Cognition and cognitive psychology

Max Wertheimer (1880-1943), a pioneer of 20th-century psychology, had a major influence on the development of cognitive psychology, especially the psychology of perception and of productive thinking.

This book discusses the application of various statistical methods to texts, rather than numbers, in various fields in behavioral science.

This book presents an analysis of the correlation between the mind and the body, a complex topic of study and discussion by scientists and philosophers.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in the social psychology of nonverbal communication.

This book sums up key research findings, and theoretical and technological advances having a direct bearing on neuroergonomics.

This book explores relationships and maps out intersections between discussions on causation in three scientific disciplines: linguistics, philosophy, and psychology.

This book introduces the Aristotelian-Thomistic view of the human person to a contemporary audience, and reviews the ways in which this view could provide a philosophically sound foundation for modern psychology.

This book provides a scholarly yet accessible approach to critical psychology, specifically discussing therapeutic practices that are possible outside of the mainstream psychology industry.

This monograph presents a clear account of when and how attentional processes can shape perceptual experience.

This book provides an overview of theoretical thinking about the communicative scope of emotional expressions as well as an overview of the state of the art research in emotional psychology.

Old age is currently the greatest risk factor for developing dementia.

This book discusses how scientific and other types of cognition make use of models, abduction, and explanatory reasoning in order to produce important and innovative changes in theories and concepts.

This brief charts out principles for a cultural psychology of remembering.

This brief presents the case study of a hill in Czech Republic (Rip) and its region, and contributes to theorization in sociocultural psychology on three points, along three current debates.

Indigenous Counseling is based in universal principals/truths that promote a way to think about how to live in the world and with one another that extends beyond the scope of Western European thought.

This brief sets out on a course to distinguish three main kinds of thought that underlie scientific thinking.

Tools and technologies have long complemented and extended our physical abilities: from pre-historic spearheads to steam-propelled ploughs and high-tech prosthetics.

Based on a collection of chapters of leading scholars in the field, the purpose of this book is to intervene in current debates on the scientific foundation of psychological theory, methodology and research practice, and to offer an in-depth, situated and contextual understanding of psychological generalization.

This book presents a unified account of the self, based on a network of knowledge sourced from several scientific accounts of selfhood.

Based on a collection of chapters of leading scholars in the field, the purpose of this book is to intervene in current debates on the scientific foundation of psychological theory, methodology and research practice, and to offer an in-depth, situated and contextual understanding of psychological generalization.

This book deals with the complexity of art by focusing on the singularity of the work of art.

The Psychology of Brexit examines the psychological causes, catalysts, and consequences of Brexit.

This book presents the proceedings of the NeuroIS Retreat 2019, held on June 4-6 in Vienna, Austria, reporting on topics at the intersection of information systems (IS) research, neurophysiology and the brain sciences.

This book discusses human perception and performance within the framework of the theory of self-organizing systems.

Atypical Interaction presents a state-of-the-art overview of research which uses conversation analysis to explore how communicative impairments impact on conversation and other forms of talk and social interaction.

This book brings together cutting-edge contemporary research and discussion concerning drinking practices among young adults (individuals aged approximately 18-30 years old).

This book presents a proposal to better define thematic relations by exploring the relation between language and cognition.

This book focuses on novel design and systems engineering approaches, including theories and best practices, for promoting a better integration of people and engineering systems.

As the 66th volume in the prestigious Nebraska Series on Motivation, this book focuses on understanding emotion and motivation as two factors that not only influence social and cognitive processes, but also shape the way we navigate our social world.

Rom Harre's career spans more than 40 years of original contributions to the development of both psychology and other human and social sciences.

Research on students' media use outside of education is just slowly taking off.

This book offers a unique perspective on the topic of boredom, with chapters written by diverse representatives of various mental health disciplines and philosophical approaches.

This book proposes a novel method of combining the current approaches to counselling and psychotherapy into one coherent framework.

The book focuses on original approaches intended to support the development of biologically inspired cognitive architectures.

Mobile Brain-Body Imaging and the Neuroscience of Art, Innovation and Creativity is a trans-disciplinary, collective, multimedia collaboration that critically uncovers the challenges and opportunities for transformational and innovative research and performance at the nexus of art, science and engineering.

This book provides a presentation of the concept of "e;atmosphere"e; in the realm of aesthetics.

The general focus of this book is on multimodal communication, which captures the temporal patterns of behavior in various dialogue settings.

This book examines the relationship between human language and biology in order to determine whether the biological foundations of language can offer deep insights into the nature and form of language and linguistic cognition.

This edited volume examines aspects of the mind/consciousness that are relevant to the interpretations of quantum mechanics.

Visuospatial processing is key to learn and perform professionally in the domains of health and natural sciences.

This book explores the ways in which poetic inspiration came to be associated with madness in early nineteenth-century Britain.

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

This book offers a broad perspective on the field of cognitive engineering and neuroergonomics, covering emerging practices and future trends toward the harmonious integration of human operators and computer systems.

This book addresses emerging issues resulting from the integration of artificial intelligence systems in our daily lives.

This book offers an analysis of experimental psychology that is embedded in a general understanding of human behavior.

This book focuses on the importance of human factors in optimizing the learning and training process.

Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book explores the emerging topics and rapid technological developments of robotics and artificial intelligence through the lens of the evolving role of sex robots, and how they should best be designed to serve human needs.