How do you think? In this in-depth and practical course, students gain an overview of the field of cognitive psychology, which studies how humans reason and process information.

How does the mind work? How does it process information? Cognitive psychology seeks to shed light on these questions.

A helpful analogy here is hardware and software in computing. A neuroscientist might study the mind's 'hardware' – the structure and biology of the brain for example.

A cognitive psychologist however studies the mind's software: the patterns, routines, and processes that, when enacted by the hardware, allow our minds to perform tasks.

Educator Philip Quinlan is an experimental cognitive psychologist whose research has been featured in many universities across the United Kingdom.

In Introduction to Cognitive Psychology, Quinlan provide a beginner's guide to the fascinating field of cognitive psychology.

The course covers areas such as how our minds approach logic, experimental design, and how we use visualization as part of memory.