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Thinker is a resource intended to assist students with their mastery and appreciation for the field of cognitive psychology.
Follow-up exercise: Ask students to perform the divided attention task. Are there any instances in everyday life when you engage in similar tasks? Why is this more difficult than the focused attention task?
GoCognitive is a website with various demos exploring cognitive processes.
Follow-up exercise: Have students perform the visual search task. Which search is easy and which is more difficult? Have you observed when you made mistakes and why? What does this exercise tell us about the role of attention in feature binding?
Cognitivefun! is a website with free resources for students and instructors. It provides demos in perception, attention, and memory.
Follow-up exercise: Ask students to perform the flanker compatibility task and discuss their results. What conditions were the easiest and why? What does this task reveal about the nature of our attention?
This is part of the “NOVA Online” coverage of a ‘97 Mount Everest expedition; the Stroop test was one of many neuropsychological tests given to the climbers at varying altitudes. The site includes links to many fascinating items about the Everest expedition, as well as other neuropsychological tests given to the climbers.
Follow-up exercise: Have students discuss other contexts in which this type of neuro-behavioral test could be used.
