Cognitive Psychology category: 3003 books
Working Memory Capacity
Classic Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
The idea of one's memory "filling up" is a humorous misconception of how memory in general is thought to work; it actually has no capacity limit. However, the idea of a "full brain" makes more sense with reference to working memory, which is the limited amount of information a...
by William R. Uttal
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
In this book, William R. Uttal continues his analysis and critique of theories of mind. This book considers theories that are based on macroneural responses (such as those obtained from fMRI) that represent the averaged or cumulative responses of many neurons. The analysis is carried out with special...
Mechanisms of Sensory Working Memory
Attention and Perfomance XXV
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2016
Mechanisms of Sensory Working Memory: Attention and Performance XXV provides an update on research surrounding the memory processes that are crucial for many facets of cognitive processing and experience, with new coverage of emerging areas of study, including a new understanding of working memory...
Interaction Between Attention and Language Systems in Humans
A Cognitive Science Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2015
This original volume examines the interface between attentional and linguistic processes in humans from the perspectives of psycholinguistics and cognitive science. It systematically explores how autonomy and automaticity are reflected during language processing in a variety of situations. A true,...
by John R. Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Now available in paper, The Architecture of Cognition is a classic work that remains relevant to theory and research in cognitive science. The new version of Anderson's theory of cognitive architecture -- Adaptive Control of Thought (ACT*) -- is a theory of the basic principles of operation built into the cognitive system and is the main focus of the book.
by Charles Hulme, Susie Mackenzie
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
"Working memory" is a term used to refer to the systems responsible for the temporary storage of information during the performance of cognitive tasks. The efficiency of working memory skills in children may place limitations on the learning and performance of educationally important skills...
Spatial Language
Cognitive and Computational Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
People constantly talk to each other about experience or knowledge resulting from spatial perception; they describe the size, shape, orientation and position of objects using a wide range of spatial expressions. The semantic treatment of such expressions presents particular challenges for natural...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Speech Perception and Spoken Word Recognition features contributions from the field’s leading scientists, and covers recent developments and current issues in the study of cognitive and neural mechanisms that take patterns of air vibrations and turn them ‘magically’ into meaning. The volume...
Generalization of Knowledge
Multidisciplinary Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2011
While the notion of generalization fits prominently into cognitive theories of learning, there is surprisingly little research literature that takes an overview of the issue from a broad multifaceted perspective. This volume remedies this by taking a multidisciplinary perspective on generalization...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2006
Broca's region has been in the news ever since scientists realized that particular cognitive functions could be localized to parts of the cerebral cortex. Its discoverer, Paul Broca, was one of the first researchers to argue for a direct connection between a concrete behavior--in this case, the use...
by Jessica Greiner
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2018
☆★**Become Your Own Therapist!**★☆
Are you always on a bad mood? Have you lost interest on activities you used to love? Do you feel like you're stuck in a black hole and there's no way out? Do you feel like your heart is going to pop out of your chest? Do you're stuck in life and you're...
Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Become Your Own Therapist: A Practical Step by Step Guide to Managing and Overcoming Stress, Depression, Anxiety, Panic, and Other Mental Health Issues
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2018
☆★**Become Your Own Therapist!**★☆
Are you always on a bad mood? Have you lost interest on activities you used to love? Do you feel like you're stuck in a black hole and there's no way out? Do you feel like your heart is going to pop out of your chest? Do you're stuck in life and you're...
Cognition, Intelligence, and Achievement
A Tribute to J. P. Das
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2014
Cognition, Intelligence, and Achievement is motivated by the work of the renowned Professor J. P. Das on the PASS (Planning, Attention, Simultaneous and Successive Processing) theory of intelligence and CAS measures (Cognitive Assessment System) of cognitive processes. This book reviews current research...
The Mind Possessed
The Cognition of Spirit Possession in an Afro-Brazilian Religious Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2007
The cognitive science of religion has made a persuasive case for the view that a number of different psychological systems are involved in the construction and transmission of notions of extranatural agency such as deities and spirits. Until now this work has been based largely on findings in experimental...