Course 4 presents an overview of cognitive capacities and limitations. You will distinguish between different types of attention, compare and contrast different types of memory, identify the most common strategies and heuristics humans use for decision making and problem solving.

Human Cognitive Capacities & Limitations
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Human Cognitive Capacities & Limitations
This course is part of Human Factors & Usability Engineering: Designing for Humans Specialization

Instructor: Robert Gray
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Learn to distinguish between types of attention & memory, and identify strategies and heuristics used for decision making & problem solving.
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Reviewed on Oct 30, 2024
Good explanation of acquisition of motor skills for sports; I would have preferred more discussion on human decision making
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Excellent. Different and interesting and very good instructor.

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