Class Cognitive Psychology

This unit aims to explore the internal mental processes and address the principal experimental paradigms in cognitive psychology to the study of cognitive functions, i.e. as we perceive them, remember, discuss and solve problems.

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1.Cognitive Psychology introduction  1.1.Investigation methods in experimental cognitive psychology 2. Visual perception and attention  2.1. Basic processes of visual perception  2.2.Main attention mechanisms 3. Memory  3.1. Memory and learning  3.2. Mnemonic models 4. Language  4.1. Speech perception and reading  4.2. Understanding and production mechanisms 5. Superior cognitive functions  5.1. Problem solving  5.2. Decision making 6. Experimental planning and real world problems application 7. Promotion Cognitive skills

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Eysenck, M.W., & Keane, M.T. (2015). Cognitive psychology: A student's handbook (7ª Ed). London & NY: Psychology Press.