• Education
- e.g.: how can we enhance memory?
• Work place
-e.g.: should employees be allowed to nap at work?
• Industry
-e.g.: how can we prevent human errors in the industry?
• Transportation
-e.g.:
........Read moreAny type of sensory information
Most of the information first comes in to the Thalamus, and then spreads e.g. visual cortex, primary sensory cortex...
For ACP: we are interested in only some low-level perceptual phenomena: hering grid, motion-after-effect, color-after-effect
Succesful interaction with computers results in achieving our goals
We spend more time with our computer than our partner ---> worth investing in a good human computer interaction
We, as humans have limitations, such as not being able to pay attention for too long,
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While in the past being hurt was seen as a "personality trait", it turned out that there is no difference in proneness to injury.
It is often difficult to judge a situation to be safe or not.
2 systems for processing information
........Read more60% americans play video games (~90% between ages of 2 and 17)
Potential: people already spend a lot of time gaming
- there could be benefits: training, simulation, increase behavior, increase motivation...
Different categories of games:
Serious games: skills and knowledge
........Read more-Source of energy
-Maintain cognitive function
-Adapting for food acquisition has affected evolution of the modern brain and cognitive skills
-Omega 3 linked to brain development
-Fish based diet decreased, saturated/trans fatty acids increase -->
........Read more1. Facts
2. Evidence
3. Guilt
4. Verdict/sentence
The psychologist looks at the facts and analyzes to what extent the facts are reliable and can be considered
........Read moreDouble aging: more old people and increase in life expectancy
Health care cost NL – 15.4% of GDP
2013: 27% are 65+, 2040: 51% will be 65+
Healthcare costs are cut, but there’s an increasing number
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