Cognition and cognitive psychology

The Nature of Concepts examines a central issue for all the main disciplines in cognitive science: how the human mind creates and passes on to other human minds a concept.

A robbery victim tries to remember how the crime unfolded and who was present at the scene.

Surveillance has become a part of everyday life: we are surrounded by surveillance technologies in news media, when we go down the street, in the movies, and even carry them in our own pockets in the form of smartphones.

The Routledge International Handbook of Neuroaesthetics is an authoritative reference work that provides the reader with a wide-ranging introduction to this exciting new scientific discipline.

This book investigates the fascinating concept of a continuum between human memory and memory of materials.

This book designates Visualization Psychology as an interdisciplinary subject.

This book contains eight selected chapters discussing the psychology of self-regulation.

"e;Genius 101 makes for a great read on a centuries-old scientific puzzle - as well as a lively text on the wellsprings and manifestations of genius.

A leading expert on evolution and communication presents an empirically based theory of the evolutionary origins of human communication that challenges the dominant Chomskian view.

In response to the growing emphasis on precision in the summarization and integration of research literature, Advanced BASIC Meta-Analysis presents an overview of strategies, techniques, and procedures used in meta-analysis.

In this previously unpublished series of interviews, Chomsky discusses his iconoclastic and important ideas concerning language, human nature and politics.

This book discusses the latest advances in research and development, design, operation and analysis of transportation systems and their complementary infrastructures.

In recent years, a new discipline has arisen that argues human behaviour can be understood in terms of evolutionary processes.

The remains that archaeologists uncover reveal ancient minds at work as much as ancient hands, and for decades many have sought a better way of understanding those minds.

The field of human motivation has been undergoing a revolutionary shift in the 21st century.

Handbook of Perception, Volume II: Psychophysical Judgment and Measurement brings together a very large, diverse, and widely scattered literature on human perception, with emphasis on psychophysical judgement and measurement.

"e;Artificial Intelligence"e; (AI) a term coined in the 1950s actually dates back as far as 1943.

How can teachers help students develop the literacy skills that are necessary for learning and retaining information in any subject?

Using rigorous data-led methods, the book analyses formulaic language from the angle of historical linguistics, revealing key new insights.

Argues that in depression, perceptions of control and the self are intertwined - with important implications for diagnosis and recovery.

In over 100 years of scientific research on human memory, and nearly 50 years after the so-called cognitive revolution, we have nothing that really constitutes a widely accepted and frequently cited law of memory, and perhaps only one generally accepted principle.

For over a century and a quarter, the science of learning has expanded at an increasing rate and has achieved the status of a mature science.

A large number of volumes have been produced summarizing the work on generation and control of rhythmic movements, in particular locomotion.

Man hört das Wort "Neuroästhetik" und denkt, jetzt erklären uns die Hirnforscher endlich genau, was die Philosophen in ihren Ästhetikbüchern und die Kunstwissenschaftler an den Universitäten und Hochschulen lehren.

This book comprises a synthesis of current directions in reading research, theory, and practice unified by what has been referred to as the engagement perspective of reading.

"e;Backs up anecdotal studies of creativity with up-to-date Information about the latest research into brain function .

Recent concerns with the evaluation of argumentation in informal logic and speech communication center around nondemonstrative arguments that lead to tentative or defeasible conclusions based on a balance of considerations.

This book focuses on how advances in ICT have brought about a sea change in the way people work, live and share while also making them vulnerable.

This book is concerned with sensory cue integration both within and between sensory modalities, and focuses on the emerging way of thinking about cue combination in terms of uncertainty.

Examines both novel and traditional paradigms that could extend our knowledge and understanding of the well-being of the oldest old.

This book explores a central question in the study of depth perception - 'does the visual system rely upon objective knowledge and subjective meaning to specify visual depth?

Providing a new conceptual scaffold for further research in biology and cognition, this book introduces the new field of Cognitive Biology: a systems biology approach showing that further progress in this field will depend on a deep recognition of developmental processes, as well as on the consideration of the developed organism as an agent able to modify and control its surrounding environment.

Memories and Representations of Terror: Working Through Genocide explores how memories and representations shape our understanding of historical events, particularly the ways in which societies create narratives about genocide and its aftermath, using Argentina's last military dictatorship (1976-1983) and its contested legacy as a case study.

Up-to-date overview of relation between theories in metacognition and their real-world application.

Williamson explains, defends, and applies Kant's theory of emotion.

Educators' most important work is to help students develop the intellectual and social strength of character necessary to live well in the world.

Social Motivation, Justice, and the Moral Emotions proposes an attribution theory of interpersonal or social motivation that distinguishes between the role of thinking and feeling in determining action.

Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize.

This book pulls together new research and theory on the verbal communication of emotions by an international, cross-disciplinary group of recognized experts in affective communication.

Social cognition is a key area of social psychology, which focuses on cognitive processes that are involved when individuals make sense of, and navigate in their social world.

Written for pre-service and in-service educators, as well as parents of children in preschool through grade five, this book connects research in cognitive development and math education to offer an accessibly written and practical introduction to the science of elementary math learning.

This book examines how key developments in international relations in recent years have affected intelligence agencies and their oversight.

Originally published in 1987, interest in mathematical cognition was not new in psychology.

The previous volume in this series (Blass, 1986) focused on the interface between developmental psychobiology and developmental neurobiology.

This book takes you step-by-step through the Low-intensity CBT interventions, competencies and clinical procedures.

This book addresses the central problem of music cognition: how listeners' responses move beyond mere registration of auditory events to include the organization, interpretation, and remembrance of these events in terms of their function in a musical context of pitch and rhythm.