part of the available input. Selected information must be encoded, used, stored and retrieved. Although the main focus of the unit is on normal adult cognition, disorders of cognitive processes are also examined and these include acquired dyslexias and various forms of memory impairments. The unit is taught by means of lectures and practical classes. The latter demonstrate phenomena and research findings from various areas of cognition.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
| When Offered: | D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year Xc1 - External study (composite mode); Offered in the first half-year |
| Staff Contact(s): | Associate Professor Veronika Coltheart |
| Prerequisites: |
PSY104(P) and PSY105(P) and [STAT122 or STAT170 or STAT171 or PSY122] or admission to GDipPsych |
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| NCCW(s): | PSY237 |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Psychology |
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