Sub-categories
- General
- Consciousness
- Language
- Memory
- Artificial Intelligence
- Site has information concerning the history of artificial intelligence, the different approaches to creating artificial intelligence, its applications, interviews with experts in the field, and links to interactive sites.
- Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition
- Describes current research activities at this centre based at Indiana University.
- CogPrints: Cognitive Sciences Eprint Archive
- "Welcome to CogPrints, an electronic archive for papers in any area of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics, and many areas of Computer Science (e.g., artificial intelligence, robotics, vision, learning, speech, neural networks), Philosophy (e.g., mind, language, knowledge, science, logic), Biology (e.g., ethology, behavioral ecology, sociobiology, behaviour genetics, evolutionary theory), Medicine (e.g., Psychiatry, Neurology, human genetics, Imaging), Anthropology (e.g., primatology, cognitive ethnology, archeology, paleontology), as well as any other portions of the physical, social and mathematical sciences that are pertinent to the study of cognition."
- Cognitive Neuroscience Society
- Has information about the society and its activities.
- Cognitive Science Dictionary
- Award-winning dictionary of cognitive science terms that Dr. Michael Dawson maintains at the University of Alberta.
- Conversations with Neil's Brain
- A web book about "the neural nature of thought and learning.".
- Culture, Cognition, and Evolution
- Article relates the development of cognition to culture and evolution.
- Eliza
- Talk to Eliza and get a demonstration of artificial intelligence and nondirective psychotherapy.
- Gestalt Archive
- Site provides "Gestalt theory and Gestalt psychology articles in full text.".
- History of Cognitive Psychology
- Site provides a brief overview of the influential figures in cognitive psychology.
- Imprinting in Precocial Birds
- Demonstration lets you manipulate the variables in this experiment about imprinting in precocial birds.
- International Association for Near-Death Studies
- Site provides information about near-death experiences.
- Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research
- Work in AI published here.
- Minds Are Simply What Brains Do
- Article discusses the perception of the discontinuity between the mind and the brain, memory and change, embodiments of the mind, freedom of will, and the uncertainty and stability of the mind.
- Motivational Factors in Routine Performance
- Site enables you to manipulate the variables in this experiment to demonstrate the motivational factors in routine performance.
- Music Cognition Resource Center
- Music cognition resources sponsored by the Music Cognition Group of the Ohio State University.
- Psych/Lab (TM)
- Software is provided at this site that enables individuals to perform classic human cognitive experiments.
- Psychology, Culture, and Evolution
- This site discusses consciousness; the evolution of the brain, consciousness, language, and sociality; sleep paralysis; and nocturnal hallucinations.
- Subliminal Perception
- Article provides some information about subliminal perception which "occurs whenever stimuli presented below the threshold or limen for awareness are found to influence thoughts, feelings, or actions.".
- Subliminal Persuasion Laboratory Manual
- This manual provides information about subliminal persuasion and do-it-yourself experiments to help you understand the concepts presented.
- Theory Into Practice (TIP)
- This site provides summaries of numerous theories found in behaviourism, cognition, and educational psychology.
- Thinking About Thought
- This on-line book discusses cognition, connectionism, consciousness, free will, emotions, ecological realism, quantum and relativity theory, and other topics.
- Web Vision
- Site provides information concerning many aspects of vision including the anatomy and physiology of the eye, retinal circuits, neuroactive substances in the retina, color vision, psychophysics, and the primary visual cortex.
- ePsych
- Site provides a number of unique tutorials and demonstrations that focus on various functions of the brain including sensation and perception, cognition, transmission of neural impulses, and learning.
- ePsychlopedia
- Site provides 10 different tutorials covering the topics of brain and behavior, sensation and perception, states of consciousness, learning, motivation and emotion, cognition, intelligence, personality, and social psychology.
Consciousness
- Consciousness and Cognition
- Article discusses the first person and third person approaches to consciousness and cognition, the relationship between these two approaches, the coherence test, and why we think we are conscious.
- Consciousness, Folk Psychology, and Cognitive Science
- This article defines consciousness, challenges the folk concept of consciousness, and looks at the roles which intrinsic qualities and self attribution play in consciousness.
- Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousness
- Article outlines the theory of consciousness, discusses the problems of consciousness, and provides a functional and non-reductive explanation of these problems.
- Hypnosis
- Site describes hypnosis; subconscious, unconscious, and self hypnosis; and the history of hypnosis.
- Key Concepts in Hypnosis
- Site provides the definition of hypnosis, the history of hypnosis, and addresses a number of issues and concerns related to hypnosis.
- Online Papers on Consciousness
- Site provides links to over 700 "online papers on consciousness and related topics.".
- The Problem of Consciousness
- "This paper attempts to begin to answer four questions. 1. What is consciousness? 2. What is the relation of consciousness to the brain? 3. What are some of the features that an empirical theory of consciousness should try to explain? 4. What are some common mistakes to avoid?"
Language
- Brains Show Signs of Two Bilingual Roads
- Article discusses how people who learn a second language early in life use the same area of the brain as when speaking their native language
- Language Acquisition
- Article discusses the biology of language acquisition, the maturation of our language system, and the course of language acquisition.
- Language and Brain: Neurocognitive Linguistics
- Site provides a discussion about evidence for neurolinguistics, the plausibility of neurolinguistics, neural networks used in language, the learning process, the proximity principle, and the types of cortical neurons used in language learning.
- Language and Culture
- This tutorial discusses what language is, the analysis of language, the learning of language, language and thought processes, and the hidden aspects of communication.
- Neurobiological Approaches to Language
- Article looks at language neurobiologically and includes the topics of "brain development, dissociations, distributive representations, epigenesis, evolution, functional localization, individual variation, innateness, [and] language.".
- Primate Use of Language
- Site discusses studies that are currently being done which show that primates are capable of learning language.
- The Role of Language in Intelligence
- This article taken from the Darwin College Lectures discusses the role of language in thought and looks at the behaviours of animals to discern the role that language plays.
- Words in the Brain's Language
- Article discusses "associative learning, cell assembly, cognition, cortex, language, [and] word category.".
Memory
- Amnesia and Cognition Unit - University of Arizona
- Describes research activities in progress; primary concern is with memory changes due to aging and brain injury.
- Creating False Memories
- Site discusses false childhood memories, imagination inflation, impossible memories, and how false memories are formed.
- Definition of Memory and Memory Implications
- Site provides a description of memory, amnesia, implicit memory, and the accuracy of memory.
- Elizabeth F. Loftus
- This is the web site of Elizabeth F. Loftus who is a researcher interested in false memories. The page provides links to a number of articles she has written on this topic.
- Human Memory
- Presents a number of memory improvement techniques and illustrates how human memory can be measured.
- Mathematical Models of Human Memory - Tutorials
- A group of well-organized tutorials that teach the application of several mathematical models of memory.
- Memory
- This site takes a look at memory and how it is related to emotions and dreams. The site also discusses levels of personal awareness and cognitive perceptual theory.
- Memory Loss, Aging, and Alzheimer's Disease
- Dr. Marilyn S. Albert and Dr. Huntington Potter give a brief overview of Alzheimer's disease and its possible causes.
- Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology
- This article is about Ebbinghaus' famous experiment about memory and learning.
- Sheep Brain Dissection: The Anatomy of Memory
- Site uses a sheep brain to show the anatomy of the parts of the brain vital to memory.
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