About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherTaylor & Francis Group

ISBN-100863775519

ISBN-139780863775512

eBay Product ID (ePID)1804666

Product Key Features

Number of Pages640 Pages

Publication NameCognitive Psychology : a Student's Handbook

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2000

SubjectCognitive Psychology & Cognition

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPsychology

AuthorMark T. Keane, Michael W. Eysenck

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight46.5 Oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width7.4 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number4

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Edition23

Reviews'Although a fourth edition, this is a current text, relating all major areas of cognition to neuropsychological function and dysfunction, written in an accessible style with a well-illustrated format.'- Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal153

Edition DescriptionStudent edition,Revised edition,New Edition

Table Of ContentIntroduction. Visual Perception: Basic Processes. Perception, Movement and Action. Object Recognition. Attention and Performance Limitations. Memory: Structure and Processes. Theories of Long-term Memory. Everyday Memory. Knowledge: Propositions and Images. Objects, Concepts and Categories. Speech Perception and Reading. Language Comprehension. Language Production. Puzzles and Expertise. Creativity and Analogy. Reasoning: Conditionals. Judgement and Decision Making. Cognition and Emotion. Present and Future.

SynopsisThis is a thorough revision and updating of the extremely successful third edition. As in previous editions, the following three perspectives are considered in depth: experimental cognitive psychology; cognitive science, with its focus on cognitive modelling; and cognitive neuropsychology with its focus on cognition following brain damage. In addition, and new to this edition, is detailed discussion of the cognitive neuroscience perspective, which uses advanced brain-scanning techniques to clarify the functioning of the human brain. There is detailed coverage of the dynamic impact of these four perspectives on the main areas of cognitive psychology, including perception, attention, memory, knowledge representation, categorisation, language, problem-solving, reasoning, and judgement. The aim is to provide comprehensive coverage that is up-to-date, authoritative, and accessible. All existing chapters have been extensively revised and re-organised. Some of the topics receiving much greater coverage in this edition are: brain structures in perception, visual attention, implicit learning, brain structures in memory, prospective memory, exemplar theories of categorisation, language comprehension, connectionist models in perception, neuroscience studies of thinking, judgement, and decision making. Cognitive Psychology: A Students Handbook will be essential reading for undergraduate students of psychology. It will also be of interest to students taking related courses in computer science, education, linguistics, physiology, and medicine., This is a thorough revision and updating of the extremely successful third edition. As in previous editions, the following three perspectives are considered in depth: experimental cognitive psychology; cognitive science, with its focus on cognitive modelling; and cognitive neuropsychology with its focus on cognition following brain damage. In addition, and new to this edition, is detailed discussion of the cognitive neuroscience perspective, which uses advanced brain-scanning techniques to clarify the functioning of the human brain. There is detailed coverage of the dynamic impact of these four perspectives on the main areas of cognitive psychology, including perception, attention, memory, knowledge representation, categorisation, language, problem-solving, reasoning, and judgement. The aim is to provide comprehensive coverage that is up-to-date, authoritative, and accessible. All existing chapters have been extensively revised and re-organised. Some of the topics receiving much greater coverage in this edition are: brain structures in perception, visual attention, implicit learning, brain structures in memory, prospective memory, exemplar theories of categorisation, language comprehension, connectionist models in perception, neuroscience studies of thinking, judgement, and decision making. Cognitive Psychology: A Students Handbookwill be essential reading for undergraduate students of psychology. It will also be of interest to students taking related courses in computer science, education, linguistics, physiology, and medicine., A thorough revision of the previous edition, the book introduces contemporary topics such as 'cognitive neuropsychology', 'connectionism' and 'cognition and emotion'. This edition includes a new chapter on judgement and decision-making.