Cognitive Psychology

Adam Park
June 21, 2023
Cognitive Psychology

Understanding Visual Agnosia: Types, Causes, and Treatment Strategies

visual agnosia cannot recognize objects Visual agnosia is a type of neurological disorder where an individual can see objects but is unable to recognize them, despite having...

Adam Park
June 21, 2023
Cognitive Psychology

Understanding Visual Encoding: How Attention and Experience Impact Memory and Perception

Visual encoding the process of storing something that is seen in our memory system. Visual encoding refers to the process by which visual information is perceived, processed,...

Adam Park
June 21, 2023
Cognitive Psychology

Understanding Wavelength: Importance in Electromagnetic Radiation and its Applications in Science and Technology

wavelength short wavelengths= high frequencies ( blues) long wavelengths = low frequencies (red) Wavelength is a physical measurement of electromagnetic radiation, such as light, sound, radio waves,...

Adam Park
June 21, 2023
Cognitive Psychology

Exploring Weber’s Law: Understanding How Stimulus Magnitude Affects Perception in Psychology and Practical Applications

Weber’s Law JND depends on ratio between stimulus magnitude and magnitude of the original stimulus Weber’s law (also known as Weber-Fechner law or Weber’s-Fechner’s law) is a...

Adam Park
June 21, 2023
Cognitive Psychology

Three Essential Standards for High-Quality Social Science Studies: Validity, Reliability, and Ethics

What 3 main standards should a good study adhere to? 1. Possible to generalise2. Replicable3. Valid A good study should adhere to the following three main standards:...

Adam Park
June 21, 2023
Cognitive Psychology

Discovering the Richness of Phenomena: The Significance of Case Studies in Social Sciences

What are case studies? Allows data gathered to be in-depth and detailed. Gathers data from many different sources and different research methods Case studies are a research...

Adam Park
June 21, 2023
Cognitive Psychology

Unlocking the McGurk Effect: How Visual Cues Influence Our Perception of Sound

What cue changes what you hear in the McGurk effect? vision The cue that changes what you hear in the McGurk effect is the visual cue. In...

Adam Park
June 21, 2023
Cognitive Psychology

The Fascinating Phonemic Restoration Effect: How Context Shapes Speech Perception

What explains the phonemic restoration effect? top-down processing The phonemic restoration effect is a perceptual phenomenon where a listener perceives a missing phoneme in a word or...