Cognitive Psychology Arena

Cognitive Bases of Second Language Fluency

• By Norman Segalowitz.

Published June 2010

Exploring fluency from multiple vantage points that together constitute a cognitive science perspective, this book examines research in second language acquisition and bilingualism that points to promising avenues for understanding and promoting second language fluency. Cognitive Bases of Second…
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Mnemonics for the 21st Century

• By James Worthen, and R. Reed Hunt.

Published June 2010

This book bridges the gap between basic memory research and mnemonic applications through a careful analysis of the processes that underlie effective memory aids. The book traces the history of mnemonics, examines popular techniques, and discusses the current relevance of mnemonics to both…
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Forgetting

• Edited by Sergio Della Sala.

Published May 2010

Memory and forgetting are inextricably intertwined. In order to understand how memory works we need to understand how and why we forget. The topic of forgetting is therefore hugely important, despite the fact that it has often been neglected in comparison with other features of memory. This…
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Reading and Dyslexia in Different Orthographies

• Edited by Nicola Brunswick, Sine McDougall and Paul de Mornay Davies.

Published May 2010

This book provides a unique and accessible account of current research on reading and dyslexia in different orthographies. While most research has been conducted in English, this text presents cross-language comparisons to provide insights into universal aspects of reading development and…
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Straight Choices

The Psychology of Decision Making

• By Benjamin R. Newell, David A. Lagnado and David R. Shanks.

Published April 2010

We all face a perplexing array of decisions every day. Straight Choices provides an integrative account of the psychology of decision making, in which clear connections are made between empirical results and how these results can help us to understand our uncertain world. Throughout the text,…
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Silence and Memory

A Special Issue of Memory

• Edited by Monisha Pasupathi, and Kate C. McLean.

Published April 2010

This issue of Memory focuses on silence and its implications for memory, and also for the implications of silences that extend beyond memory, to the functioning of individuals, groups, and societies. Silence can represent things taken for granted, and also things unsayable. The memory implications…
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Generalization of Knowledge

Multidisciplinary Perspectives

• Edited by Marie T. Banich, and Donna Caccamise.

Published April 2010

While the notion of generalization fits prominently into cognitive theories of learning, there is surprisingly little research literature that takes an overview of the issue from a broad multifaceted perspective. This volume remedies this by taking a multidisciplinary perspective on generalization…
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The Neurocognition of Dance

Mind, Movement and Motor Skills

• Edited by Bettina Bläsing, Martin Puttke and Thomas Schack.

Published April 2010

Dance has always been an important aspect of all human cultures, and the study of human movement and action has become a topic of increasing relevance over the last decade, bringing dance into the focus of the cognitive sciences. This book discusses the wide range of interrelations between body…
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Social Psychology of Visual Perception

• Edited by Emily Balcetis, and G. Daniel Lassiter.

Published April 2010

This volume takes a contemporary and novel look at how people see the world around them. We generally believe we see our surroundings and everything in it with complete accuracy. However, as the contributions to this volume argue, this assumption is wrong: people’s view of their world is…
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Evolution, Rationality and Cognition

A Cognitive Science for the Twenty-First Century

• Edited by Antonio Zilhao.

Published March 2010

Evolutionary thinking has expanded in the last decades, spreading from its traditional stronghold – the explanation of speciation and adaptation in biology - to new domains. Fascinating pieces of work, the essays in this collection attest to the illuminating power of evolutionary thinking when…
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