Cognition and Development
Prep work to complete
very useful links to clips
You may have found that some of the topics or studies in the unit are a little abstract. One thing you can do is to watch clips that demonstrate examples of the research. Here are some clips - but you can easily find more by searching on youtube.
Violation of expectation clips
Mirror Neurons
Violation of expectation clips
- Physical Reasoning VOE Support events Baillargeon - Baillargeon
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwgo2O5Vk_g Baillargeon explaining VoE and more examples.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd7OIDm_btM - Baillargeon
- https://www.massolit.io/courses/cognitive-development-beyond-piaget/classic-study-baillargeon-s-drawbridge-study
Mirror Neurons
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq1-ZxV9Dc4 great summary of mirror neurons.
- Fascinating explanation of how mirror neurons aided evolution. Also Difference between perception and touch mirror neurons. https://ed.ted.com/lessons/vs-ramachandran-the-neurons-that-shaped-civilization#watch