Cognitive Psychology Arena

The Atomic Components of Thought

• By John R. Anderson, Christian J. Lebiere

This book achieves a goal that was set 25 years ago when the HAM theory of human memory was published. This theory reflected one of...

Published June 1st 1998 by Psychology Press.

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Connectionist Models of Social Reasoning and Social Behavior

• Edited by Stephen John Read, Lynn C. Miller

Although neural network models have had a dramatic impact on the cognitive and brain sciences, social psychology has remained largely unaffected by this intellectual explosion....

Published May 1st 1998 by Psychology Press.

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Stereotype Activation and Inhibition

Advances in Social Cognition, Volume XI

• Edited by Jr., Robert S. Wyer

The use of social sterotypes as a basis for judgments and behavioral decisions has been a major focus of social psychological theory and research since...

Published May 1st 1998 by Psychology Press.

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The Development of Language Processing Strategies

A Cross-linguistic Study Between Japanese and English

• By Reiko Mazuka

Ever since the notion of explanatory adequacy was promoted by Chomsky in his 1965 Aspects, linguists and psycholinguists have been in pursuit of a psychologically...

Published April 1st 1998 by Psychology Press.

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Mental Logic

• Edited by Martin D.S. Braine, David P. O'Brien, Martin Braine

Over the past decade, the question of whether there is a mental logic has become subject to considerable debate. There have been attacks by critics...

Published April 1st 1998 by Psychology Press.

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Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention

A Developmental Perspective

• Edited by John E. Richards

This volume describes research and theory concerning the cognitive neuroscience of attention. Filling a key gap, it emphasizes developmental changes that occur in the brain-attention...

Published April 1st 1998 by Psychology Press.

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Word Recognition in Beginning Literacy

• Edited by Jamie L. Metsala, Linnea C. Ehri

This edited volume grew out of a conference that brought together beginning reading experts from the fields of education and the psychology of reading and...

Published April 1st 1998 by Routledge.

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The Nature and Development of Decision-making

A Self-regulation Model

• By James P. Byrnes

Although everyone has goals, only some people successfully attain their respective goals on a regular basis. With this in mind, the author attempts to answer...

Published March 1st 1998 by Psychology Press.

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Metacognition in Educational Theory and Practice

• Edited by Douglas J. Hacker, John Dunlosky, Arthur C. Graesser

This volume presents the most current perspectives on the role of metacognition in diverse educationally relevant domains. The purpose is to examine the ways in...

Published March 1st 1998 by Routledge.

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Implicit and Explicit Mental Processes

• Edited by Kim Kirsner, Craig Speelman, Murray Maybery, Angela O'Brien-Malone, Mike Anderson

The need for synthesis in the domain of implicit processes was the motivation behind this book. Two major questions sparked its development: Is there one...

Published February 1st 1998 by Psychology Press.

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