Cognitive Psychology Arena

Knowledge Spaces

Theories, Empirical Research, and Applications

• Edited by Dietrich Albert, Josef Lukas

Based on the formal concept of "knowledge structures" originally proposed by Jean-Claude Falmagne and Jean-Paul Doignon, this book contains descriptions of methodological developments and experimental...

Published August 1st 1999 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Conceptual Coordination

How the Mind Orders Experience in Time

• By William J. Clancey

This book bridges the gap between models of human behavior that are based on cognitive task analysis and those based on neural networks. The author...

Published August 1st 1999 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Judgment and Decision Making

Neo-brunswikian and Process-tracing Approaches

• Edited by Peter Juslin, Henry Montgomery

Research on human judgment and decision making has been strongly guided by a normative/descriptive approach, according to which human decision making is compared to the...

Published August 1st 1999 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Narrative Comprehension, Causality, and Coherence

Essays in Honor of Tom Trabasso

• Edited by Susan R. Goldman, Arthur C. Graesser, Paul van den Broek

This volume provides an excellent overview of the field of discourse processes, capturing both its breadth and its depth. World-renowned researchers present the latest theoretical...

Published August 1st 1999 by Routledge.

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Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society

• Edited by Martin Hahn, Scott C. Stoness

This book presents the complete collection of peer-reviewed presentations at the 1999 Cognitive Science Society meeting, including papers, poster abstracts, and descriptions of conference symposia....

Published August 1st 1999 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Improving Statistical Reasoning

Theoretical Models and Practical Implications

• By Peter Sedlmeier

This book focuses on how statistical reasoning works and on training programs that can exploit people's natural cognitive capabilities to improve their statistical reasoning. Training...

Published June 1st 1999 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Processing of Medical information in Aging Patients

Cognitive and Human Factors Perspectives

• Edited by Denise C. Park, Roger W. Morrell, Kim Shifren, Denise Park

This volume focuses on understanding the impact of age-related decline in cognitive abilities on medical decisions and compliance with medical instructions. It examines how medical...

Published May 1st 1999 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Cognitive Work Analysis

Toward Safe, Productive, and Healthy Computer-Based Work

• By Kim J. Vicente

This book describes, for the first time in pedagogical form, an approach to computer-based work in complex sociotechnical systems developed over the last 30 years...

Published April 1st 1999 by CRC Press.

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Conceptual Development

Piaget's Legacy

• Edited by Ellin Kofsky Scholnick, Katherine Nelson, Susan A. Gelman, Patricia H. Miller

This book examines a key issue in current cognitive theories - the nature of representation. Each chapter is characterized by attempts to frame hot topics...

Published April 1st 1999 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Ecological Approaches to Cognition

Essays in Honor of Ulric Neisser

• Edited by Eugene Winograd, Robyn Fivush, William Hirst

In the context of an Emory Symposium on Cognition honoring the enormous contributions to cognitive psychology of Ulric Neisser, this book brings together ecological approaches...

Published April 1st 1999 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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