Human Cognition

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Information Processing Theory

• Information Processing Theory (tutorial)
• Learning Theories (tutorial)
• Download Information Processing article
• Information Processing (George Miller)
• Connectionism (Thorndike)
• ACT model (John Anderson)
• The Magic Number 7 (George Miller)

Human Cognition

• Human Experimental Psychology (U. of Iowa program description)
• Human Cognition and Artificial Intelligence (article)
• Cognitive Psychology in Historical Perspective
• Cognition and Consciousness (graduate level college course description)

Problem Solving

• GSU program description
• Problem Solving Page (HS level)
• References in problem solving
• Table 1 (table on knowledge types necessary for problem solving and deep understanding)
• Table 2 (table on cognitive processes for problem solving by type)
• Problem Solving Flow chart (irreverent, funny, but uses 'salty' language)

Perception

• Human and Machine Perception (call for papers)
• Physical Attractiveness (on-line experiment!)

Personal Home Pages

• Richard E. Mayer
• Bela Julesz
• James L. McClelland
• James Alexander

General References and Courses

• References and abstracts (some hyperlinked)
• Cognition (textbook, link did not work earlier)
• Dialogue on Perception (book ad)
• Bibliography--Bela Julesz
• Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
• Introduction to Cognitive Psychology (Mark Klinger, U. of Alabama)
• Cognitive Science: Psychology (index page, includes cognitive psychology)

Memory

• How many bytes in human memory?
• Associative
• 3 types (Human Memory)
• Sematic Organization
• Hypermedia
• Towards a Theory of Human Memory (article)
• Working memory bibliography
• long term memory (computer program attempting to simulate LTM)
• long term memory (picture, Atkinson-Shiffrin model)
• short term memory (another computer simulation STM)
• short term memory (picture and additional information on STM)

Language

• Human Language Systems
• Language Models in Handwritten Sentences (Prase Recognition)
• Unique to Humans? (animal communication)
• Speech Perception Laboratory (U. of Pittsburgh--Johnstown)
• Auditory Perception
• People, Tasks, Sounds (information on auditory research)
• Linguistics and Phonetics (FAQs and Demos)
• Language Acquisition (definition of, by Paul Bloom)

Reasoning & Critical Thinking

• Human Learning and Reasoning
• Center for Critical Thinking

Imagery

• Mental imagery (lecture notes from Mark Klinger, U. of Alabama)

FAQs

• Stereograms
• Pitch Perception
• Human Audio Perception
• Speech