List of presentations and sources for students to work on for the cognitive topic
| Title | Sources |
|---|---|
| False memories | Loftus, E. F., & Pickrell, J. E. (1995). The formation of false memories. Psychiatric Annals, 25(12), 720–725. https://blogs.brown.edu/recoveredmemory/files/2015/05/Loftus_Pickrell_PA_95.pdf |
| Eyewitness memory | Loftus, E. F., & Palmer, J. C. (1974). Reconstruction of automobile destruction: An example of the interaction between language and memory. Journal of verbal learning and verbal behavior, 13(5), 585-589. http://e.dyffrynaman.org/psychology/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2014/01/Reconstruction_Automobile_Destruction.pdf, http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/01/18/recognition-annals-of-justice-paul-kix |
| Flashbulb theories | Brown, R., & Kulik, J. (1977). Flashbulb memories. Cognition, 5(1), 73-99., Talarico, J. M., & Rubin, D. C. (2003). Confidence, not consistency, characterizes flashbulb memories. Psychological Science, 14(5), 455-461. https://www.msu.edu/course/psy/802/altmann/802/Ch6-4b-TalaricoRubin03.pdf |
| Change blindness | Simons, D. J., & Levin, D. T. (1997). Change blindness. Trends in cognitive sciences, 1(7), 261-267. http://www-psych.stanford.edu/~jbt/205/simons_levin_97.pdf |
| Cognitive disonance | Festinger, L., & Carlsmith, J. M. (1959). Cognitive consequences of forced compliance. The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 58(2), 203. http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Festinger/ |
| Serial position effect | Glanzer, M., & Cunitz, A. R. (1966). Two storage mechanisms in free recall.Journal of verbal learning and verbal behavior, 5(4), 351-360. http://donaldpippin.com/paper1/images/COG/Glanzer-Cunitz-1966-serial-position-memory.pdf |
| Cognitive biases - framing, anchoring, loss aversion | Tversky, A., & Kahneman, D. (1981). The framing of decisions and the psychology of choice. Science, 211(4481), 453-458. http://worthylab.tamu.edu/Courses_files/03_Tversky%26Kahneman.pdf |
| Cognitive biases - availability bias and confirmation bias | |
| Cognitive biases - optimism bias, illusion of control, gamblers fallacy | |
| Cognitive biases - illusory correlation, selective attention | |
| Emotions and decision making (somatic markers theory) | Bechara, A., Damasio, H., Tranel, D., & Damasio, A. R. (1997). Deciding advantageously before knowing the advantageous strategy. Science,275(5304), 1293-1295. http://psych-www.colorado.edu/~tito/sp03/7536/becahra_et_al_1997.pdf |
| Levels of processing theory of memory | Craik, F. I. M., & Lockhart, R. S. (1972). Levels of processing: A framework for memory research. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 11(6), 671–684.http://mrbartonmaths.com/resourcesnew/8.%20Research/Memory%20and%20Revision/Levels%20of%20Processing.pdf |
| Multitasking | http://www.apa.org/research/action/multitask.aspx. Rubinstein, J. S., Meyer, D. E., & Evans, J. E. (2001). Executive control of cognitive processes in task switching. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 27(4), 763. http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/xhp274763.pdf |