Cognitive Psychology Arena

Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society

• Edited by Garrison W. Cottrell

This volume features the complete text of all regular papers, posters, and summaries of symposia presented at the 18th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science...

Published June 1st 1996 by Psychology Press.

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The Road To Excellence

the Acquisition of Expert Performance in the Arts and Sciences, Sports, and Games

• Edited by K. Anders Ericsson

Excellence and the highest levels of performance in the arts and sciences, sports, and games have always been an object of fascination to both scientists...

Published June 1st 1996 by Psychology Press.

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Mathematical Perspectives on Neural Networks

• Edited by Paul Smolensky, Michael C. Mozer, David E. Rumelhart

Recent years have seen an explosion of new mathematical results on learning and processing in neural networks. This body of results rests on a breadth...

Published June 1st 1996 by Psychology Press.

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Stress and Human Performance

• Edited by James E. Driskell, Eduardo Salas

The pace of life in our high technology world has quickened. Industries that do not become more efficient, often by requiring a faster production turnaround...

Published May 1st 1996 by Psychology Press.

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A Functional Theory of Cognition

• By Norman H. Anderson

A unified, general theory of functional cognition is presented in this book. Its generality appears in the titles of the 13 chapters listed below. Its...

Published May 1st 1996 by Psychology Press.

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Hypertext and Cognition

• Edited by Jean-Francois Rouet, Jarmo J. Levonen, Andrew Dillon, Rand J. Spiro, Jarmo Levonen

The recent evolution of western societies has been characterized by an increasing emphasis on information and communication. As the amount of available information increases, however,...

Published April 1st 1996 by Routledge.

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Striving and Feeling

Interactions Among Goals, Affect, and Self-regulation

• Edited by Leonard L. Martin, Abraham Tesser

Recently, research on the ways in which goals, affect, and self-regulation influence one another has enjoyed an upsurge. New findings are being published and new...

Published April 1st 1996 by Psychology Press.

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Constructionism in Practice

Designing, Thinking, and Learning in A Digital World

• Edited by Yasmin B. Kafai, Mitchel Resnick

The digital revolution necessitates, but also makes possible, radical changes in how and what we learn. This book describes a set of innovative educational research...

Published April 1st 1996 by Routledge.

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Figurative Language and Cognitive Science

A Special Issue of metaphor and Symbolic Activity

• Edited by Richard P. Honeck

The articles in this special issue focus on experimental psychological, neuropsychological, and computer-based approaches to figurative language, suggesting the enormous impact of cognitive science on...

Published April 1st 1996 by Psychology Press.

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Dexterity and Its Development

• By Nicholai A. Bernstein

This is a very unusual book. It brings to the English speaking reader a masterpiece written some 50 years ago by one of the greatest...

Published March 1st 1996 by Psychology Press.

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