Fundamentals of Cognition
- ISBN-10
- 1317208536
- ISBN-13
- 9781317208532
- Series
- Fundamentals of Cognition
- Category
- Psychology
- Pages
- 568
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-01-29
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Authors
- Michael W. Eysenck, Marc Brysbaert
Description
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, third edition, provides a basic, reader-friendly introduction to the key cognitive processes we use to interact successfully with the world around us. Our abilities in attention, perception, learning, memory, language, problem solving, thinking, and reasoning are all vitally important in enabling us to cope with everyday life. Understanding these processes through the study of cognitive psychology is essential for understanding human behaviour. This edition has been thoroughly updated and revised with an emphasis on making it even more accessible to introductory-level students. Bringing on board Professor Marc Brysbaert, a world-leading researcher in the psychology of language, as co-author, this new edition includes: developed and extended research activities and "In the Real World" case studies to make it easy for students to engage with the material; new real-world topics such as discussions of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, the reading problems of individuals with dyslexia, why magic tricks work, and why we cannot remember the Apple logo accurately; a supporting companion website containing multiple choice questions, flashcards, sample essay answers, instructor resources, and more. The book provides a perfect balance between traditional approaches to cognition and cutting-edge cognitive neuroscience and cognitive neuropsychology. Covering all the key topics within cognition, this comprehensive overview is essential reading for all students of cognitive psychology and related areas such as clinical psychology.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
Fundamentals of Cognitive Neuroscience: A Beginner's Guide
By Nicole M. Gage, Bernard BaarsThis text takes a distinctive, commonsense approach to help newcomers easily learn the basics of how the brain functions when we learn, act, feel, speak and socialize.
-
Fundamentals of Cognitive Psychology
By Ronald T. KelloggThis occurs when both stimuli fall within the range of the original receptive field (Moran & Desimone, 1985). Furthermore, when the task requires a finer discrimination between, say, the orientation of two lines, the response of a ...
-
Principles of Cognitive Psychology
By Michael W. EysenckColour processing The notion that different areas of the cortex are involved in colour and motion processing received support in a study by Cavanaugh , Tyler , and Favreau ( 1984 ) . They presented a moving grating consisting of ...
-
Fundamentals of Comparative Cognition
By Sara J. ShettleworthA foremost scholar in comparative cognition--a discipline closely connected to behavioral biology, evolution, and cognitive neuroscience--author Sara J. Shettleworth delivers a focused treatment of the essentials in writing that is both ...
-
Fundamentals of Psychology
By Michael EysenckLevenson, R.W. (1999). The intrapersonal functions of emotions. Cognition and Emotion, 13, 481–504. Levenson, R.W., Ekman, P., & Friesen, W.V. (1990). Voluntary action generates emotion-specific autonomic nervous-system activity.
-
Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook
By Michael W. Eysenck, Mark T. Keane... 208 , Caverni , J.P. 471 209 , 210 , 211 Ceci , S.J. 171 Colby , C.L. 64 Cermak , L.S. 197 , 199 , 200 , 202 , Cole , R.A. 323 207 Coleman , L. 251 , 290 Chabris , C.F. 272 Coley , J.D. 283 Chaffin , R. 249 Collett , T.S. 35 Challis ...
-
Falls and Cognition in Older Persons: Fundamentals, Assessment and Therapeutic Options
By Manuel Montero-Odasso, Richard CamicioliMost advances are published in specialty journals of geriatric medicine, neurology, and rehabilitation. The aim of this book is to reduce this gap and to provide practical tools for fall prevention in cognitively impaired populations.
-
Decision Making and Rationality in the Modern World
By Keith E. StanovichIn Decision Making and Rationality in the Modern World, Keith E. Stanovich demonstrates how work in the cognitive psychology of decision making has implications for the large and theoretically contentious...
-
Foundations of Cognitive Psychology
By Fernand Gobet, Philippe Chassy, Merim BilalićLively and thought-provoking, this new book conveys the sense of discovery that makes the subject so exciting to study.
-
Foundations and Theoretical Perspectives of Distributed Team Cognition
By Eduardo Salas, Mica R. Endsley, Michael McNeeseThe chapters yield a broad understanding of the nature of diverse thinking and insights into technologies, foundations, and theoretical perspectives of distributed team cognition.