Psy 331 Cognitive Psychology
Fall 2026

Dr. Thompson's fall 2026 office hours (DePaul room 107)

• Monday 3:00-4:30
• Wednesday, 3:00-4:30
• Other days/times by appointment​​​​​

Exam schedule (subject to change)

• September 28: Exam 1, chapters 1–2 (plus other info.)
• October 21: Exam 2, chapters 3–5 (plus ...)
• November 18: Exam 3, chapters 6–8 (plus ...)
• December 14: Exam 4, chapters 9-11 (plus ...)

Course Material

• Syllabus
• Chapter 1, pages 2-20 (in case you don't have the book yet)
• Exam 1 study guide, chapters 1-2
• Exam 2 study guide, chapters 3-5
• Study tips

Links and files to download

• Fundamentals of Cognition publisher website
• Do we really have brain regions? (Lisa Feldman-Barrett)
• Water jar problems
• Tower of Hanoi problems
• Missionaries and cannibals problem (same as Hobbits and Orcs)
• Neuroscience methods (from Ward)
• Visualizing Cohen's effect size d (Magnusson)
• Mock robbery video
• Try this demonstration of shadowing during dichotic listening (use the regular password to access the page)
• Hidden messages in backward music? (use the regular password)
• Oliver Sacks talk on hallucinations (Charles Bonnet syndrome)
• Face blindness video (CBS 60 minutes)
• Change-blindness video​
• Anne Treisman video (2011 National Medal of Science)
• Mapping the brain with fMRI, PET, etc.
• The problem with the neuroscience backlash (by Gary Marcus)
• Cognition Laboratory Experiments (by John Krantz, Hanover College)
• Cognitive Daily
• Exploratorium
• Debunking Pseudoneuroscience video (Carol Tavris)
• Association for Psychological Science
• American Psychological Association
• HM’s brain
• Video: Interactive Activation Model​
• Implicit Association Test (age group)
• Memories of childhood abuse
• The man who couldn’t remember

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