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Weekly Topic

Readings
Due by class

What's Happening?

1

Reading handed out in class (McCarley et al., 2004); reading system & assignments will be explained.

1

Iconic and echoic memory, visual and auditory pattern recognition, visual agnosia.

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2

Strayer, D.L., & Johnston, W.A. (2001). Driven to distraction: Dual-task studies of simulated driving and conversing on a cellular telephone. Psychological Science, 12, 462-466.

Reading worksheet for Strayer and Johnston (2001).

2

STM and WM

Quiz 1

Dr. P and Mrs. S assignment due.

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3

Episodic LTM continued (HM and KC).

1. Ogden, J.A., & Corkin, S. (1991). Memories of H.M. In W.C. Abraham, M. Corballis, & K.G. White (Eds.), Memory mechanisms: A tribute to G.V. Goddard (pp. 195-215). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

2. Tulving, E., Schacter, D.L., McLachlan, D.R., & Moscovitch, M. (1988). Priming of semantic autobiographical knowledge: A case study of retrograde amnesia. Brain and Cognition, 8, 3-20.

4

No reading.

4

Interactions in memory: Reconstructive memory, schemas, FB, autobiographical, false memory, memory distortion

Lewandowsky, S., Stritzke, W.G.K., Oberauer, K., & Morales, M. (2005). Memory for fact, fiction, and misinformation: The Iraq war 2003. Psychological Science, 16(3), 190-195.

Quiz 2

Reading worksheet for Lewandowsky et al. (2005). 

5

Finish interactions; Language basics + dyslexia

Shaywitz, S. (1996) Dyslexia. Scientific American, 275(5), 98 - 105.

5

Language continued 

Roberts, R.M., & Kreuz, R.J. (1994). Why do people use figurative language? Psychological Science, 5(3), 159-163.

Quiz 3 

Reading worksheet for Roberts & Kreuz (1994). 

Memory diary assignment due.

6

Cognitive aging including memory changes + aphasia

Ryan, L., Hatfield, C., & Hofstetter, M. (2002). Caffeine reduces time-of-day effects on memory performance in older adults. Psychological Science, 13(1), 68-71.

6

Reasoning and decision making.

Selections from Klein, G. (1999). Sources of power: How people make decisions (pp. 8-30). Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

Special reading worksheet for Klein (1999).  

Sex differences in conversation assignment due.

7

Problem solving and insight.

German, T.P., & Barrett, H.C. (2005). Functional fixedness in a technologically sparse culture. Psychological Science, 16(1), 1-5.

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Hecht, H., & Proffitt, D.R. (1995). The price of expertise: Effects of experience on the water-level task. Psychological Science, 6(2), 90-95.

Reading worksheet for Hecht & Proffitt (1995). 

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Final: 10:30-12:30 in LC E2 (our normal classroom)