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• 1. INTRODUCTION TO COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY 1.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEME1.2 WHAT IS COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY?1.3 THE INNATE MIND AND ACQUIRED MIND: THE RATIONALIST AND EMPIRICIST TRADITIONS1.4 MIND AS ASSOCIATIONS1.5 MIND AS BRAIN: NEUROLOGY, PHRENOLOGY AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGY1.6 MIND AS A NETWORK: FROM NEURONS TO ASSEMBLIES OF NEURONS1.7 THE MIND AS STRUCTURE1.8 MIND AS HOLISTIC: GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY1.9 MIND AS FUNCTIONAL: EVOLUTION AND THE ADAPTIVE MIND1.10 THE ADAPTIVE MIND: LOGICAL POSITIVISM AND BEHAVIORISM1.11 PSYCHOLINGUISTICS1.12 MIND AS AN INFORMATION PROCESSOR: THE WORLD WARS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLECTUAL TESTING, INFORMATION PROCESSING AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGY1.13 MIND AS COMPUTATIONAL: COMPUTERS, PROBLEM SOLVING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE1.14 NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE1.15 CONCLUSIONS1.16 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS1.17 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS1.18 ILLUSTRATIONS2. FROM SENSATION TO PERCEPTION2.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES2.2 FROM SENSORY TRANSDUCTION TO PERCEPTIONS2.3 GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY: TOP-DOWN CONSTRUCTIVE PERCEPTION2.4 PATTERN PERCEPTION2.5 BINDING2.6 SUMMARY2.7 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS2.8 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS3. ATTENTION IN A NOISY WORLD3.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES3.2 A CASE OF LEFT-SIDED NEGLECT:  FEDERICO FELLINI3.3 THE FILTER METAPHOR:  THE COCKTAIL PARTY PHENOMENON3.4 THE LEAKY FILTER: MORAY AND TRIESMAN3.5 THE RESOURCE METAPHOR3.6 AUTOMATIC AND CONTROLLED PROCESSING3.7 BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN MIND AND BRAIN: EXECUTIVE FUNCTION, THE SUPERVISORY ATTENTIONAL SYSTEM AND THE BRAIN3.8 SPACE-BASED ATTENTION AND NEGLECT3.9 THE SPOTLIGHT METAPHOR:  SPACE BASED ATTENTION3.10 SPATIAL AND OBJECT-ORIENTED NEGLECT3.11 CONCLUSIONS: ATTENTION3.12 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS3.13 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS4. THE MODAL MODEL OF MEMORY4.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES4.2 LIFE MOMENT BY MOMENT4.3 BACKGROUND FOR THE MODAL MODEL OF MEMORY4.4 MEMORY: THE MODAL MODEL4.5 GEORGE SPERLING’S DISCOVERY OF SENSORY MEMORY4.6 SHORT-TERM, OR PRIMARY, MEMORY4.7 SUMMARY OF THE MODAL MODEL OF MEMORY: TRANSITION TO WORKING MEMORY AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTION4.8 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS4.9 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS5. WORKING MEMORY AND THE CENTRAL EXECUTIVE5.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES5.2 PATIENT P.V.: LOSS OF VERBAL SHORT-TERM MEMORY WITH PRESERVATION OF VISUAL SHORT-TERM MEMORY5.3 WORKING MEMORY CIRCA 19745.4 WORKING MEMORY CIRCA 20005.5 FUTURE DIRECTIONS OF WORKING MEMORY5.6 BUILDING BRIDGES: THE CENTRAL EXECUTIVE AND THE FRONTAL LOBES5.7 SUMMARY5.8 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS5.9 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS6. MAKING MEMORIES6.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES6.2 PI TO 31,811 DIGITS6.3 FACTORS INFLUENCING MEMORY ENCODING6.4 ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY AND MEMORY6.5 BUILDING BRIDGES: CONSOLIDATION OF ENCODING6.6 CONCLUSIONS6.7 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS6.8 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS7. RETRIEVAL AND MEMORY DISTORTION7.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES7.2 EBBINGHAUS’ MEMORY OVER TIME7.3 WHY DO WE FORGET?7.4 MEMORY DISTORTION7.5 CONCLUSIONS: RETRIEVAL AND MEMORY DISTORTION7.6 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS7.7 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS8. VARIATIONS OF LONG-TERM MEMORY8.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES8.2 K.C.: THE LOSS OF EPISODIC MEMORY8.3 TYPES OF LONG-TERM MEMORY8.4 DECLARATIVE, EXPLICIT MEMORY: EPISODIC MEMORY8.5 AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY8.6 NON-DECLARATIVE: IMPLICIT MEMORY8.7 “I KNOW YOUR FACE BUT I CAN’T REMEMBER.. .. ?”: KNOWING VERSUS REMEMBERING8.8 DO EPISODIC MEMORIES BECOME SEMANTIC MEMORIES?8.9 BUILDING BRIDGES: TEMPORAL LOBE EXPLICIT MEMORY AND STRIATUM IMPLICIT MEMORY8.10 CONCLUSIONS: ONE MEMORY OR MANY?8.11 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS8.12 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS9. CATEGORIZATION AND MEANING9.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES9.2 THE STORY OF THE PLAGUE OF INSOMNIA9.3 CATEGORIES AND SEMANTIC NETWORKS: THE CLASSICAL RULE-BASED APPROACH9.4 PROBLEMS FOR THE CLASSICAL MODEL9.5 FEATURE COMPARISON MODELS9.6 SCHEMATA, FRAMES AND SCRIPTS9.7 IMAGERY BASED KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION9.8 CONNECTIONIST MODELS OF MIND9.9 CONCLUSIONS: CATEGORIES AND MEANING9.10 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS9.11 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS 10. CONSCIOUSNESS10.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES10.2 “NOW I AM AWAKE!” -- THE LIFE OF CLIVE WEARING10.3 THE PROBLEM OF CONSCIOUSNESS10.4 CHARACTERISTICS OF CONSCIOUSNESS10.5 THE THEATRE OF CONSCIOUSNESS10.6 PERCEPTUAL BINDING AS A MODEL FOR CONSCIOUSNESS10.7 BRIDGING BRAIN AND MIND: THE GLOBAL NEURONAL WORKPLACE10.8 AWARENESS OF SELF AND OTHERS: MIRROR NEURONS, ACTION AND UNDERSTANDING10.9 CONCLUSION: THE ZOMBIE WITHIN -- THE PURPOSE OF CONSCIOUSNESS10.10 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS10.11 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS11. THE DESCRIPTION AND OVERVIEW OF LANGUAGE11.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES11.2 THE STORY OF MY LIFE, HELEN KELLER11.3 LANGUAGE AND SPEECH11.4 THE SPEECH SIGNAL11.5 SEMANTIC, TOP-DOWN, INFLUENCE ON SPEECH PERCEPTION11.6 MORPHEMES11.7 SYNTAX: SURFACE AND DEEP STRUCTURE11.8 WORD, SENTENCES AND THE EXTRACTION OF MEANING11.9 FROM SENTENCES TO NARRATIVE AND DISCOURSE11.10 BUILDING BRIDGES: INFERENCE AND THE BRAIN11.11 CONCLUSIONS: LANGUAGE DESCRIPTION AND OVERVIEW11.12 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS11.13 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS12. FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES IN LANGUAGE THEORY12.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES12.2 NATIVIST VERSUS EMPIRICIST THEORIES OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION12.3 THE SOURCE OF LANGUAGE STRUCTURE12.4 THE DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE12.5 THE “LANGUAGE GENE”12.6 INFLUENCE OF THE ENVIRONMENT12.7 RECENT CHALLENGES TO THE NATIVIST POSITION12.8 THOUGHT BEFORE LANGUAGE?12.9 MODULARITY OF LANGUAGE12.10 CONCLUSIONS: LANGUAGE ISSUES12.11 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS12.12 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS13. INFORMATION PROCESSING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE13.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES13.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE13.3 GAME THEORY13.4 EXPERT SYSTEMS13.5 CONCLUSIONS13.6 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS13.7 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS 14. PROBLEM SOLVING AND REASONING14.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES14.2 EARLY RESEARCH ON PROBLEM SOLVING: THE GESTALT TRADITION14.3 REASONING14.4 MENTAL MODELS14.5 BUILDING BRIDGES:  IMAGING DECISION MAKING14.6 BUT ARE WE REALLY ILLOGICAL?14.7 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS14.8 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTSAppendix A: NEURONSAppendix B: GEOGRAPHY OF THE BRAINAppendix C: IMAGING THE BRAIN

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• 1. INTRODUCTION TO COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY 1.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEME1.2 WHAT IS COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY?1.3 THE INNATE MIND AND ACQUIRED MIND: THE RATIONALIST AND EMPIRICIST TRADITIONS1.4 MIND AS ASSOCIATIONS1.5 MIND AS BRAIN: NEUROLOGY, PHRENOLOGY AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGY1.6 MIND AS A NETWORK: FROM NEURONS TO ASSEMBLIES OF NEURONS1.7 THE MIND AS STRUCTURE1.8 MIND AS HOLISTIC: GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY1.9 MIND AS FUNCTIONAL: EVOLUTION AND THE ADAPTIVE MIND1.10 THE ADAPTIVE MIND: LOGICAL POSITIVISM AND BEHAVIORISM1.11 PSYCHOLINGUISTICS1.12 MIND AS AN INFORMATION PROCESSOR: THE WORLD WARS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLECTUAL TESTING, INFORMATION PROCESSING AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGY1.13 MIND AS COMPUTATIONAL: COMPUTERS, PROBLEM SOLVING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE1.14 NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE1.15 CONCLUSIONS1.16 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS1.17 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS1.18 ILLUSTRATIONS2. FROM SENSATION TO PERCEPTION2.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES2.2 FROM SENSORY TRANSDUCTION TO PERCEPTIONS2.3 GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY: TOP-DOWN CONSTRUCTIVE PERCEPTION2.4 PATTERN PERCEPTION2.5 BINDING2.6 SUMMARY2.7 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS2.8 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS3. ATTENTION IN A NOISY WORLD3.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES3.2 A CASE OF LEFT-SIDED NEGLECT:  FEDERICO FELLINI3.3 THE FILTER METAPHOR:  THE COCKTAIL PARTY PHENOMENON3.4 THE LEAKY FILTER: MORAY AND TRIESMAN3.5 THE RESOURCE METAPHOR3.6 AUTOMATIC AND CONTROLLED PROCESSING3.7 BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN MIND AND BRAIN: EXECUTIVE FUNCTION, THE SUPERVISORY ATTENTIONAL SYSTEM AND THE BRAIN3.8 SPACE-BASED ATTENTION AND NEGLECT3.9 THE SPOTLIGHT METAPHOR:  SPACE BASED ATTENTION3.10 SPATIAL AND OBJECT-ORIENTED NEGLECT3.11 CONCLUSIONS: ATTENTION3.12 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS3.13 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS4. THE MODAL MODEL OF MEMORY4.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES4.2 LIFE MOMENT BY MOMENT4.3 BACKGROUND FOR THE MODAL MODEL OF MEMORY4.4 MEMORY: THE MODAL MODEL4.5 GEORGE SPERLING’S DISCOVERY OF SENSORY MEMORY4.6 SHORT-TERM, OR PRIMARY, MEMORY4.7 SUMMARY OF THE MODAL MODEL OF MEMORY: TRANSITION TO WORKING MEMORY AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTION4.8 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS4.9 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS5. WORKING MEMORY AND THE CENTRAL EXECUTIVE5.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES5.2 PATIENT P.V.: LOSS OF VERBAL SHORT-TERM MEMORY WITH PRESERVATION OF VISUAL SHORT-TERM MEMORY5.3 WORKING MEMORY CIRCA 19745.4 WORKING MEMORY CIRCA 20005.5 FUTURE DIRECTIONS OF WORKING MEMORY5.6 BUILDING BRIDGES: THE CENTRAL EXECUTIVE AND THE FRONTAL LOBES5.7 SUMMARY5.8 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS5.9 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS6. MAKING MEMORIES6.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES6.2 PI TO 31,811 DIGITS6.3 FACTORS INFLUENCING MEMORY ENCODING6.4 ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY AND MEMORY6.5 BUILDING BRIDGES: CONSOLIDATION OF ENCODING6.6 CONCLUSIONS6.7 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS6.8 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS7. RETRIEVAL AND MEMORY DISTORTION7.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES7.2 EBBINGHAUS’ MEMORY OVER TIME7.3 WHY DO WE FORGET?7.4 MEMORY DISTORTION7.5 CONCLUSIONS: RETRIEVAL AND MEMORY DISTORTION7.6 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS7.7 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS8. VARIATIONS OF LONG-TERM MEMORY8.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES8.2 K.C.: THE LOSS OF EPISODIC MEMORY8.3 TYPES OF LONG-TERM MEMORY8.4 DECLARATIVE, EXPLICIT MEMORY: EPISODIC MEMORY8.5 AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY8.6 NON-DECLARATIVE: IMPLICIT MEMORY8.7 “I KNOW YOUR FACE BUT I CAN’T REMEMBER.. .. ?”: KNOWING VERSUS REMEMBERING8.8 DO EPISODIC MEMORIES BECOME SEMANTIC MEMORIES?8.9 BUILDING BRIDGES: TEMPORAL LOBE EXPLICIT MEMORY AND STRIATUM IMPLICIT MEMORY8.10 CONCLUSIONS: ONE MEMORY OR MANY?8.11 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS8.12 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS9. CATEGORIZATION AND MEANING9.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES9.2 THE STORY OF THE PLAGUE OF INSOMNIA9.3 CATEGORIES AND SEMANTIC NETWORKS: THE CLASSICAL RULE-BASED APPROACH9.4 PROBLEMS FOR THE CLASSICAL MODEL9.5 FEATURE COMPARISON MODELS9.6 SCHEMATA, FRAMES AND SCRIPTS9.7 IMAGERY BASED KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION9.8 CONNECTIONIST MODELS OF MIND9.9 CONCLUSIONS: CATEGORIES AND MEANING9.10 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS9.11 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS 10. CONSCIOUSNESS10.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES10.2 “NOW I AM AWAKE!” -- THE LIFE OF CLIVE WEARING10.3 THE PROBLEM OF CONSCIOUSNESS10.4 CHARACTERISTICS OF CONSCIOUSNESS10.5 THE THEATRE OF CONSCIOUSNESS10.6 PERCEPTUAL BINDING AS A MODEL FOR CONSCIOUSNESS10.7 BRIDGING BRAIN AND MIND: THE GLOBAL NEURONAL WORKPLACE10.8 AWARENESS OF SELF AND OTHERS: MIRROR NEURONS, ACTION AND UNDERSTANDING10.9 CONCLUSION: THE ZOMBIE WITHIN -- THE PURPOSE OF CONSCIOUSNESS10.10 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS10.11 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS11. THE DESCRIPTION AND OVERVIEW OF LANGUAGE11.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES11.2 THE STORY OF MY LIFE, HELEN KELLER11.3 LANGUAGE AND SPEECH11.4 THE SPEECH SIGNAL11.5 SEMANTIC, TOP-DOWN, INFLUENCE ON SPEECH PERCEPTION11.6 MORPHEMES11.7 SYNTAX: SURFACE AND DEEP STRUCTURE11.8 WORD, SENTENCES AND THE EXTRACTION OF MEANING11.9 FROM SENTENCES TO NARRATIVE AND DISCOURSE11.10 BUILDING BRIDGES: INFERENCE AND THE BRAIN11.11 CONCLUSIONS: LANGUAGE DESCRIPTION AND OVERVIEW11.12 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS11.13 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS12. FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES IN LANGUAGE THEORY12.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES12.2 NATIVIST VERSUS EMPIRICIST THEORIES OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION12.3 THE SOURCE OF LANGUAGE STRUCTURE12.4 THE DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE12.5 THE “LANGUAGE GENE”12.6 INFLUENCE OF THE ENVIRONMENT12.7 RECENT CHALLENGES TO THE NATIVIST POSITION12.8 THOUGHT BEFORE LANGUAGE?12.9 MODULARITY OF LANGUAGE12.10 CONCLUSIONS: LANGUAGE ISSUES12.11 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS12.12 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS13. INFORMATION PROCESSING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE13.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES13.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE13.3 GAME THEORY13.4 EXPERT SYSTEMS13.5 CONCLUSIONS13.6 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS13.7 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS 14. PROBLEM SOLVING AND REASONING14.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES14.2 EARLY RESEARCH ON PROBLEM SOLVING: THE GESTALT TRADITION14.3 REASONING14.4 MENTAL MODELS14.5 BUILDING BRIDGES:  IMAGING DECISION MAKING14.6 BUT ARE WE REALLY ILLOGICAL?14.7 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS14.8 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTSAppendix A: NEURONSAppendix B: GEOGRAPHY OF THE BRAINAppendix C: IMAGING THE BRAIN

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• 1. INTRODUCTION TO COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY 1.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEME1.2 WHAT IS COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY?1.3 THE INNATE MIND AND ACQUIRED MIND: THE RATIONALIST AND EMPIRICIST TRADITIONS1.4 MIND AS ASSOCIATIONS1.5 MIND AS BRAIN: NEUROLOGY, PHRENOLOGY AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGY1.6 MIND AS A NETWORK: FROM NEURONS TO ASSEMBLIES OF NEURONS1.7 THE MIND AS STRUCTURE1.8 MIND AS HOLISTIC: GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY1.9 MIND AS FUNCTIONAL: EVOLUTION AND THE ADAPTIVE MIND1.10 THE ADAPTIVE MIND: LOGICAL POSITIVISM AND BEHAVIORISM1.11 PSYCHOLINGUISTICS1.12 MIND AS AN INFORMATION PROCESSOR: THE WORLD WARS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLECTUAL TESTING, INFORMATION PROCESSING AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGY1.13 MIND AS COMPUTATIONAL: COMPUTERS, PROBLEM SOLVING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE1.14 NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE1.15 CONCLUSIONS1.16 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS1.17 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS1.18 ILLUSTRATIONS2. FROM SENSATION TO PERCEPTION2.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES2.2 FROM SENSORY TRANSDUCTION TO PERCEPTIONS2.3 GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY: TOP-DOWN CONSTRUCTIVE PERCEPTION2.4 PATTERN PERCEPTION2.5 BINDING2.6 SUMMARY2.7 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS2.8 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS3. ATTENTION IN A NOISY WORLD3.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES3.2 A CASE OF LEFT-SIDED NEGLECT:  FEDERICO FELLINI3.3 THE FILTER METAPHOR:  THE COCKTAIL PARTY PHENOMENON3.4 THE LEAKY FILTER: MORAY AND TRIESMAN3.5 THE RESOURCE METAPHOR3.6 AUTOMATIC AND CONTROLLED PROCESSING3.7 BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN MIND AND BRAIN: EXECUTIVE FUNCTION, THE SUPERVISORY ATTENTIONAL SYSTEM AND THE BRAIN3.8 SPACE-BASED ATTENTION AND NEGLECT3.9 THE SPOTLIGHT METAPHOR:  SPACE BASED ATTENTION3.10 SPATIAL AND OBJECT-ORIENTED NEGLECT3.11 CONCLUSIONS: ATTENTION3.12 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS3.13 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS4. THE MODAL MODEL OF MEMORY4.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES4.2 LIFE MOMENT BY MOMENT4.3 BACKGROUND FOR THE MODAL MODEL OF MEMORY4.4 MEMORY: THE MODAL MODEL4.5 GEORGE SPERLING’S DISCOVERY OF SENSORY MEMORY4.6 SHORT-TERM, OR PRIMARY, MEMORY4.7 SUMMARY OF THE MODAL MODEL OF MEMORY: TRANSITION TO WORKING MEMORY AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTION4.8 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS4.9 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS5. WORKING MEMORY AND THE CENTRAL EXECUTIVE5.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES5.2 PATIENT P.V.: LOSS OF VERBAL SHORT-TERM MEMORY WITH PRESERVATION OF VISUAL SHORT-TERM MEMORY5.3 WORKING MEMORY CIRCA 19745.4 WORKING MEMORY CIRCA 20005.5 FUTURE DIRECTIONS OF WORKING MEMORY5.6 BUILDING BRIDGES: THE CENTRAL EXECUTIVE AND THE FRONTAL LOBES5.7 SUMMARY5.8 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS5.9 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS6. MAKING MEMORIES6.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES6.2 PI TO 31,811 DIGITS6.3 FACTORS INFLUENCING MEMORY ENCODING6.4 ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY AND MEMORY6.5 BUILDING BRIDGES: CONSOLIDATION OF ENCODING6.6 CONCLUSIONS6.7 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS6.8 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS7. RETRIEVAL AND MEMORY DISTORTION7.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES7.2 EBBINGHAUS’ MEMORY OVER TIME7.3 WHY DO WE FORGET?7.4 MEMORY DISTORTION7.5 CONCLUSIONS: RETRIEVAL AND MEMORY DISTORTION7.6 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS7.7 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS8. VARIATIONS OF LONG-TERM MEMORY8.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES8.2 K.C.: THE LOSS OF EPISODIC MEMORY8.3 TYPES OF LONG-TERM MEMORY8.4 DECLARATIVE, EXPLICIT MEMORY: EPISODIC MEMORY8.5 AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY8.6 NON-DECLARATIVE: IMPLICIT MEMORY8.7 “I KNOW YOUR FACE BUT I CAN’T REMEMBER.. .. ?”: KNOWING VERSUS REMEMBERING8.8 DO EPISODIC MEMORIES BECOME SEMANTIC MEMORIES?8.9 BUILDING BRIDGES: TEMPORAL LOBE EXPLICIT MEMORY AND STRIATUM IMPLICIT MEMORY8.10 CONCLUSIONS: ONE MEMORY OR MANY?8.11 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS8.12 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS9. CATEGORIZATION AND MEANING9.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES9.2 THE STORY OF THE PLAGUE OF INSOMNIA9.3 CATEGORIES AND SEMANTIC NETWORKS: THE CLASSICAL RULE-BASED APPROACH9.4 PROBLEMS FOR THE CLASSICAL MODEL9.5 FEATURE COMPARISON MODELS9.6 SCHEMATA, FRAMES AND SCRIPTS9.7 IMAGERY BASED KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION9.8 CONNECTIONIST MODELS OF MIND9.9 CONCLUSIONS: CATEGORIES AND MEANING9.10 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS9.11 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS 10. CONSCIOUSNESS10.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES10.2 “NOW I AM AWAKE!” -- THE LIFE OF CLIVE WEARING10.3 THE PROBLEM OF CONSCIOUSNESS10.4 CHARACTERISTICS OF CONSCIOUSNESS10.5 THE THEATRE OF CONSCIOUSNESS10.6 PERCEPTUAL BINDING AS A MODEL FOR CONSCIOUSNESS10.7 BRIDGING BRAIN AND MIND: THE GLOBAL NEURONAL WORKPLACE10.8 AWARENESS OF SELF AND OTHERS: MIRROR NEURONS, ACTION AND UNDERSTANDING10.9 CONCLUSION: THE ZOMBIE WITHIN -- THE PURPOSE OF CONSCIOUSNESS10.10 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS10.11 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS11. THE DESCRIPTION AND OVERVIEW OF LANGUAGE11.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES11.2 THE STORY OF MY LIFE, HELEN KELLER11.3 LANGUAGE AND SPEECH11.4 THE SPEECH SIGNAL11.5 SEMANTIC, TOP-DOWN, INFLUENCE ON SPEECH PERCEPTION11.6 MORPHEMES11.7 SYNTAX: SURFACE AND DEEP STRUCTURE11.8 WORD, SENTENCES AND THE EXTRACTION OF MEANING11.9 FROM SENTENCES TO NARRATIVE AND DISCOURSE11.10 BUILDING BRIDGES: INFERENCE AND THE BRAIN11.11 CONCLUSIONS: LANGUAGE DESCRIPTION AND OVERVIEW11.12 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS11.13 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS12. FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES IN LANGUAGE THEORY12.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES12.2 NATIVIST VERSUS EMPIRICIST THEORIES OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION12.3 THE SOURCE OF LANGUAGE STRUCTURE12.4 THE DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE12.5 THE “LANGUAGE GENE”12.6 INFLUENCE OF THE ENVIRONMENT12.7 RECENT CHALLENGES TO THE NATIVIST POSITION12.8 THOUGHT BEFORE LANGUAGE?12.9 MODULARITY OF LANGUAGE12.10 CONCLUSIONS: LANGUAGE ISSUES12.11 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS12.12 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS13. INFORMATION PROCESSING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE13.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES13.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE13.3 GAME THEORY13.4 EXPERT SYSTEMS13.5 CONCLUSIONS13.6 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS13.7 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS 14. PROBLEM SOLVING AND REASONING14.1 PREVIEW OF CHAPTER THEMES14.2 EARLY RESEARCH ON PROBLEM SOLVING: THE GESTALT TRADITION14.3 REASONING14.4 MENTAL MODELS14.5 BUILDING BRIDGES:  IMAGING DECISION MAKING14.6 BUT ARE WE REALLY ILLOGICAL?14.7 TEST YOURSELF STUDY QUESTIONS14.8 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTSAppendix A: NEURONSAppendix B: GEOGRAPHY OF THE BRAINAppendix C: IMAGING THE BRAIN