Cognitive Psychology Arena

The Development of Emotional Intelligence

A Case Study

Published November 2010

How do children learn about the expression and meaning of emotions – both happy and sad? This book answers questions on the foundation of emotional intelligence and examines how children become emotionally literate as they are socialised into their family environment from birth to two years of age.…
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Starting from Scratch

The Origin and Development of Expression, Representation and Symbolisation in Human and Non-Human Primates

• By John Matthews.

Published November 2010

This book compares the beginning of symbolic thought in human infancy with that of our close primate relatives, the chimpanzees. The author investigates the precursors of symbolism by studying the actions and interactions of a small group of these intelligent, non-human primates who live in…
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Language and Cognition in Bilinguals and Multilinguals

An Introduction

• By Annette M.B. de Groot.

Published November 2010

Psycholinguistics – the field of science that examines the mental processes and knowledge structures involved in the acquisition, comprehension, and production of language – had a strong monolingual orientation during the first four decades following its emergence around 1950. The awareness that a…
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Successful Remembering and Successful Forgetting

A Festschrift in Honor of Robert A. Bjork

• Edited by Aaron S. Benjamin.

Published November 2010

The chapters in this volume are testament to the many ways in which Robert Bjork’s ideas have shaped the course of research on human memory over four decades. It showcases the theoretical advances and recent findings by researchers whose work and careers have been influenced by Bjork. The first…
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Cognitive Development and Working Memory

A Dialogue between Neo-Piagetian Theories and Cognitive Approaches

• Edited by Pierre Barrouillet, and Vinciane Gaillard.

Published November 2010

The intellectual development of human beings from birth to adulthood is a fascinating phenomenon. Understanding the constraints that limit children’s intelligence, as well as discovering methods to improve it, has always been a challenging undertaking for developmental psychologists. This book…
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Mindreaders

The Cognitive Basis of "Theory of Mind"

• By Ian Apperly.

Published November 2010

Theory of mind, or "mindreading" as it is termed in this book, is the ability to think about beliefs, desires, knowledge and intentions. It has been studied extensively by developmental and comparative psychologists and more recently by neuroscientists and cognitive psychologists. This…
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Language and Bilingual Cognition

• Edited by Vivian Cook, and Benedetta Bassetti.

Published October 2010

This innovative volume provides a state-of-the-art overview of the relationship between language and cognition with a focus on bilinguals. It brings together contributions from international leading figures in various disciplines and showcases contemporary research on the emerging area of bilingual…
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Rehabilitation of Visual Disorders After Brain Injury

2nd Edition

• By Josef Zihl.

Published October 2010

This thoroughly updated and extended edition covers the various cerebral visual disorders acquired after brain injury, as well as the rehabilitation techniques used to treat them. These are described within a brain plasticity framework, using data from single and group case studies along with…
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A Handbook of Process Tracing Methods for Decision Research

A Critical Review and User’s Guide

• Edited by Michael Schulte-Mecklenbeck, Anton Kuehberger and Rob Ranyard.

Published October 2010

This handbook provides a critical review and user’s guide to conducting and reporting process tracing studies of decision making. Each chapter covers a specific method that is presented and reviewed by authors who are experts in the method’s application to decision research. The book …
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Perspectives on Framing

• Edited by Gideon Keren.

Published October 2010

Language comprises a major mark of humans compared with other primates and is the main vehicle for social interaction. A major characteristic of any natural language is that the same communication, idea, or intention can be articulated in different ways—in other words, the same message can be "…
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