Fundamentals of Cognitive Psychology
SAGE Journal Articles
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Gonsalves, B.D. & Cohen, N.J. (2010). Brain imaging, cognitive processes, and brain networks. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 5, 744-752.
A critical look at how behavioral evidence and neuroimaging techniques can provide converging evidence about the structure and function of the mind and brain. Two specific examples from memory research are presented to illustrate this approach.
- According to the authors, why are brain imaging methods likely to fail at localizing constructs such as greed or criminality?
- How have brain imaging studies served to reveal the role of the posterior parietal cortex (PPC) in memory? What are the specific cognitive processes and component cognitive processes attributed to the PPC?
- Using neuroimaging techniques, what are the different roles that have been identified for the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and the hippocampus in working memory?
Mantini, D. & Vanduffel W. (2013). Emerging roles of the brain’s default network. The Neuroscientist, 19, 76-87.
A review of the role of the brain’s default network in conscious experience. Specifically, an analysis of the behavioral evidence and physiological evidence underlying two theories for how consciousness functions: the internal mentation hypothesis and the sentinel hypothesis.
- What behavioral evidence do the authors provide to support the internal mentation hypothesis? What areas of the brain’s default network are most active during spontaneous cognition?
- What specific correlative evidence between behavioral and physiological measures of brain activity do the authors cite to provide support for the sentinel hypothesis?
- How do the authors distinguish between core consciousness and extended consciousness? Which of these forms of consciousness is found in humans, but not in monkeys?
- According to the authors, what is the relationship between the default network of the brain and consciousness? What evidence do the authors present to support this assertion?