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Exam Review - Cognition
Blindsight = can’t see anything, but still has a sense of what is happening
Spatial neglect = totally ignoring on side of space, no idea what is happening
Isomorphism : mind and brain may not have a 1 to 1 correspondance, but they have a similar
structure
 other scientists believe that there is a 1 to 1 connection between a neuron and a
function/experience
 abstract structures are the same
serial effect : where someone is in a list influences how you remember stuff 
primacy(supported by LTM) and recency effect (supported by STM)
example of E,F,2,5  student, prof, eyes on page, eyes elsewhere  easier that way = proves
that more social thinkers instead of logical thinkers
 associative : whatever you’re seeing can’t make contact with concept of the thing you are
seeing (can’t access concept in mind)
 aperceptive agnosia : perceptual system has a problem (perception problem)
 believed there were 36 geons in the world (they are fixed, but can be recognized
 Way we recognize objects if by deconstructing object in smaller geons
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