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Introduction to psychology – cognition

In this video prof. Stroebele-Benschop discusses what cognitions are, and why studying them is relevant to the research on food behaviours.

What are cognitions?

Just as in the past video we introduced emotions, in this one we introduce the concept of cognition and some key notions related to it, and we also briefly describe why cognitive science is important to study eating behaviors. These notions will return during the week three, especially during the second activity.

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