Handbook of Cognition

by Koen Lamberts, Rob Goldstone, Robert L. Goldstone

Overview

The Handbook of Cognition provides a definitive synthesis of the most up-to-date and advanced work in cognitive psychology in a single volume. The editors have gathered together a team of world-leading researchers in specialist areas of the field, both traditional and 'hot' new areas, to present a benchmark - in terms of theoretical insight and advances in methodology - of the discipline. This book contains a thorough overview of the most significant and current research in cognitive psychology that will serve this academic community like no other volume.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761972778
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	11/01/2004
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.92(h) x 1.21(d)

Table of Contents

PART ONE: PERCEPTION, ATTENTION AND ACTION
Visual Perception I - Johan Wagemans, Felix A Wichmann and Hans Op de Beeck
Basic Principles
Visual Perception II - William G Hayward, Michael J Tarr
High-Level Vision
Auditory Perception - Christopher J Plack
Attention - Claus Bundesen and Thomas Habekost
Action and Motor Skills - Yvonne Delevoye-Turrell and Alan M Wing
Adaptive Behaviour for Intended Goals
PART TWO: LEARNING AND MEMORY
Theories of Learning - Michael E Young and Edward A Wasserman
Category Learning - John K Kruschke
Implicit Learning - David R Shanks
Mechanisms of Memory - Ian Neath and Aimée M Surprenant
PART THREE: LANGUAGE
Language Comprehension - Alan Garnham
Speech Perception - James M Mc Queen
Reading - Alexander Pollatsek and Keith Rayner
PART FOUR: REASONING AND DECISION MAKING
Reasoning - Nick Chater, Evan Heit and Mike Oaksford
Judgment and Decision Making - Craig R M Mc Kenzie
Cognitive Neuropsychology
The Cognitive Neuropsychology of Object Recognition and Action - Glyn W Humphreys and M Jane Riddoch
Cognitive Neuropsychology of Learning and Memory - Barbara J Knowlton
The Cognitive Neuropsychology of Language - Randi C Martin and Denise H Wu
PART FIVE: MODELLING COGNITION
Mathematical Modelling of Cognition - Koen Lamberts
Model Evaluation, Testing and Selection - In J Myung, Mark A Pitt and Woojae Kim