Books for Cognitive Psychology Arena The latest books for Cognitive Psychology Arena http://www.cognitivepsychologyarena.com en Copyright (C) Cognitive Psychology Arena 2012 webmaster@psypress.com (Paul Watson) webmaster@psypress.com (Paul Watson) 720 <![CDATA[BCoS Cognitive Screen]]> Mon, 07 May 2012 20:00:00 -0400
  • By Glyn W. Humphreys, Wai-Ling Bickerton, Dana Samson and M. Jane Riddoch.

    • Following different kinds of brain damage, including stroke, head injury, carbon monoxide poisoning, and degenerative change, people can experience a range of cognitive problems, in addition to any difficulties in motor function. These problems strongly influence a patient’s ability to recover, but…

    ISBN: 9781848720992

    Published May 07, 2012 by Psychology Press

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  • By Glyn Humphreys, Wai-Ling Bickerton, Dana Samson and Jane Riddoch.

    • ISBN: 9781848721074

    Published May 07, 2012 by Psychology Press

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  • By Glyn Humphreys, Wai-Ling Bickerton, Dana Samson and Jane Riddoch.

    • ISBN: 9781848721081

    Published May 06, 2012 by Psychology Press

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  • By Glyn Humphreys, Wai-Ling Bickerton, Dana Samson and Jane Riddoch.

    • ISBN: 9781848721104

    Published May 06, 2012 by Psychology Press

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  • By Stephen R. Schmidt.

    • Not all memories are created equal. Our memories for some very exceptional events seem to stand out in our minds, and as such they may form the very core of who we are. Perhaps you have a vivid recollection of a fateful day, an unforgettable face, or a hilarious joke. This book summarizes theories…

    ISBN: 9781848729155

    Published Apr 24, 2012 by Psychology Press

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  • By Michael Burke.

    • This work seeks to chart what happens in the embodied minds of engaged readers when they read literature. Despite the recent stylistic, linguistic, and cognitive advances that have been made in text-processing methodology and practice, very little is known about this cultural-cognitive process and…

    ISBN: 9780415520683

    Published Apr 11, 2012 by Routledge

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  • Edited by Roelien Bastiaanse, and Cynthia K. Thompson.

    • Agrammatic aphasia (agrammatism), resulting from brain damage to regions of the brain involved in language processing, affects grammatical aspects of language. Therefore, research examining language breakdown (and recovery) patterns in agrammatism is of great interest and importance to linguists,…

    ISBN: 9781848720558

    Published Apr 04, 2012 by Psychology Press

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  • Edited by Valérie Gyselinck, and Francesca Pazzaglia.

    • The nature of mental images and their relation to language has caused controversy amongst psychologists for years, and the so-called "imagery debate" is still unresolved. Fresh light is now being shed on this topic using recent findings in neuroscience and the development of behavioural studies.…

    ISBN: 9781848720497

    Published Apr 01, 2012 by Psychology Press

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  • Edited by Gun R. Semin.

    • This volume covers key readings that have inspired and advanced a social psychological understanding of the intricate relationships between language, thinking, and communication. These readings also trace the way in which our understanding of this relationship has changed over time and provide an…

    ISBN: 9780863775864

    Published Mar 30, 2012 by Psychology Press

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  • Edited by Bertram Gawronski, and Fritz Strack.

    • This volume provides an overview of recent research on the nature, causes, and consequences of cognitive consistency. In 22 chapters, leading scholars address the pivotal role of consistency principles at various levels of social information processing, ranging from microlevel to macro-level…

    ISBN: 9781609189464

    Published Mar 15, 2012 by Guilford Press

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  • Edited by Joachim Horvath, and Thomas Grundmann.

    • Experimental philosophy is one of the most recent and controversial developments in philosophy. Its basic idea is rather simple: to test philosophical thought experiments and philosophers’ intuitions about them with scientific methods, mostly taken from psychology and the social sciences. The…

    ISBN: 9780415505130

    Published Mar 14, 2012 by Routledge

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  • By Marie McGinn, and Tom Stoneham.

    • ISBN: 9780415333535

    Published Feb 29, 2012 by Routledge

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  • Edited by Stephen Jackson.

    • This special issue of the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, guest edited by Stephen Jackson (University of Nottingham, UK) pulls together ten of the latest research papers on the cognitive control of action and regulation of behaviour.…

    ISBN: 9781848727458

    Published Feb 27, 2012 by Psychology Press

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  • By James Michael Lampinen, Jeffrey S. Neuschatz and Andrew D. Cling.

    • This volume provides a tutorial review and evaluation of scientific research on the accuracy and reliability of eyewitness identification. The book starts with the perspective that there are a variety of conceptual and empirical problems with eyewitness identification as a form of forensic…

    ISBN: 9781848728837

    Published Feb 14, 2012 by Psychology Press

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  • By Ken Manktelow.

    • The area of psychological research reviewed in this book is one that is not only increasing in popularity in college curricula, but is also making an ever larger impact on the world outside the classroom. Drawing upon research originally cited in Ken Manktelow’s highly successful publication…

    ISBN: 9781841697413

    Published Feb 13, 2012 by Psychology Press

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  • Edited by Michel Fayol, M. Denis Alamargot and Virginia Berninger.

    • Translation of cognitive representations into written language is one of the most important processes in writing. This volume provides a long-awaited updated overview of the field. The contributors discuss each of the commonly used research methods for studying translation; theorize about the…

    ISBN: 9781848729209

    Published Feb 08, 2012 by Psychology Press

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  • Edited by Virginia Berninger.

    • ISBN: 9781848729216

    Published Feb 01, 2012 by Psychology Press

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  • By Nadja Reissland.

    • How do children learn about the expression and meaning of emotions – both happy and sad? This book answers questions regarding the foundation of emotional intelligence, and examines how children become emotionally literate as they are socialised into their family environment from birth to 2…

    ISBN: 9780415359528

    Published Jan 26, 2012 by Routledge

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  • Edited by Nazanin Derakshan, and Ernst Koster.

    • This special issue is a tribute to Michael W. Eysenck, a distinguished pioneer in the field of cognition and emotion, and the founding editor of the Journal of Cognitive Psychology. It consists of a collection of theoretical as well as empirical papers by eminent scholars who have led the field of…

    ISBN: 9781848727595

    Published Jan 23, 2012 by Psychology Press

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  • By Roger Giner-Sorolla.

    • Psychological research shows that our emotions and feelings often guide the moral decisions we make about our own lives and the social groups to which we belong. But should we be concerned that our important moral judgments can be swayed by "hot" passions, such as anger, disgust, guilt, shame and…

    ISBN: 9781848720688

    Published Jan 19, 2012 by Psychology Press

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  • Edited by Elena L. Grigorenko, Elisa Mambrino and David D. Preiss.

    • This book captures the diversity and richness of writing as it relates to different forms of abilities, skills, competencies, and expertise. Psychologists, educators, researchers, and practitioners in neighboring areas are interested in exploring how writing develops and in what manner this…

    ISBN: 9781848728127

    Published Jan 19, 2012 by Psychology Press

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  • Edited by Bradford Mahon, and Jessica Cantlon.

    • Functional specialization is a property of biological systems generally. A unifying theme that cuts across all research areas and techniques in the cognitive and brain sciences is whether there is specialization of function at levels of processing that are ‘abstracted away’ from sensory inputs and…

    ISBN: 9781848727588

    Published Jan 05, 2012 by Psychology Press

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  • By Michael Eysenck.

    • 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…

    ISBN: 9781848720718

    Published Jan 03, 2012 by Psychology Press

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  • By Vicki Bruce, and Andy Young.

    • Human faces are unique biological structures that convey a complex variety of important social messages. Even strangers can tell things from our faces – our feelings, our locus of attention, something of what we are saying, our age, sex and ethnic group, whether they find us attractive. In…

    ISBN: 9781841698786

    Published Dec 21, 2011 by Psychology Press

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  • Edited by Carlo Miniussi, and Giuseppe Vallar.

    • Cognitive deficits are a common consequence of neurological disease, and there is evidence that specific cognitive training may be effective in rehabilitation. Behavioural dysfunction following neurological disease constitutes one of the major causes of disability worldwide, exerts a major impact…

    ISBN: 9781848727564

    Published Dec 21, 2011 by Psychology Press

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  • Edited by Michael I. Posner.

    • This authoritative reference provides a comprehensive examination of the nature and functions of attention and its relationship to broader cognitive processes. The editor and contributors are leading experts who review the breadth of current knowledge, including behavioral, neuroimaging, cellular,…

    ISBN: 9781609189853

    Published Dec 20, 2011 by Guilford Press

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  • Edited by Birgitta Berglund, Giovanni B. Rossi, James T. Townsend and Leslie R. Pendrill.

    • Measurements with persons are those in which human perception and interpretation are used for measuring complex, holistic quantities and qualities, which are perceived by the human brain and mind. Providing means for reproducible measurement of parameters such as pleasure and pain has important…

    ISBN: 9781848729391

    Published Dec 18, 2011 by Psychology Press

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  • Edited by Moshe Naveh-Benjamin, and Nobuo Ohta.

    • Current demographical patterns predict an aging worldwide population. It is projected that by 2050, more than 20% of the US population and 40% of the Japanese population will be older than 65. A dramatic increase in research on memory and aging has emerged to understand the age-related changes in…

    ISBN: 9781848729186

    Published Dec 16, 2011 by Psychology Press

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  • By Baruch Fischhoff.

    • The articles collected here are foundational contributions to integrating behavioural research and risk analysis. They include seminal articles on three essential challenges. One is ensuring effective two-way communication between technical experts and the lay public, so that risk analyses address…

    ISBN: 9781849714433

    Published Dec 15, 2011 by Routledge

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  • Edited by Ray Crozier, Rob Ranyard and Ola Svenson.

    • This book offers an exciting new collection of recent research on the actual processes that humans use when making decisions in their everyday lives and in business situations. The contributors use cognitive psychological techniques to break down the constituent processes and set them in their…

    ISBN: 9780415513593

    Published Dec 12, 2011 by Routledge

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