Dr Peter J. Hills, PhD, is a principal lecturer and Head of Education in psychology at Bournemouth University. Dr J Michael Pake is a senior lecturer in Psychology at Anglia Ruskin University.

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• Introduction 1Part I: Getting Started with Cognitive Psychology 5Chapter 1: Understanding Cognition: How You Think, See, Speak and Are! 7Chapter 2: Studying Cognitive Psychology Means Studying the Everyday 19Chapter 3: Improving Academic Performance with Cognitive Psychology 27Part II: Attending to the Subtleties of Perception 41Chapter 4: Perceiving the World around You 43Chapter 5: Seeing How People See Depth and Colour 63Chapter 6: Recognising Objects and People 81Chapter 7: Atten‐hut! Paying Attention to Attention 99Part III: Minding Your Memory 115Chapter 8: Where Did I Put My Keys? Short‐Term Memory 117Chapter 9: You Don’t Remember Our Wedding Day? Long‐Term Memory 135Chapter 10: Knowing about Knowledge 153Chapter 11: Discovering Why You Forget Things 167Chapter 12: Memorising in the Real World 179Part IV: Communicating What Your Brain Thinks about Language 191Chapter 13: Communicating the Extraordinary Nature of Language 193Chapter 14: Studying the Structure of Language 211Chapter 15: Talking about Language Perception and Production 225Chapter 16: Discovering the Links between Language and Thought 239Part V: Thinking Your Way around Thought 253Chapter 17: Uncovering How People Solve Problems 255Chapter 18: Thinking Logically about Reasoning 267Chapter 19: Making Up Your Mind: Decision-Making 281Chapter 20: Thinking Clearly about the Role of Emotions 293Part VI: The Part of Tens 311Chapter 21: Studying Patients with Brain Damage 313Chapter 22: Ten Tips for Writing Successful Research Reports 321Chapter 23: Busting Ten Cognitive Psychology Myths 329Index 335

Dr Peter J. Hills, PhD, is a principal lecturer and Head of Education in psychology at Bournemouth University. Dr J Michael Pake is a senior lecturer in Psychology at Anglia Ruskin University.

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• Introduction 1Part I: Getting Started with Cognitive Psychology 5Chapter 1: Understanding Cognition: How You Think, See, Speak and Are! 7Chapter 2: Studying Cognitive Psychology Means Studying the Everyday 19Chapter 3: Improving Academic Performance with Cognitive Psychology 27Part II: Attending to the Subtleties of Perception 41Chapter 4: Perceiving the World around You 43Chapter 5: Seeing How People See Depth and Colour 63Chapter 6: Recognising Objects and People 81Chapter 7: Atten‐hut! Paying Attention to Attention 99Part III: Minding Your Memory 115Chapter 8: Where Did I Put My Keys? Short‐Term Memory 117Chapter 9: You Don’t Remember Our Wedding Day? Long‐Term Memory 135Chapter 10: Knowing about Knowledge 153Chapter 11: Discovering Why You Forget Things 167Chapter 12: Memorising in the Real World 179Part IV: Communicating What Your Brain Thinks about Language 191Chapter 13: Communicating the Extraordinary Nature of Language 193Chapter 14: Studying the Structure of Language 211Chapter 15: Talking about Language Perception and Production 225Chapter 16: Discovering the Links between Language and Thought 239Part V: Thinking Your Way around Thought 253Chapter 17: Uncovering How People Solve Problems 255Chapter 18: Thinking Logically about Reasoning 267Chapter 19: Making Up Your Mind: Decision-Making 281Chapter 20: Thinking Clearly about the Role of Emotions 293Part VI: The Part of Tens 311Chapter 21: Studying Patients with Brain Damage 313Chapter 22: Ten Tips for Writing Successful Research Reports 321Chapter 23: Busting Ten Cognitive Psychology Myths 329Index 335

Dr Peter J. Hills, PhD, is a principal lecturer and Head of Education in psychology at Bournemouth University. Dr J Michael Pake is a senior lecturer in Psychology at Anglia Ruskin University.

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• Introduction 1Part I: Getting Started with Cognitive Psychology 5Chapter 1: Understanding Cognition: How You Think, See, Speak and Are! 7Chapter 2: Studying Cognitive Psychology Means Studying the Everyday 19Chapter 3: Improving Academic Performance with Cognitive Psychology 27Part II: Attending to the Subtleties of Perception 41Chapter 4: Perceiving the World around You 43Chapter 5: Seeing How People See Depth and Colour 63Chapter 6: Recognising Objects and People 81Chapter 7: Atten‐hut! Paying Attention to Attention 99Part III: Minding Your Memory 115Chapter 8: Where Did I Put My Keys? Short‐Term Memory 117Chapter 9: You Don’t Remember Our Wedding Day? Long‐Term Memory 135Chapter 10: Knowing about Knowledge 153Chapter 11: Discovering Why You Forget Things 167Chapter 12: Memorising in the Real World 179Part IV: Communicating What Your Brain Thinks about Language 191Chapter 13: Communicating the Extraordinary Nature of Language 193Chapter 14: Studying the Structure of Language 211Chapter 15: Talking about Language Perception and Production 225Chapter 16: Discovering the Links between Language and Thought 239Part V: Thinking Your Way around Thought 253Chapter 17: Uncovering How People Solve Problems 255Chapter 18: Thinking Logically about Reasoning 267Chapter 19: Making Up Your Mind: Decision-Making 281Chapter 20: Thinking Clearly about the Role of Emotions 293Part VI: The Part of Tens 311Chapter 21: Studying Patients with Brain Damage 313Chapter 22: Ten Tips for Writing Successful Research Reports 321Chapter 23: Busting Ten Cognitive Psychology Myths 329Index 335