The Psychology of Learning and Motivation

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Chapter One: Understanding cerebellar function through network perspectives: A review of resting-state connectivity of the cerebellum

Abstract

1: Introduction

2: The human cerebellum

3: Information super highways: Methods for studying cerebellar networks

4: The human cerebellum at rest

5: Implications for understanding cerebellar function

6: Conclusions

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter Two: What if they're just not that into you (or your experiment)? On motivation and psycholinguistics

Abstract

1: Introduction

2: The “ideal speaker-hearer”

3: Online vs. offline data

4: Comprehension probes

5: Feedback during experiments

6: Open ended questions and qualitative analyses

7: Modulating motivation: Taking cues from second language acquisition (SLA)

8: Conclusion

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Further reading

Chapter Three: Spectral characteristics of visual working memory in the monkey frontoparietal network

Abstract

1: Introduction

2: Memory

3: Working memory models

4: Large-scale networks supporting cognition

5: Data acquisition

6: Time-frequency analysis

7: Working memory nonhuman primate tasks

8: Task-dependent oscillations

9: Frequency bands

10: Choice of tasks

11: Limitations

12: Frequency band activity in spatial vs non-spatial working memory

13: Frequency band activity in visuospatial working memory

14: Conclusion

References

Chapter Four: The N400 in silico: A review of computational models

Abstract

1: General introduction

2: Word-level models

3: Sentence-level models

4: Summary of models in relation to cognitive and biological constraints

5: A predictive coding account of the N400

6: Future directions

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter Five: Dynamic decision making: Empirical and theoretical directions

Abstract

1: Introduction

2: Empirical review

3: Candidate explanations and future directions

4: Conclusion

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Chapter Six: Connecting movement and cognition through different modes of learning

Abstract

1: Introduction

2: Disparate delays in sensory transduction, transmission and sensory motor transformations for action could play a role in screening developmental disorders earlier than current social-cognitive criteria

3: Coordinate transformation and frames of refence for purposeful and exploratory actions

4: Kinesthetic reafference bridging movement and cognition

5: The degrees of freedom problem: Kinematics of natural motions

6: Fundamentally different modes of learning and motivation

7: Considering contextual variations for learning, transfer and generalization

8: Spontaneous autonomy, exploratory learning and human agency: The role of reafference in learning to own one's actions and their consequences

9: Concluding thoughts

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