Tag: college notes
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Memory from a Psychological View
One of the more annoying things about learning basic cognitive processes in psychology and neuroscience classes is just how easy the concepts seem. Of course you acquire information. How else would you know things? But when you get into the nitty-gritty of it, do you really know anything?
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Intro to Neuropsychological Research: Single and Double Dissociations
I hate it when my titles feel longer than the blog post itself. It’s much simpler than it sounds: these are experiments that combines several experiments that act as ‘Block and Determine’ situations that establish a connection between two parts of the brain and its function. I’ll make it even easier for you! I’ll list…
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Science Basics: Turning a Theory into a Law
In recent times, it seems that people have come to distrust science as a ‘system of beliefs’ rather than ‘the pursuit of knowledge’. Of course, humans have biases that shape what we do, but when it comes to reporting a compelling theory or stating a new natural law, scientists do their homework. Here’s how.
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Resting Potential and Starting an Action Potential
Somehow, by the grace of God, I’m still a neuroscience major. But even now, I’m still racked with some pretty basic questions about the nervous system. How does your body alert your brain of the outside world? How do electrical impulses in the brain cause movement, thought, and emotion? Honestly, scientists still don’t really know.…
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Greetings from a ‘S—hole’ Country
Hey, it’s Nicole here on vacation from the USA back in my motherland, Ghana. The sun is high, harmattan is dry, and the tilapia and yam chips are fried. It’s good to be home. It’s good to see the progress Ghana has already made, from no dumso where I reside to consistent clean pipe water.…
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Hominin Evolution
This may be a touchy subject, but I’m in the process of reviewing this material for a midterm later on this month. I need to ace this class. Let’s get on with it!
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Introduction to Evolutionary Psychology
Once you start college-level biology, you’ll never stop hearing about evolution and its many tentacles on the subject. But this is the only tentacle that has human history written with an ape’s head in its armpit, the facet of evolution that offers the most controversy. For some, it’s religiously based (understandable) and for others, it’s a…
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