Cognitive Psychology Arena

From Inkmarks to Ideas

Current Issues in Lexical Processing

• Edited by Sally Andrews

Reading is one of the most sophisticated demonstrations of human pattern recognition and symbolic processing skill. Skilled readers effortlessly comprehend written text at rates of...

Published October 26th 2006 by Psychology Press.

more information about From Inkmarks to Ideas

Improving Literacy by Teaching Morphemes

• By Terezinha Nunes, Peter Bryant

With reports from several studies showing the benefits of teaching young children about morphemes, this book is essential reading for anyone concerned with helping children to read and...

Published July 20th 2006 by Routledge.

more information about Improving Literacy by Teaching Morphemes

Technology, Literacy, and the Evolution of Society

Implications of the Work of Jack Goody

• Edited by David R. Olson, Michael Cole

Inspired by the seminal work of Jack Goody, a historical anthropologist specializing in the study of social structure and change, Technology, Literacy, and the Evolution...

Published June 23rd 2006 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

more information about Technology, Literacy, and the Evolution of Society

Age of Acquisition Effects in Word and Object Processing

A special issue of the journal Visual Cognition

• Edited by Chris Barry, Robert A. Johnston

Models of word and object processing have been informed by experimental data relating to the effects of important marker variables, particularly word frequency. In recent...

Published June 22nd 2006 by Psychology Press.

more information about Age of Acquisition Effects in Word and Object Processing

Arguing to Better Conclusions

A Human Odyssey

• By W. Peter Robinson

This book was written to try to integrate various strands of concern about communication, language, and thinking. There are two related questions that have served...

Published May 30th 2006 by Routledge.

more information about Arguing to Better Conclusions

Speech Production

Models, Phonetic Processes, and Techniques

• Edited by Jonathan Harrington, Marija Tabain

Speech Production: Models, Phonetic Processes and Techniques brings together researchers from many different disciplines - computer science, dentistry, engineering, linguistics, phonetics, physiology, psychology - all...

Published May 1st 2006 by Psychology Press.

more information about Speech Production

The Skills of Document Use

From Text Comprehension to Web-Based Learning

• By Jean-Francois Rouet

The Skills of Document Use: From Text Comprehension to Web-Based Learning examines functional literacy from a psychological standpoint. It offers a comprehensive discussion of the...

Published March 14th 2006 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

more information about The Skills of Document Use

Cognitive Linguistics

An Introduction

• By Vyvyan Evans, Melanie Green

A general introduction to the area of theoretical linguistics known as cognitive linguistics, this textbook provides up-to-date coverage of all areas of the field, including...

Published March 3rd 2006 by Routledge.

more information about Cognitive Linguistics

Speech Production and Second Language Acquisition

• By Judit Kormos

This extremely up-to-date book, Speech Production and Second Language Acquisition, is the first volume in the exciting new series, Cognitive Science and Second Language Acquisition....

Published March 1st 2006 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

more information about Speech Production and Second Language Acquisition

An Introduction to the Science of Phonetics

• By Nigel Hewlett, Janet Mackenzie Beck

The book is designed as an introduction to the scientific study of speech. No prior knowledge of phonetics is assumed. As far as mathematical knowlege...

Published February 24th 2006 by Routledge.

more information about An Introduction to the Science of Phonetics