Overview and description of ZAPs (61), sorted by date
Dichotic listening task		Are you able to attend to two auditory messages at the same time?
		Mar 9, 2011 | More information
Depth of Processing		The level of processing influences memory
		Sep 8, 2008 | More information
Attentional Blink		Processing information takes time
		Sep 3, 2008 | More information
Object-based attention		Are we able to lock on our attention to a specific object?
		Sep 2, 2008 | More information
Iconic Memory		How much can you see at a single glance?
		May 14, 2008 | More information
Recalling information		Does anything ever disappear from memory?
		May 5, 2008 | More information
Encoding specificity		The importance of the context in which information is learned
		Apr 16, 2008 | More information
Selection procedure		IQ-test, used during selection procedures
		Nov 6, 2007 | More information
Big Five		Personality described in five factors
		Oct 2, 2007 | More information
Dual-coding theory		Are words and figures represented differently in your mind?
		Jul 20, 2007 | More information
Emotional Stroop		How fear of, for example, spiders causes an attentional bias and may interfere with simpe tasks.
		Jul 19, 2007 | More information
Classical conditioning		For all organisms, conditioning is a basic type of learning
		May 16, 2007 | More information
Mental Rotation, 2-D		Rotating an image in your mind
		May 16, 2007 | More information
Dissociative Identity Disorder		Understanding Dissociative Identity Disorder.
		Sep 20, 2006 | More information
Genetics		The process of inheritance and especially the inheritance of hereditary diseases
		Sep 15, 2006 | More information
Bipolar disorder		Understanding bipolar disorder.
		Jan 6, 2006 | More information
Lateral Inhibition		Using two visual illusions, the Hermann Grid and Mach Bands, lateral inhibition is explained.
		Dec 20, 2005 | More information
Decision making		In what way are the decisions you make determined by outside influences.
		Dec 13, 2005 | More information
Word frequency		The effect of word frequency on your performance.
		Dec 13, 2005 | More information
Syllogisms		Reasoning with syllogisms
		Nov 7, 2005 | More information
Fan effect		Is knowing more always better?
		Nov 2, 2005 | More information
Gestalt problem solving		Problem solving with insight
		Nov 2, 2005 | More information
Conservation		Piaget's stages of cognitive development.
		Oct 31, 2005 | More information
Feature net		A model for recognizing letters and words
		Oct 24, 2005 | More information
Sentence Verification		Why are features of concepts sometimes hard to identify
		Sep 19, 2005 | More information
Visual Search		How long does it takes to seek and find information
		Sep 15, 2005 | More information
Synaptic Transmission		The communcation between nerve cells
		Sep 14, 2005 | More information
Operation Span		How much can our Working Memory hold?
		Sep 13, 2005 | More information
Stereotypes		How can there be a difference between your explicit opinion and your implicit reactions?
		Sep 13, 2005 | More information
Memory Span		The capacity of the short-term memory
		Sep 13, 2005 | More information
Signal detection Theory 2		The relation between hits, false alarms, misses and correct rejections in the form of a graph.
		Sep 2, 2005 | More information
Misconceptions		Naïve Physics and its influence on problem solving.
		Aug 29, 2005 | More information
Prisoner's dilemma		The relation between personal gains and the good of all
		Jul 28, 2005 | More information
Split brain		The independent behavior of the left and right part of the brain
		Jun 29, 2005 | More information
Implicit learning		Unconscious learning of a complex rule
		Jun 29, 2005 | More information
Concept Formation		The way concepts are acquired
		Jun 23, 2005 | More information
Brown-Peterson task		The influence of time and interference on forgetting information
		Jun 14, 2005 | More information
Memory Bias		How mood influences our memory
		Jun 10, 2005 | More information
Missionaries and cannibals		Different strategies for solving a problem
		Jun 3, 2005 | More information
Obsessive compulsive disorder		How the checking of actions, ment to get confidence, causes doubt.
		May 27, 2005 | More information
Serial Position		The influence of position in a list on remembering.
		May 20, 2005 | More information
Selective attention		Attention is selective, sometimes. Why?
		May 17, 2005 | More information
Mental Rotation, 3-D		Rotating a three-dimensional image in your mind
		May 13, 2005 | More information
Sternberg Search		Searching information in short-term memory
		Jan 6, 2005 | More information
Gate Control Theory		Why do we feel pain, which sorts of pain are there, and how can pain be reduced?
		Jan 5, 2005 | More information
Spatial Cueing		Visual attention
		Jan 3, 2005 | More information
Word superiority effect		The automatic process of recognizing and interpreting words
		Dec 29, 2004 | More information
Balance Scale task		Development of problem solving skills
		Dec 17, 2004 | More information
Ames room		Visual illusion where distance and position seem different than they are.
		Dec 17, 2004 | More information
Signal Detection Theory		The correct or incorrect detection of a signal
		Dec 17, 2004 | More information
Simon effect		Influence of physical location of information
		Dec 17, 2004 | More information
Stroop Effect		The difference between automated and controlled processes
		Dec 17, 2004 | More information
2-4-6 Task		The effect of the confirmation bias in inductive reasoning
		Dec 16, 2004 | More information
Mental Scanning		The mental processing and representation of images and distance
		Dec 13, 2004 | More information
Moral development		Kohlberg's theory of stages of moral development
		Dec 12, 2004 | More information
False Memory		Is your memory as reliable as seems?
		Dec 12, 2004 | More information
Recognizing Emotion		What emotions are easier to recognize than others?
		Dec 9, 2004 | More information
Lexical Decision Task		The construction and mechanics of our 'mental lexicon'
		Dec 9, 2004 | More information
Ponzo illusion		A visual illusion: two lines appear to be equal in length, but are they?
		Nov 10, 2004 | More information
Wason Selection Task		Are you able to reason logically?
		Sep 15, 2004 | More information
Cognitive Dissonance		What causes an unpleasant situation and how can this be solved?
		Sep 1, 2004 | More information

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