Cognitive Psychology Books

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41. Cognition and Emotion

    Neuroscience and Behavioural Perspectives

    Edited by Philip Allen, Mei-Ching Lien, Eric Ruthruff

    Series: Special Issues of the Journal of Cognitive Psychology

    Emotions can have profound effects on a wide range of cognitive processes (from attention and memory to decision-making). In the reverse direction, there is clear evidence that cognitive processes can modulate emotional responses. This special issue provides a broad sampling of recent,...

    Published October 11th 2011 by Psychology Press
42. Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities

    4th Edition

    By Diane F. Halpern

    The fourth edition of Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities critically examines the breadth of research on this complex and controversial topic, with the principal aim of helping the reader to understand where sex differences are found – and where they are not. Since the publication of the third...

    Published September 20th 2011 by Psychology Press
43. Theories of Team Cognition

    Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives

    Edited by Eduardo Salas, Stephen M. Fiore, Michael P. Letsky

    Series: Applied Psychology Series

    Cognitive processes in teams have been a valuable arena for team researchers to explore. Team cognition research advances and informs a variety of disciplines, including cognitive and social sciences, engineering, military science, organizational science, human factors, medicine, and communications...

    Published September 7th 2011 by Routledge Academic
44. Talking Heads

    The Neuroscience of Language

    By Gianfranco Denes

    The origin, development, and nature of language has been the focus of theoretical debate among philosophers for many centuries. Following the pioneering clinical observations 150 years ago of loss of language following a cerebral lesion, language started to be considered a biological system, that...

    Published September 6th 2011 by Psychology Press
45. Artificial Intelligence: The Basics

    By Kevin Warwick

    Series: The Basics

    'if AI is outside your field, or you know something of the subject and would like to know more then Artificial Intelligence: The Basics is a brilliant primer.' - Nick Smith, Engineering and Technology Magazine November 2011 Artificial Intelligence: The Basics is a concise and cutting-edge...

    Published August 17th 2011 by Routledge
46. Jokes and the Linguistic Mind

    By Debra Aarons

    Through the lens of cognitive science, Jokes and the Linguistic Mind investigates jokes that play on some aspect of the structure and function of language. In so doing, Debra Aarons shows that these 'linguistic jokes' can evoke our tacit knowledge of the language we use. Analyzing...

    Published August 16th 2011 by Routledge
47. Studies in Perception and Action XI

    Sixteenth International Conference on Perception and Action

    Edited by Eric P. Charles, L. James Smart

    This volume is the 11th in the Studies in Perception and Action series and contains research presented at the 16th International Conference on Perception and Action (ICPA) meeting in the summer of 2011. ICPA provides a forum for presenting new data, theory, and methodological developments relevant...

    Published August 8th 2011 by Psychology Press
48. The Tip of the Tongue State

    By Alan S. Brown

    Series: Essays in Cognitive Psychology

    This book brings together the body of empirical findings and theoretical interpretations of the tip of the tongue (TOT) experience – when a well-known or familiar word cannot immediately be recalled. Although research has been published on TOTs for over a century, the experience retains its...

    Published July 19th 2011 by Psychology Press
49. Spatial Working Memory

    Edited by André Vandierendonck, Arnaud Szmalec

    Series: Current Issues in Memory

    Spatial working memory is the ability to remember the location in which something is perceived, and in addition, the ability to recall a series of visited locations. In this book, top researchers in the domain of spatial working memory review and discuss findings about the processes and...

    Published June 13th 2011 by Psychology Press
50. Morphology in Language Comprehension, Production and Acquisition

    A Special Issue of Language and Cognitive Processes

    Edited by Raymond Bertram, Jukka Hyönä, Matti Laine

    Series: Special Issues of Language and Cognitive Processes

    Does darkness lead to happiness? Is there corn in the corner? These are questions that make - to some extent - semantically sense, but for researchers interested in the role of morphology in word processing they make morphologically sense as well. This Special Issue on Morphological Processing is...

    Published June 13th 2011 by Psychology Press