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Cognitive Psychology: Mind and Brain: Pearson New International Edition


Cognitive Psychology: Mind and Brain: Pearson New International Edition

Paperback by Smith, Edward; Kosslyn, Stephen

Cognitive Psychology: Mind and Brain: Pearson New International Edition

£72.99

ISBN:
9781292022352
Publication Date:
23 Jul 2013
Language:
English
Publisher:
Pearson Education Limited
Pages:
628 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 20 May 2024
Cognitive Psychology: Mind and Brain: Pearson New International Edition

Description

For courses in Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Learning and Memory, Philosophy of Mind, and Philosophy of Psychology. The first book that fully integrates information about the brain and neural processing into the standard curriculum in cognitive psychology. Based on a need for a text that could accurately, productively, and seamlessly integrate information on both the brain and neural processing, Edward E. Smith (Columbia University) and Stephen M. Kosslyn (Harvard University) created Cognitive Psychology: Mind and Brain 1.e. Without question, the study of cognition has progressed enormously over the past decade. Most importantly, much of the recent progress in cognitive studies has come from the advent of cognitive neuroscience, which uses neuroscientific methods and data to address psychological issues. However, throughout years of academic teaching, the authors came to realize that no currently available book was able to summarize and make accessible the major findings, theories, and research the field had produced. Now, in this text's first edition, these issues have been addressed. Using findings in neuroscience to illuminate and motivate key distinctions in cognitive psychology, the authors have written a cognitive psychology book that is informed by neuroscience - the first of its kind and one poised to set a new standard in undergraduate cognitive studies.

Contents

1. How the Brain Gives Rise to the Mind. 2. Perception. 3. Attention. 4. Representation and Knowledge in Long-Term Memory. 5. Encoding and Retrieval from Long-Term Memory. 6. Working Memory. 7. Executive Processes. 8. Emotion and Cognition. 9. Decision Making. 10. Problem Solving and Reasoning. 11. Language. 12. Motor Cognition and Mental Simulation.

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