Read by Kathleen Galotti

Explore the fascinating processes of cognition with celebrated cognitive science professor Kathleen Marie Galotti. The author of two textbooks on cognition as well as the book "Making Decisions That Matter: How People Face Important Life Choices", Prof. Galotti is the perfect guide for this behind-the-scenes look at how we tick. Cognitive psychology - the science of how we acquire, process, store, and use information-is essential to understanding the human experience. Yet cognition is such an automatic part of our daily functioning that we rarely take time to acknowledge its complexity. In 12 illuminating audio lectures, Prof. Galotti will take you on a tour of higher-order cognitive processes such as problem-solving, creativity, reasoning, and decision making-in other words, how we put information to use. As you examine the basic cognitive processes of perception, attention, and memory, you'll see that all human beings-even highly intelligent and motivated ones-have limited cognition. Moreover, our perceptions are limited by our expectations, our current context, and even our cultural background. By learning with Prof. Galotti, you'll benefit from her cutting-edge research on cognition. Best of all, you'll leave this course with practical, easy-to-apply ways to improve your thinking, reasoning, and decision making. This course is part of the Learn25 collection

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