Psychology Program Presents
Coordinating Cognition at the Fingertips:
Insights from Investigations into Skilled Typing Ability
Thursday, February 23, 2017
RKC 111
4:45 pm EST/GMT-5
4:45 pm EST/GMT-5
Matthew Crump, Brooklyn College of CUNY
I will discuss my work on the broad claim that skilled performance is controlled hierarchically by coordinated processing loops involved in higher level functions like planning and goal formation, ann at d lower level functions involved in action execution. These loops harness the full range of basic cognitive processes, such as learning, memory, and attention, that guide complex behavior in everyday tasks and expert domains such as skilled typing. I will discuss a range of questions relevant to many domains in cognition that we answer through skilled typing tasks. These include how people use spatial cognition to navigate the keyboard, how people use cognitive control to detect and correct errors and plan movements, and how people use learning and memory to become sensitive to the statistical structure of letter sequences and type words fluently with practice. Finally, I will talk about some recent new directions using EEG and TMS that test cognitive models by examining neurocorrelates of cognitive and motor control networks involved in skilled typing.For more information, call 845-758-7380, or e-mail [email protected].
Time: 4:45 pm EST/GMT-5
Location: RKC 111