Cognition and cognitive psychology

This book delves into the secret histories of the CIA, the FBI, and British and Italian intelligence to study how policymakers can control intelligence agencies and when these agencies will try to remove their own government.

There are currently several debates taking place simultaneously in various fields of psychology which address the same fundamental issue: to what extent are the processes and resources that underlie higher cognition domain-general versus domain-specific?

Cognitive archaeology is a relatively new interdisciplinary science that uses cognitive and psychological models to explain archeological artifacts like stone tools, figurines, and art.

Economics, dealing with mental processes of decision makers is part of cognitive science; conversely, cognitive science, faced with constraints on information processing, is part of economics.

Prelude to the Easter Rising casts light upon the clandestine activities of Sir Roger Casement in Imperial Germany from 1914 to 1916.

Measuring the Impact of Dyslexia shows the considerable benefits of recognising and celebrating the skills of those with information processing differences, explains their unique brain organisation and shows how they can excel as contributing members of society with proper support and guidance.

Research-based theories provide the basis for good decision-making in education.

Surprising, humourous and thought-provoking, Much Like Us invites us on a journey to explore the inner lives of animals.

Originally published in 1976, this introduction to hearing was intended to provide a sufficient introduction to each of several subareas of hearing so that the serious student can read the more advanced treatments with greater appreciation and understanding.

Psychophysical Analysis of Visual Space focuses on the use of psychophysics in the analysis of visual space, with emphasis on space perception and physiological optics.

Representation of the visual and spatial properties of our environment is a pivotal requirement of everyday cognition.

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This book studies cross-country differences in cognitive capital, exploring how levels of education are linked to a nation''s economic development.

Originally published in 1959, with some corrections in 1962, the author examines the common view at the time that dreams are mental activities or mental occurrences taking place during sleep.

Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Those Who Say They Can't is a comprehensive aid for people who stifle their personal freedom, creativity, and autonomy by telling themselves they "e;can't"e; do things such as: take risks; make commitments; control their anger or fear; avoid intrusive thoughts; tolerate disappointment; accept challenges, make decisions, and more.

A complete guide to key intelligence and achievement tests and their effective use The tools used in the assessment process have changed dramatically in recent years.

The Nature of Creative Development presents a new understanding of the basis of creativity.

International Review of Research in Mental Retardation is an ongoing scholarly look at research into the causes, effects, classification systems, syndromes, etc.

This best-selling textbook, written by award-winning educator and past president of the American Psychological Association, Diane F.

The biomedical sciences have recently undergone revolutionary change, due to the ability to digitize and store large data sets.

The empirical study of consciousness is in constant progress.

Metaphor Networks focuses on the historical evolution of metaphor and proposes new theories on language change based on substantial empirical data.

This volume seeks to explore the idea of identity as a flexible center of events around which aspects of the self and events in the outside world are organized.

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Have you ever wondered how the internal space of our brain connects with the external space of society?

For years, What the Face Reveals has been a singular collection of previously published original research using the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) to study facial behavior.

Despite the increasingly global implications of conversations about writing and learning, U.

Some of today's educational experts were asked to envision the year 2020, when technology has assumed a major role in elementary and secondary education.

Basic text for freshman composition courses.

Leading scientists reveal how to improve instruction and student achievement across multiple domains, including science, mathematics, reading, and writing.

This text is about doing science and the active process of reading, learning, thinking, generating ideas, designing experiments, and the logistics surrounding each step of the research process.

Throughout the chapters, the authors take readers through the various uses of technology.

This book presents the proceedings of the 8th International Ergonomics Conference (ERGONOMICS), held in Zagreb, Croatia on December 2-5, 2020.

A novel study on consciousness and the brain that places culture at the center of the analysis.

This handbook introduces the reader to the thought-provoking research on the neural foundations of human intelligence.

The purpose of our research is to enhance the efficiency of AI problem solvers by automating representation changes.

Wayne Wu's Attention was the first book to provide a systematic overview and assessment of different empirical and philosophical works on attention.

In this new millenium it may be fair to ask, "e;Why look at Wundt?

Recently, we have witnessed a rearticulation of the traditional relationship between the past, present and future, broadening historiography's range from studying past events to their later impact and meaning.

Written by a team of leading international researchers under the guidance of Frank Durso, the second edition of the Handbook of Applied Cognition brings together the latest research into this challenging and important field, and is presented across thirty stimulating and accessible chapters.

This extensively revised and updated edition offers a comprehensive account of the latest research and practice issues relating to perfectionism in sport, dance, and exercise.

Research on self-control in both philosophy and psychology is thriving.

This volume investigates the interconnections between language and literacy in terms of the structures of language as well as the linguistic contexts of literacy.

An examination of the scientific evidence for the mechanisms which underlie the effect a writer''s language has on the reader.

The problem with the way the safety industry functions is three-fold: (1) the dysfunctional relationship between business and safety leaders, (2) the practice of Results-Based Safety, and (3) the creation of a false reality.

In this book Wayne Martin develops a historical survey of theoretical approaches to judgement, focusing on treatments of judgement in psychology, logic, phenomenology and painting.

This edited volume explores emotion and its translations through the global world from a variety of different perspectives, as a personal, socio- cultural, ideological, ethical and political, even business investment in the latest phases of globalisation.

This book brings an original perspective to literary theory and criticism by using insights drawn from visual cognition and neuroscience.

Since 1991, the edited book series Studies in Perception and Action has appeared in conjunction with the biennial International Conference of Perception and Action (ICPA).