How we sense, perceive, acquire knowledge and think is governed by cognition, so it is important to have some basic understanding of the process. The advent of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and position-emission tomography (PCT) which can measure cerebral blood flow in the brain through sensing magnetic signals or low level radiation respectively to determine brain activity levels have greatly deepened our understanding of the processes of cognition (Posner, DiGirolamo & Fernandez-Duque 1997). Quite remarkably, the cognitive process has many similarities with computer information processing steps of acquisition, storage, retrieval, processing, data organization and artificial intelligence structures (Reed 2007).
A Perceptual-Cognition Map
A Perceptual-Cognition Map
A Perceptual-Cognition Map
How we sense, perceive, acquire knowledge and think is governed by cognition, so it is important to have some basic understanding of the process. The advent of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and position-emission tomography (PCT) which can measure cerebral blood flow in the brain through sensing magnetic signals or low level radiation respectively to determine brain activity levels have greatly deepened our understanding of the processes of cognition (Posner, DiGirolamo & Fernandez-Duque 1997). Quite remarkably, the cognitive process has many similarities with computer information processing steps of acquisition, storage, retrieval, processing, data organization and artificial intelligence structures (Reed 2007).