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💕Intro to Cognitive Science
Key Terms

322 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your Intro to Cognitive Science exam

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A

Access consciousness
ACT-R
ACT-R Cognitive Architecture
Action Potential
Actor-critic models
Additive bilingualism
ADHD
Afferent Division
Agent-based models
Agraphia
Alan Baddeley
Algorithmic bias
Alignment and Grounding
Allen Newell
Altered Perception
Analogical Reasoning
Anchoring and adjustment heuristic
Anchoring bias
Anchoring Effect
Angular gyrus
ANOVA
Arcuate fasciculus
Artificial neural networks
Atkinson-Shiffrin Model
Attentional blink
Augmented reality
Autobiographical memory
Autonomous systems
Autopoiesis
Axon
Axon regeneration

B

Basal Ganglia
Bayesian Decision Theory
Bayesian models
Bayesian models of perception
Bayesian updating
Behavioral Experiments
Behaviorism
Biological Plausibility
Brain stimulation techniques
Brain-computer interfaces
Broca's aphasia

C

Cannon-Bard Theory
Category Learning
Causal closure of physical
Central executive network
Central Nervous System
Centration
Clarion - Connectionist Learning with Adaptive Rule Induction On-line
Closed-Loop Systems
Cognitive anthropology
Cognitive Architectures
Cognitive control
Cognitive ecology
Cognitive Flexibility
Cognitive Liberty
Cognitive maps
Cognitive psychology
Cognitive Scaffolding
Collective intelligence
Collectivist emotions
Computational theory of mind
Constraint-based models
Constructivist approaches
Constructivist teaching
Context-dependent attention
Context-dependent behavior
Context-dependent emotions
Context-independent attention

D

Daniel Dennett
Daniel Kahneman
David Chalmers
David Marr
David Rumelhart
Decision Trees