Cognitive Psychology Arena

Pointing

Where Language, Culture, and Cognition Meet

• Edited by Sotaro Kita

Pointing has captured the interest of scholars from various fields who study communication. However, ideas and findings have been scattered across diverse publications in different...

Published May 1st 2003 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Group Creativity

Music, Theater, Collaboration

• By R. Keith Sawyer

Group Creativity explores the unique form of creativity that emerges from collaborating groups. Dr. Sawyer draws on his studies of jazz ensembles and improvisational theater...

Published April 1st 2003 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Psychomythics

Sources of Artifacts and Misconceptions in Scientific Psychology

• By William R. Uttal

Psychology deals with the most complex subject matter of any science. As such, it is subject to misunderstandings, artifacts, and just simple errors of data,...

Published April 1st 2003 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Handbook of Discourse Processes

• Edited by Arthur C. Graesser, Morton Ann Gernsbacher, Susan R. Goldman

This Handbook is a comprehensive overview of the multidisciplinary field of discourse processes.

The editors hope to foster a more interdisciplinary approach to...

Published February 1st 2003 by Routledge.

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The Cradle of Culture and What Children Know About Writing and Numbers Before Being

• By Liliana Tolchinsky

This book provides a thrilling description of preliterate children's developing ideas about writing and numerals, and it illustrates well the many ways in which cultural...

Published January 1st 2003 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Language, Literacy, and Cognitive Development

The Development and Consequences of Symbolic Communication

• Edited by Eric Amsel, James P. Byrnes

Language, Literacy, and Cognitive Development addresses the impact of language and literacy on cognitive development.

Top researchers examine the cognitive significance of the growth in children's...

Published December 1st 2002 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Cognition in A Digital World

• Edited by Herre van Oostendorp

Massive changes are taking place in society surrounding the delivery of information to individuals and the way they process this information. At work, at home,...

Published December 1st 2002 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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The Psychology of Evaluation

Affective Processes in Cognition and Emotion

• Edited by Jochen Musch, Karl C. Klauer

The affective connotations of environmental stimuli are evaluated spontaneously and with minimal cognitive processing. The activated evaluations influence subsequent emotional and cognitive processes. Featuring original...

Published November 1st 2002 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Reductionism and the Development of Knowledge

• Edited by Terrance Brown, Leslie Smith

Among the many conceits of modern thought is the idea that philosophy, tainted as it is by subjective evaluation, is a shaky guide for human...

Published November 1st 2002 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Computer Support for Collaborative Learning

Foundations for A Cscl Community (cscl 2002)

• Edited by Bruce Henderson

The Computer Support for Collaborative Learning (CSCL) 2002 DVD contains nearly four hours of video presentations by leading experts in the field. The video was...

Published November 1st 2002 by Routledge.

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