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Fundamentals of Cognition 2nd Edition
- By Michael Eysenck.
Published January 2012
Is it possible to learn something without being aware of it?
How does emotion influence the way we think?
How can we improve our memory?
Fundamentals of Cognition 2nd edition is a basic, reader-friendly introduction to the key cognitive processes we use to interact successfully with the world…
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Emotion and the Structure of Narrative Film
Film As An Emotion Machine
- By Ed S. Tan.
Published December 2011
Introduced one hundred years ago, film has since become part of our lives. For the past century, however, the experience offered by fiction films has remained a mystery. Questions such as why adult viewers cry and shiver, and why they care at all about fictional characters -- while aware that they…
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Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities
4th Edition
- By Diane F. Halpern.
Published September 2011
The fourth edition of Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities critically examines the breadth of research on this complex and controversial topic, with the principal aim of helping the reader to understand where sex differences are found – and where they are not.
Since the publication of the third…
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Artificial Intelligence: The Basics
- By Kevin Warwick.
Published August 2011
'if AI is outside your field, or you know something of the subject and would like to know more then Artificial Intelligence: The Basics is a brilliant primer.' - Nick Smith, Engineering and Technology Magazine November 2011
Artificial Intelligence: The Basics is a concise and cutting-edge…
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Jokes and the Linguistic Mind
- By Debra Aarons.
Published August 2011
Through the lens of cognitive science, Jokes and the Linguistic Mind investigates jokes that play on some aspect of the structure and function of language. In so doing, Debra Aarons shows that these “linguistic jokes” can evoke our tacit knowledge of the language we use. Analyzing…
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How We Think
A Theory of Goal-Oriented Decision Making and its Educational Applications
- By Alan H. Schoenfeld.
Published October 2010
Teachers try to help their students learn. But why do they make the particular teaching choices they do? What resources do they draw upon? What accounts for the success or failure of their efforts? In How We Think, esteemed scholar and mathematician, Alan H. Schoenfeld, proposes a groundbreaking…
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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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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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Philosophy of Perception
A Contemporary Introduction
- By William Fish.
Published March 2010
The philosophy of perception investigates the nature of our sensory experiences and their relation to reality. Raising questions about the conscious character of perceptual experiences, how they enable us to acquire knowledge of the world in which we live, and what exactly it is we are aware of…
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Thinking Visually
- By Stephen K. Reed.
Published January 2010
Language is a marvelous tool for communication, but it is greatly overrated as a tool for thought. This volume documents the many ways pictures, visual images, and spatial metaphors influence our thinking. It discusses both classic and recent research that support the view that visual thinking…
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