Cognition+7A+and+7B

“ Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things. ” — Cicero

Cognition, thinking, language, all good stuff. Please read CH 7A and 7B and use the following resources to help you get a deeper understanding.

Most of the key terms of the chapter in short animated videos: link Quizlet 7A 7B

The man with no short term memory [|video] Radiolab Memory and Forgetting podcast. As always they are amazing: link Ways to boost your memory from the memory champion, Dr. Oz: video link How to remember numbers: video link Amnesia or mental illness? you decide: link How to remember names: video What exactly is wrong with Dory? from Finding Nemo. TED that you already saw in class, talk memory champion: link Memory champs link TED Loftus on the fiction of memory: [|link] Erasing memory (spotless mind) podcast fascinating rather beyond the scope of the AP test, but goes over brain chem, structure, function... TED on working memory link Traumatic long term memory TED link TED on happiness debate, memory or experience: link related link: Lifehacker musings on happiness, found by Xin Remembering and forgetting video from the 80s with Zimbardo. many layers of winning Radiolab podcast on the extremes of human memory On H.M.'s amnesia: blog and video How to improve your memory TEDx

Language as a Window RSA video How children learn language video talk by Pinker TED how language shapes humanity: link phonemes: or how to pronounce English: link Chomsky on language acquisition, long but you can do it: link Language acquisition [|part 1 9mins] and part 2 TED how to learn new languages: link Radiolab, mapping the bilingual brain podcast Words that changed the world podcast Battle of the Brains! BBC TV Language Portal on Heuristics
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The history of intelligence in a chart: link Why not to test kids' IQ link Globe Editorial on gifted kids

Another teacher's form to test yourself on [|7A]and [|7B]