Learning and Cognition 1: The Cognitive Process of Memory

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Animal research/animal models

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Study of animal behaviour to understand human psychology.

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Biological reductionism

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The approach of explaining complex phenomena in terms of their biological components to the exclusion of other perspectives.

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Brain imaging techniques

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Methods used to visualise the structure (such as MRI) and function (such as fMRI) of the brain.

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Chemical messengers

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Substances such as hormones and neurotransmitters that transmit signals in the body.

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Localisation of function

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The theory that specific areas of the brain are responsible for specific functions.

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Neuroplasticity

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The brain’s ability change and reorganise itself in response to learning, experience or injury.

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Neurotransmission

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The process of communication between neurons through neurotransmitters that are released into the synapse to bind with receptor sites on the next neuron

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Cognitive load theory

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A theory that describes the limited amount of working memory resources available and used.

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Cognitive models

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Frameworks that describe how information is processed in the mind, for example, the Multistore Model of Memory and the Working Memory Model.

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Schema theory

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A theory that suggests all knowledge is organised into mental frameworks that help us understand the world.