Essays on Cognitive Psychology

After witnessing the psychological distress that my mother has experienced through her epilepsy, I became intrigued to find out how epilepsy could cause such emotional issues. Having researched further into this, I found out that epileptic seizures are brain malfunctions, and therefore, can cause major...

The cognitive approach to behavior is the study of processing information within the human brain. The mental activities that involved thinking and remembering is known as cognition. Within the cognitive memory was the schema theory which claimed that our knowledge regarding the world is organized...

Psychology is a study of human behavior and cognitive operations. By studying particular human behavior or mental performances it could be used to treat mental issues, understand events, and even improve the way of life. Procrastination is common phenomenon when individual postpone their work to...

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is recognized to have a wide range of non-motor features that include cognitive functions. Evidence currently shows that a slight decline in cognition can enhance the changeover to dementia in Parkinson’s disease. This does not necessarily mean that patients who have Parkinson’s...

When I was 14 years old I had made the incidental decision to take Psychology at GCSE. Unknowingly I had chosen a subject in which I would become extremely passionate about. This has led me to studying Psychology at A level alongside English language and...

Ever wonder why human beings are able to recognize everything in this world? This could include a phenomenon that occurs naturally in the environment such as footprints on the ground, or artificial factors such as photos or words. This circumstance is caused by representation. Representations...

Based on recent research & experiences, in the following we focus on the use of the IBM Watson platform for it is giving a significant contribution to the recent growth of cognitive computing applications, being straight accessible without the need of investments in both costly...