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Déjà Vu Experience
Av Anne M. Cleary, Alan S. Brown
Inbunden, 2021
2512 kr
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The Déjà vu Experience, Second Edition covers the latest scientific discoveries regarding the strange sense of familiarity most of us have felt at one time or another when doing something for the first time. The book sheds light on this mysterious phenomenon, considering the latest …
Déjà Vu Experience
Av Anne M. Cleary, Alan S. Brown
Häftad, 2021
866 kr
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The Déjà vu Experience, Second Edition covers the latest scientific discoveries regarding the strange sense of familiarity most of us have felt at one time or another when doing something for the first time. The book sheds light on this mysterious phenomenon, considering the latest …
Creativity Conundrum
A Propulsion Model of Kinds of Creative Contributions
Av Robert J. Sternberg, James C. Kaufman m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
870 kr
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This book challenges traditional notions of creativity as a trait, and brings forward ideas of multiple types of creativity, along with the possibility of development of creativity.
Hypothetical Thinking
Dual Processes in Reasoning and Judgement
Häftad, 2015
884 kr
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Hypothetical thought involves the imagination of possibilities and the exploration of their consequences by a process of mental simulation. In this Classic Edition, Jonathan St B T Evans’ presents his pioneering Hypothetical Thinking Theory; an integrated theoretical account of a wide range of …
Semantic Priming
Perspectives from Memory and Word Recognition
Häftad, 2012
937 kr
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Semantic priming has been a focus of research in the cognitive sciences for more than thirty years and is commonly used as a tool for investigating other aspects of perception and cognition, such as word recognition, language comprehension, and knowledge representations. Semantic Priming: …
Space and Sense
Häftad, 2013
573 kr
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How do we perceive the space around us, locate objects within it, and make our way through it? What do the senses contribute? This book focuses on touch in order to examine which aspects of vision and touch overlap in spatial processing. It argues that spatial processing depends crucially on …
Space, Objects, Minds and Brains
Häftad, 2012
573 kr
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Lynn Robertson has been studying how brain lesions affect spatial abilities for over 20 years, and her work has revealed some surprising facts about space and its role in visual perception. In this book she combines evidence collected in her laboratory with findings from others to explore the …
Anxiety
The Cognitive Perspective
Inbunden, 1992
2979 kr
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Correction notice: In chapter 4, on pages 70-71, Christos Halkiopoulos should have been credited for his role in the design and execution of the experiment discussed in Eysenck, M. W. (1991 a). Trait anxiety and cognition. In C. D. Spielberger, I. G. Sarason, Z. Kulczar, and J. Van Heck (Eds.), …
Affect, Cognition and Change
Re-Modelling Depressive Thought
Av Philip Barnard, John Teasdale
Inbunden, 1993
2441 kr
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This text, a collaboration between a clinical psychologist and a cognitive psychologist, offers a cognitive account of depression.
Visuo-spatial Working Memory
Inbunden, 1994
2441 kr
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Representation of the visual and spatial properties of our environment is a pivotal requirement of everyday cognition. We can mentally represent the visual form of objects. We can extract information from several of the senses as to the location of objects in relation to ourselves and to other …
Implicit Learning
Theoretical and Empirical Issues
Av Dianne C. Berry, Zoltan Dienes
Inbunden, 1993
2441 kr
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There is considerable debate over the extent to which cognitive tasks can be learned non-consciously or implicitly. In recent years a large number of studies have demonstrated a discrepancy between explicit knowledge and measured performance. This book presents an overview of these studies and …
Working Memory and Language
Av Susan E. Gathercole, Alan D. Baddeley
Inbunden, 1993
2441 kr
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This book evaluates the involvement of working memory in five central aspects of language processing: vocabulary acquisition, speech production, reading development, skilled reading, and comprehension. The authors draw upon experimental, neuropsychological and developmental evidence in a …
Working Memory and Language
Av Susan E. Gathercole, Alan D. Baddeley
Häftad, 1993
700 kr
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This book evaluates the involvement of working memory in five central aspects of language processing: vocabulary acquisition, speech production, reading development, skilled reading, and comprehension. The authors draw upon experimental, neuropsychological and developmental evidence in a …
Reading and the Mental Lexicon
Av Marcus Taft
Häftad, 1993
898 kr
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Over the last twenty years a major area of cognitive psychology has developed centred upon research into the issues of how visually presented words are processed so that they can be read and understood. The focus has been on how words are stored in the mental lexicon and retrieved during the …
Connectionist Modelling in Cognitive Neuropsychology: A Case Study
A Special Issue of Cognitive Neuropsychology
Av David C. Plaut, Tim Shallice
Inbunden, 1994
1867 kr
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Computational models offer tools for exploring the nature of human cognitive processes. In connectionist, neural network, or parallel distributed processing models, information processing takes the form of cooperative and competitive interactions among many simple, neuron-like processing units. …
Flashbulb Memories
Inbunden, 1994
2441 kr
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This book provides a state-of-the-art review and critical evaluation of research into 'flashbulb' memories. The opening chapters explore the 'encoding' view of flashbulb memory formation and critically appraise a number of lines of research that have opposed this view. It is concluded that this …
Affect, Cognition and Change
Re-Modelling Depressive Thought
Av Philip Barnard, John Teasdale
Häftad, 1995
1139 kr
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This text, a collaboration between a clinical psychologist and a cognitive psychologist, offers a cognitive account of depression.
Superportraits
Caricatures and Recognition
Inbunden, 1997
743 kr
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As Nixon's unpopularity increased during Watergate, his nose and jowls grew to impossible proportions in published caricatures. Yet the caricatures remained instantly recognizable. Caricatures can even be superportraits, with the paradoxical quality of being more like the face than the face …
Rationality and Reasoning
Av Jonathon St. B.T. Evans, David E. Over
Häftad, 1999
828 kr
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This book addresses an apparent paradox in the psychology of thinking. On the one hand, human beings are a highly successful species. On the other, intelligent adults are known to exhibit numerous errors and biases in laboratory studies of reasoning and decision making. There has been much debate …
Superior Memory
Av Elizabeth Valentine, John Wilding
Inbunden, 1997
2441 kr
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This book examines the nature and causal antecedents of superior memory performance. The main theme is that such performance may depend on either specific memory techniques or natural superiority in the efficiency of one or more memory processes.Chapter 2 surveys current views about the structure …
Anxiety and Cognition
A Unified Theory
Inbunden, 1997
2441 kr
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It is argued in this book that there are three major approaches to anxiety. First, there is anxiety as an emotional state. Second, there is trait anxiety as a dimension of personality. Third, there is anxiety as a set of anxiety disorders. What is attempted is to produce a unified theory of anxiety …
Working Memory Capacity
Av Nelson Cowan
Häftad, 2014
573 kr
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The idea of one's memory "filling up" is a humorous misconception of how memory in general is thought to work; it is 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 person can hold …
Associative Illusions of Memory
False Memory Research in DRM and Related Tasks
Av David Gallo
Häftad, 2014
910 kr
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The last decade has seen a flurry of experimental research into the neurocognitive underpinnings of illusory memories. Using simple materials and tests (e.g., recalling words or pictures), methods such as the famed Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) task have attracted considerable attention. These …
Extraordinary Memories for Exceptional Events
Häftad, 2017
361 kr
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Not all memories are created equal. Our memories for some very exceptional events seem to stand out in our minds, and as such they may form the very core of who we are. Perhaps you have a vivid recollection of a fateful day, an unforgettable face, or a hilarious joke. This book summarizes theories …
Psychology of Eyewitness Identification
Av James Michael Lampinen, Jeffrey S. Neuschatz
Häftad, 2017
828 kr
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This volume provides a tutorial review and evaluation of scientific research on the accuracy and reliability of eyewitness identification. The book starts with the perspective that there are a variety of conceptual and empirical problems with eyewitness identification as a form of forensic …
Reading and the Mental Lexicon
Av Marcus Taft
Inbunden, 2016
2441 kr
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Over the last twenty years a major area of cognitive psychology has developed centred upon research into the issues of how visually presented words are processed so that they can be read and understood. The focus has been on how words are stored in the mental lexicon and retrieved during the …
Cognitive Neuropsychology of Déjà Vu
Av Chris Moulin
Inbunden, 2017
2073 kr
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Déjà vu is one of the most complex and subjective of all memory phenomena. It is an infrequent and striking mental experience, where the feeling of familiarity is combined with the knowledge that this feeling is false. While until recently it was an aspect of memory largely overlooked by mainstream …
Cognitive Neuropsychology of Déjà Vu
Av Chris Moulin
Häftad, 2017
771 kr
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Déjà vu is one of the most complex and subjective of all memory phenomena. It is an infrequent and striking mental experience, where the feeling of familiarity is combined with the knowledge that this feeling is false. While until recently it was an aspect of memory largely overlooked by mainstream …
Mnemonology
Mnemonics for the 21st Century
Av Andrew Chadwick, John Morfett m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
884 kr
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This book bridges the gap between basic memory research and mnemonic applications through a careful analysis of the processes that underlie effective memory aids. The book traces the history of mnemonics, examines popular techniques, and discusses the current relevance of mnemonics to both …
Emotional Memory Across the Adult Lifespan
Häftad, 2015
573 kr
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Though many factors can influence the likelihood that we remember a past experience, one critical determinant is whether the experience caused us to have an emotional response. Emotional experiences are more likely to be remembered than nonemotional ones, and over the past couple of decades there …
