Cognitive Psychology Books

New and Published Books

1. Translation of Thought to Written Text While Composing

   Advancing Theory, Knowledge, Research Methods, Tools, and Applications

   Edited by Michel Fayol, M. Denis Alamargot, Virginia Berninger

   Translation of cognitive representations into written language is one of the most important processes in writing. This volume provides a long-awaited updated overview of the field. The contributors discuss each of the commonly used research methods for studying translation; theorize about the...

   Published February 8th 2012 by Psychology Press
2. The Development of Emotional Intelligence

   A Case Study

   By Nadja Reissland

   Series: Concepts in Developmental Psychology

   How do children learn about the expression and meaning of emotions – both happy and sad? This book answers questions regarding the foundation of emotional intelligence, and examines how children become emotionally literate as they are socialised into their family environment from birth to 2...

   Published January 26th 2012 by Routledge
3. Information Processing, Affect and Psychopathology

   A Special Issues of the Journal of Cognitive Psychology

   Edited by Nazanin Derakshan, Ernst Koster

   This special issue is a tribute to Michael W. Eysenck, a distinguished pioneer in the field of cognition and emotion, and the founding editor of the Journal of Cognitive Psychology. It consists of a collection of theoretical as well as empirical papers by eminent scholars who have led the field of...

   Published January 23rd 2012 by Psychology Press
4. Judging Passions

   Moral Emotions in Persons and Groups

   By Roger Giner-Sorolla

   Series: European Monographs in Social Psychology

   Psychological research shows that our emotions and feelings often guide the moral decisions we make about our own lives and the social groups to which we belong. But should we be concerned that our important moral judgments can be swayed by "hot" passions, such as anger, disgust, guilt, shame and...

   Published January 19th 2012 by Psychology Press
5. Writing

   A Mosaic of New Perspectives

   Edited by Elena L. Grigorenko, Elisa Mambrino, David D. Preiss

   This book captures the diversity and richness of writing as it relates to different forms of abilities, skills, competencies, and expertise. Psychologists, educators, researchers, and practitioners in neighboring areas are interested in exploring how writing develops and in what manner this...

   Published January 19th 2012 by Psychology Press
6. The Specialization of Function: Cognitive and Neural Perspectives on Modularity

   A Special Issue of Cognitive Neuropsychology

   Edited by Bradford Mahon, Jessica Cantlon

   Series: Special Issues of Cognitive Neuropsychology

   Functional specialization is a property of biological systems generally. A unifying theme that cuts across all research areas and techniques in the cognitive and brain sciences is whether there is specialization of function at levels of processing that are ‘abstracted away’ from sensory inputs and...

   Published January 5th 2012 by Psychology Press
7. Fundamentals of Cognition 2nd Edition

   By Michael Eysenck

   Is it possible to learn something without being aware of it? How does emotion influence the way we think? How can we improve our memory? Fundamentals of Cognition 2nd edition is a basic, reader-friendly introduction to the key cognitive processes we use to interact successfully with the world...

   Published January 3rd 2012 by Psychology Press
8. Literary Reading, Cognition and Emotion

   An Exploration of the Oceanic Mind

   By Michael Burke

   Series: Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Stylistics

   This work seeks to chart what happens in the embodied minds of engaged readers when they read literature. Despite the recent stylistic, linguistic, and cognitive advances that have been made in text-processing methodology and practice, very little is known about this cultural-cognitive process and...

   Published December 29th 2011 by Routledge
9. Face Perception

   By Vicki Bruce, Andy Young

   Human faces are unique biological structures that convey a complex variety of important social messages. Even strangers can tell things from our faces – our feelings, our locus of attention, something of what we are saying, our age, sex and ethnic group, whether they find us attractive. In...

   Published December 21st 2011 by Psychology Press
10. Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation: New Prospects in Cognitive Neurorehabilitation

    Edited by Carlo Miniussi, Giuseppe Vallar

    Series: Special Issues of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

    Cognitive deficits are a common consequence of neurological disease, and there is evidence that specific cognitive training may be effective in rehabilitation. Behavioural dysfunction following neurological disease constitutes one of the major causes of disability worldwide, exerts a major impact...

    Published December 21st 2011 by Psychology Press