MyMindMine / Mind

Mind

Attention, memory, perception, consciousness, emotion, motivation, and cognitive control.

09current entries

Processes that shape what becomes available to thought and action.

01Why is attention limited?02What captures attention?03How does attention interact with memory?04Why is switching attention costly?05What is the difference between working memory and long-term memory?06Why does interruption make complex tasks harder?

01
Attention
How a limited cognitive system selects what gets processing priority.
Why is attention limited?
02
Working Memory
The temporary maintenance and manipulation of information used during complex cognition.
What is the difference between working memory and long-term memory?
03
Memory
The family of processes through which information and experience are encoded, retained, and retrieved.
Why do memories change?
04
Perception
How sensory input becomes organized, interpreted experience.
How do expectations affect perception?
05
Emotion
Coordinated changes in feeling, appraisal, physiology, attention, and action tendency.
How do emotions influence decisions?
06
Motivation
Processes that give behavior direction, energy, and persistence.
Why can someone want an outcome but still not act?
07
Metacognition
Awareness and regulation of one's own cognitive processes.
What does it mean to think about thinking?
08
Executive Function
Higher-order processes used to organize behavior toward goals.
What are executive functions?
09
Consciousness
The familiar and unresolved problem of conscious experience.
What is consciousness?

Search all knowledge →Original research →Research index →