Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience: An Analysis of the Association between Thinking and Memory in the Brain

Course 19: Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience: An Analysis of the Association between Thinking and Memory in the Brain

I. Course Description

Cognitive ability is the most important psychological condition for people to successfully complete their activities. The abilities for perception, memory, attention, thinking, and imagination are all considered cognitive. Cognitive ability is the ability of the human brain to process, store and extract information, that is, peoples ability to grasp the composition, performance, relationship with other things, development power, development direction and basic laws. Peoples cognitive characteristics have a significant impact on socioeconomic conditions, and cognitive enhancement has also been found to be associated with increased wealth growth and increased life expectancy. It has long been widely accepted that abilities like mathematics and reading are familial, but the complex systems that affect genes for these traits are largely poorly understood.

In this course, we explore how subtle differences between language and culture affect the way people perceive and conceptualize the world, and how differences between people can lead to differences in their brains and ways of thinking. We will present new understandings and ideas on how the mind develops, and extend some new questions, such as what is the universality of the human mind, and what depends on the differences in our physical condition and social experience.

II. Professor Introduction

Daniel Casasanto – Tenured Professor at Cornell University

Professor Daniel Casasanto completed a bachelors degree in English literature and vocal performance at Oberlin College and received a PhD in Brain and Cognitive Science at MIT. He is currently an associate professor of research at the Cornell University Department of Human Development, psychology and the Department of psychology at the University of Chicago.

His research involves language, culture and how the body together shape mental processes. Professor Casasanto has written more than 100 academic articles, Also in seven journals (associate editor of Frontiers in Neuroscience, Frontiers in Psychology Associate Editor, PLoS ONE Academic editors, etc.), the editorial board members, And is the founding editor of the Cambridge University Press, The journal has a high influence and reputation in the fields of linguistics and cognitive sciences, His published research results are widely cited and referenced by the academic circles.

III. Syllabus

1. Are our brains a digital computer or not
2. Mind model I of the specific model simulation
3. Mind model II of the specific model simulation
4. Abstract concepts and theories of language, behavior and thinking I
5. Abstract concepts and theories of language, Behavior and thinking II
6. The influence of different body traits on cognitive and verbal thinking I
7. The ects of different body traits on cognitive and verbal thinking II
8. The relevance of the context model to a specific modal simulation model
9. The interaction between the body and the mind
10. The relationship between body and mood: a study of sign language communication forms