Understanding Human Cognition: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Motor Learning

Berkeley Scientific: the journal of young scientists

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Sharon Binoy ; Ananya Krishnapura ; Esther Lim ; Michael Xiong ; Rosa Lee

DOI  :  10.5070/BS3242049339

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: University of California, Berkeley

【 摘 要 】

RI: Well, I’m trained as a cognitive psychologist. Cognitivepsychology is building models of the mind: how do wethink, how do we use language, and how do we perceive objects?These questions are usually addressed in terms of psychologicalprocesses. Cognitive neuroscience was a real new push in the early1980s which recognized that we can use neuroscience methodsnot just to describe what part of the brain does something, butactually use that neuroscientific information to help shape ourpsychological theories.So, whereas behavioral neurology is solely interested in whatpart of the brain does what, cognitive neuroscience is the idea thatnot only can we use insights from our psychological experimentsto understand how the brain works, but we can also then take theinsights from studying the brain to build psychological theories.That’s the essence of cognitive neuroscience—it is a bidirectionalinterest.

【 授权许可】

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