Cognition and cognitive psychology

The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Neurolinguistics provides a comprehensive discussion of a wide range of neurocognitive and neurobiological scientific research about learning second or additional languages.

Vital Memory and Affect takes as its subject the autobiographical memories of 'vulnerable' groups, including survivors of child sexual abuse, adopted children and their families, forensic mental health service users, and elderly persons in care home settings.

In this volume, leading researchers bring together current work on time perception and time-based prospective memory in order to understand how people time their intentions.

This book explores the mysteries of the human brain and the potential of the mind.

A proposal for a new way to do cognitive science argues that cognition should be described in terms of agent-environment dynamics rather than computation and representation.

This book examines a variety of psychological disorders from the perspective of the psychology of learning.

A contemporary and interdisciplinary perspective on the study of art, connecting and integrating ideas from across the humanities and sciences.

Human Judgment and Decision Processes is a collection of papers that covers the various theoretical frameworks that relate judgment to decision making.

This groundbreaking collection represents the broad scope of cutting-edge research in Cultural Linguistics, a burgeoning field of interdisciplinary inquiry into the relationships between language and cultural cognition.

Studies how two highly successful Wall Street investment banks managed the uncertainty of their high-velocity environment through different work practices.

What does it mean to be transported by a narrative?

Human Service Organizations (HSO) are groups, both public and private with one main goal, to enhance human well-being.

The recent progress in cognitive neuroscience, and the importance of genetic factors and gene-environment interactions in shaping behavioral functions in early childhood, have both underscored the primacy of early experience and development on brain development and function.

This is a classic edition of Andrew Ellis' acclaimed introduction to the scientific study of reading, writing and dyslexia, which now includes a new introduction from the author.

Cognitive neuroscience is the interdisciplinary study of how cognitive and intellectual functions are processed and represented within the brain, which is critical to building understanding of core psychological and behavioural processes such as learning, memory, behaviour, perception, and consciousness.

This volume explores how advances in the fields of evolutionary neuroscience and cognitive psychology are informing media studies with a better understanding of how humans perceive, think and experience emotion within mediated environments.

EMDR Therapy is a psychotherapy approach based on standard procedures and protocols.

The Psychology of Efficient Thinking provides information concerning intellectual abilities and psychological principles of thinking that might be helpful in the solution of more complex problems encountered in the vocational field or in daily living.

Until recently, the body has been largely ignored in theories and empirical research in psychology, particularly in developmental psychology.

Speech Perception and Spoken Word Recognition features contributions from the field's leading scientists, and covers recent developments and current issues in the study of cognitive and neural mechanisms that take patterns of air vibrations and turn them 'magically' into meaning.

Reveals how AI works and provides insight into what we can expect of it now and in the future.

Originally published in 1982.

Bringing together the results of experiments on discovery and invention in visualization conducted by the author over a three year period, this book reports new findings on the generation of creative inventions and concepts using mental imagery, and proposes a reconceptualization of the creative process.

The use of biometric identification systems is rapidly increasing across the world, owing to their potential to combat terrorism, fraud, corruption and other illegal activities.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has elaborated its own philosophy of security.

Cognition, Literature, and History models the ways in which cognitive and literary studies may collaborate and thereby mutually advance.

Colin Mathers who leads the Global Burden of Disease group in WHO has confirmed that, in the 2004 GBD, 13.

This volume provides a tutorial review and evaluation of scientific research on the accuracy and reliability of eyewitness identification.

A science-backed method to maximize creative potential in any sphere of life With the prevalence of computer technology and outsourcing, new jobs and fulfilling lives will rely heavily on creativity and innovation.

With a style that is both detailed and accessible, this new text from Johannes Zanker provides students with a solid understanding of how our sensory and perceptual systems operate, and interact with a dynamic world.

Cognitive Electrophysiology of Attention explores the fundamental mechanisms of attention and related cognitive functions from cognitive neuroscience perspectives.

The publication of this volume at this time appears particularly auspi- cious.

Musical leadership is associated with a specific profession-the conductor-as well as being a colloquial metaphor for human communication and cooperation at its best.

Clinical Neuropsychology is a vast and varied field that focuses on the treatment, assessment and diagnosis of a range of cognitive disorders through a study and understanding of neuroanatomy and the relationship between the brain and human behavior.

Memory is typically thought of as a set of neural representations - 'memory traces' - that must be found and reactivated in order to be experienced.

Malik Goes to School: Examining the Language Skills of African American Students From Preschool-5th Grade synthesizes a decade of research by the authors, Holly Craig and Julie Washington, on the oral language and literacy skills of African American children from preschool to fifth grade.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder affects approximately one person in 40 and causes great suffering.

Bombing minds rather than bodies is the warfare of the new millennium.

This book offers a systematic examination, analysis and evaluation of Israeli national security statecraft in terms of challenges and responses.

Developing the ability to think is a major part of education, which helps students become independent learners and participate fully in a learning environment.

Emotion is a basic phenomenon of human functioning, most of the time having an adaptive value enhancing our effectiveness in pursuing our goals in the broadest sense.

In this resonant, scholarly work, Bruce Ross presents an encompassing theoretical framework and overview of autobiographical memory.

When the novel broke into cultural prominence in the eighteenth century, it became notorious for the gripping, immersive style of its narratives.

This volume of the series SpringerBriefs in Space Life Sciences describes findings from space and accompanying ground research related to spatial orientation, posture and locomotion, cognition and psychomotor function.

First published in 1980.

The spread of new surveillance technologies is an issue of major concern for democratic societies.

What is the meaning of time?

This eagerly awaited volume presents Anderson's cumulative progress in unified social psychology.