# Introduction to Basic Cognitive Processes - Institution: IIT Kanpur - Department: Humanities and Social Sciences - Teacher: Prof. Ark Verma - Level: Undergraduate - Language: English - Subjects: Society and politics - Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109104123) - Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.) - Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109104123) - Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words) Introduction to Basic Cognitive Processes is an introductory course in Cognitive Psychology. As opposed to the behaviorist tradition in psychology that concerns itself with only the observable behaviours of the individual, Cognitive Psychology focuses on the internal mental processes. The approach adopted in this course will look at human behaviour at large as made up of many component mental processes such as sensation, perception, attention, memory, language, imagery, decision making, problem solving, emotion and others. In the current course, I will first introduce the students to the field of cognitive psychology. I will then move on to talking about the historical developments in Cognitive Psychology. I will spend some time elaborating the fundamental assumptions in cognitive psychology. Also, I will talk about sister disciplines like Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuropsychology and how they help us to understand the mental processes in question. I will then spend some more time talking about methods used in Cognitive Psychology before moving on to talk about the basic mental processes such as sensation, perception, attention and memory. Other cognitive functions like language, imagery, decision making etc. will be taken up in the next part of the course named Introduction to Advanced Cognitive Processes. INTENDED AUDIENCE : The course will be beneficial to both UG and PG students interested in Psychology. Also, Masters & PhD students studying Cognitive Psychology and/or with any of the basic mental processes as mentioned above. Professionals working with human factors, user – interface designs etc. will also find the insights from the course as useful. INDUSTRY SUPPORT : All industries engaging with human resources, user – interface design & consumer oriented goods may benefit from this course. ## Lectures 1. [Lecture 1- Introduction to Cognitive Psychology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/0a2ab0042a63) (YouTube) 2. [Lecture 02 - A Brief History of Cognitive Psychology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/f98601bc4ee4) (YouTube) 3. [Lecture 03- A Brief History of Cognitive Psychology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/449124a821e9) (YouTube) 4. [Lecture 04- Foundational Assumption of Cognitive Psychology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/e0d9c5fb2c3b) (YouTube) 5. [Lecture 05- Foundations of Cognitive Psychology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/161860afaf3c) (YouTube) 6. [Lecture 06 - Foundations of Cognitive Psychology (Contd...)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/5fde38f4f82c) (YouTube) 7. [Lecture 07 - Approaches towards Cognitive Psychology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/c97f7ec02817) (YouTube) 8. [Lecture 08 - Modularity and Cognitive Neuropsychology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/74d8ee0e8683) (YouTube) 9. [Lecture 09 - Basic Concepts in Cognitive Neuroscience](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/b296bfd33264) (YouTube) 10. [Lecture 10 - The Cerebral Cortex](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/5a263fc32388) (YouTube) 11. [Lecture 11 - Basics of Research Methods](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/6838dce42707) (YouTube) 12. [Lecture 12 - Research Methods in Cognitive Psychology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/c2236d7cc759) (YouTube) 13. [Lecture 13 - Sensation & Perception](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/e1273067ea97) (YouTube) 14. [Lecture 14 - Psychophysics: Measuring Sensation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/3e5417bfb57f) (YouTube) 15. [Lecture 15- Signal Detection Theory](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/7b3ed2b944c6) (YouTube) 16. [Lecture 16- Physiology of Visual Perception](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/54950e165207) (YouTube) 17. [Lecture 17- Representation in Perception](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/39efb71effc4) (YouTube) 18. [Lecture 18 - Approaches to Visual Perception - 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/b35c8de9b180) (YouTube) 19. [Lecture 19 - Approaches to Visual Perception - 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/7d28c18db636) (YouTube) 20. [Lecture 20 - Approaches to Visual Perception - 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/ec0ea88aa9f6) (YouTube) 21. [Lecture 21 - Theories of Object Recognition](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/8da9a71a550a) (YouTube) 22. [Lecture 22 - Perception & Action](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/8f97bb22162b) (YouTube) 23. [Lecture 23 - Auditory Perception](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/683ff33b2dd4) (YouTube) 24. [Lecture 24 - Auditory Perception - II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/01d2c23dc6cc) (YouTube) 25. [Lecture 25 - Attention - I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/35223660bb39) (YouTube) 26. [Lecture 26- Attention - II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/af5f31998091) (YouTube) 27. [Lecture 27- Attention - III](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/6e97350e9129) (YouTube) 28. [Lecture 28- Attention - IV](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/7ae0b478a852) (YouTube) 29. [Lecture 29 - Memory- I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/4d4234550031) (YouTube) 30. [Lecture 30- Memory-II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/eb3fc5f76dfe) (YouTube) 31. [Lecture 31- Memory-III](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/203f3b10ca87) (YouTube) 32. [Lecture 32- Memory-IV](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/366af3e90525) (YouTube) 33. [Lecture 33- Memory-V](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/94f398a57d3a) (YouTube) 34. [Lecture 34- Memory-VI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/500d49b3e447) (YouTube) 35. [Lecture 35- Memory- VII](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/1d525fa6c5c6) (YouTube) 36. [Lecture 36: Everyday Memory & Memory Errors](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/e704c43e8e38) (YouTube) 37. [Lecture 37: Disorders for Perception & Attention](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/5d9fdef98ef4) (YouTube) 38. [Lecture 38: Disorders of Memory](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/ebd8ae627b8d) (YouTube) 39. [Summary and Q & A](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104123/42ef6ba6313a) (YouTube)