Cognitive Psychology

Mental processes: perception, attention, memory, and reasoning.

Parent category: Psychology

Articles (3)

• Memory Reconsolidation: Why Recalling a Memory Changes It
  Memory reconsolidation is the process by which a recalled memory becomes unstable and must be stored again, so each recall can slightly strengthen or change it.
• Working Memory
  The small pool of information the mind actively holds and manipulates, and the classic multicomponent model of how it works.
• Confirmation Bias
  The tendency to seek, interpret, and remember evidence in ways that favor existing beliefs, and how researchers test for it.

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