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Parent Project: Cognitive Psychology for Engineers
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In this module, the executive control system is introduced.  This module begins by the evolutionary growth in the size and importance of the prefrontal cortex relative to the rest of the brain. The role of executive control is discussed using the driving task as an example. Executive control of eye movements is also discussed along with the connectivity to other brain regions that allows this control to occur. Shifting, updating, and inhibition are introduced as three important components of executive control. 

Parent Project: Cognitive Psychology for Engineers
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MIE242

Psychology for Engineers

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In this module, the topic of working memory is introduced.  This module begins by using the analogy of conductor and orchestra to explain the relationship of working memory to the rest of the brain. The role of executive control is introduced along with the various memory buffers that make up working memory. The episodic buffer is introduced as a component of working memory that supports episodic memory and that supplements the phonological loop and visuo-spatial sketchpad as short-term memory stores.

Parent Project: Cognitive Psychology for Engineers
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In this module, the topic of Attention is introduced.  This module begins by using the analogy of choosing a sandwich from a plate of sandwiches to illustrate the kind of choice that the brain is continually making. The role of top down perception and context in interpreting what we see is also described. The dichotic listening task is introduced and described. The role of the dichotic listening task in demonstration the properties of selective attention is reviewed. The long standing central role of attention as an issue in psychology is illustrated with a review of early work done on attention that was done in the 19th century.  
Parent Project: Cognitive Psychology for Engineers
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In this module, the basic components of visual object recognition are introduced.  This module begins with a brief review of the problem of perception and then focuses on the distinction between the what and where pathways for processing information about visual objects. The basic functions of the what and where pathways are introduced. The location of the pathways is discussed along with the binding problem and the function of the convergence zone in bring back the what and where components of object recognition into a unified representation. 

Parent Project: Introductory Chemistry from a Materials Perspective
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This module introduces thermodynamics, phase equilibrium, and electrochemistry.

Parent Project: Introductory Chemistry from a Materials Perspective
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This module explores the crystal structures of solids in more detail.  Building on the previous module, we start with the structure of some common crystalline ceramics and then circle back to some common metallic crystal structures that we didn't need to study in our initial discussion in Material properies: properties matter.

Parent Project: Introductory Chemistry from a Materials Perspective
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This short module introduces the mechanical beahviour of ceramics and the influence of stress concentration on ceramics.

Parent Project: Introductory Chemistry from a Materials Perspective
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In this module we expand on the topic of optical transparency and arrive at the need for a new way of understanding the interaction between light and matter.  We explore the structure of the isolated atom and it's electronic configuration which leads to primary bonding in solids and finally into the electronic configuration of collections of atoms and the band theory of solids.

Parent Project: Introductory Chemistry from a Materials Perspective
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In this module we explore polymers, including their mechanical behaviour, microstructure, and strengthening mechanisms.

Parent Project: Introductory Chemistry from a Materials Perspective
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This module explores the mechanical behaviour of matter in more detail, particularly the permanent deformation of metals and begins to explore the crystalline imperfections that are able to explain much of the behaviour of matter and that can be used to engineer the properties for specific applications.