CEP 909 - Remember? CEP 909 - Remember? September 22, 2005September 22, 2005

September 22, 2005September 22, 2005 CEP 909 - Cognition and TechnologyCEP 909 - Cognition and Technology Matthew J. KoehlerMatthew J. Koehler

Is learning about cognition Is learning about cognition like this?like this?

September 22, 2005September 22, 2005 CEP 909 - Cognition and TechnologyCEP 909 - Cognition and Technology Matthew J. KoehlerMatthew J. Koehler

Information Processing ModelInformation Processing Model

September 22, 2005September 22, 2005 CEP 909 - Cognition and TechnologyCEP 909 - Cognition and Technology Matthew J. KoehlerMatthew J. Koehler

POP QUIZPOP QUIZ

We handed out a story on the first day of We handed out a story on the first day of classclass

You recalled it and wrote it down for me You recalled it and wrote it down for me and handed it in.and handed it in.

Now please take out a sheet of paper, and Now please take out a sheet of paper, and write down the story again please.write down the story again please.

September 22, 2005September 22, 2005 CEP 909 - Cognition and TechnologyCEP 909 - Cognition and Technology Matthew J. KoehlerMatthew J. Koehler

Online discussion …Online discussion …

Is it a discussion?Is it a discussion?

September 22, 2005September 22, 2005 CEP 909 - Cognition and TechnologyCEP 909 - Cognition and Technology Matthew J. KoehlerMatthew J. Koehler

Visual RepresentationsVisual Representations

What do you data tell you from your What do you data tell you from your homework?homework?

September 22, 2005September 22, 2005 CEP 909 - Cognition and TechnologyCEP 909 - Cognition and Technology Matthew J. KoehlerMatthew J. Koehler

Readings …Readings …

Verbal and Visual information seems to Verbal and Visual information seems to get processed in different areas of the get processed in different areas of the brainbrain

September 22, 2005September 22, 2005 CEP 909 - Cognition and TechnologyCEP 909 - Cognition and Technology Matthew J. KoehlerMatthew J. Koehler

Visual ImageryVisual Imagery

Its probably not pictures in the brain but:Its probably not pictures in the brain but:

The representation at least has some spatial The representation at least has some spatial qualities preserved (e.g. feature x is left of qualities preserved (e.g. feature x is left of feature y, feature a is above feature b, etc)feature y, feature a is above feature b, etc)

September 22, 2005September 22, 2005 CEP 909 - Cognition and TechnologyCEP 909 - Cognition and Technology Matthew J. KoehlerMatthew J. Koehler

Visual ImageryVisual Imagery

Visual imagery seems to be processed in Visual imagery seems to be processed in very similar ways to perceptual informationvery similar ways to perceptual information

E.G., mental rotation experiments - people E.G., mental rotation experiments - people transform the representation through transform the representation through intermediate positions to the target intermediate positions to the target representationrepresentation

September 22, 2005September 22, 2005 CEP 909 - Cognition and TechnologyCEP 909 - Cognition and Technology Matthew J. KoehlerMatthew J. Koehler

Visual ImageryVisual Imagery

People are very good at making cognitive People are very good at making cognitive (birds’-eye view) maps for navigation(birds’-eye view) maps for navigation

They are not so good at making They are not so good at making representations in the first-personrepresentations in the first-person

September 22, 2005September 22, 2005 CEP 909 - Cognition and TechnologyCEP 909 - Cognition and Technology Matthew J. KoehlerMatthew J. Koehler

Visual InformationVisual Information

Questions?Questions?

September 22, 2005September 22, 2005 CEP 909 - Cognition and TechnologyCEP 909 - Cognition and Technology Matthew J. KoehlerMatthew J. Koehler

Breaktime …Breaktime …

September 22, 2005September 22, 2005 CEP 909 - Cognition and TechnologyCEP 909 - Cognition and Technology Matthew J. KoehlerMatthew J. Koehler

Groups …Groups …

Walk us through your thinking …Walk us through your thinking …

September 22, 2005September 22, 2005 CEP 909 - Cognition and TechnologyCEP 909 - Cognition and Technology Matthew J. KoehlerMatthew J. Koehler

Group AssignmentGroup Assignment

September 22, 2005September 22, 2005 CEP 909 - Cognition and TechnologyCEP 909 - Cognition and Technology Matthew J. KoehlerMatthew J. Koehler

Your homeworkYour homework

Everyone got feedback for week 1 & 2, Everyone got feedback for week 1 & 2, right?right?

September 22, 2005September 22, 2005 CEP 909 - Cognition and TechnologyCEP 909 - Cognition and Technology Matthew J. KoehlerMatthew J. Koehler

Next WeekNext Week

Lets review what’s due for next weekLets review what’s due for next week