Douglas Whitman

Cognition

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This new text provides psychologists with a look at the field of cognitive psychology while integrating neuroscience into the discussion. Experiments are included throughout to show how the concepts are applied in the field. These can be easily reproduced in the lab. Illustrations are also integrated in the chapters to reinforce the discussions. Psychologists will find this text fully bridges cognitive psychology and neuroscience in an accessible way.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 603
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 198mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 1043g
• ISBN-13: 9780471715665
• ISBN-10: 0471715662
• Artikelnr.: 23593976

Autorenporträt

Douglas Whitman is the author of Cognition, published by Wiley.

Inhaltsangabe

1. INTRODUCTION TO COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY 2. FROM SENSATION TO PERCEPTION 3.
ATTENTION IN A NOISY WORLD 4. THE MODAL MODEL OF MEMORY 5. WORKING MEMORY
AND THE CENTRAL EXECUTIVE 6. MAKING MEMORIES 7. RETRIEVAL AND MEMORY
DISTORTION 8. VARIATIONS OF LONG-TERM MEMORY 9. CATEGORIZATION AND MEANING
10. CONSCIOUSNESS 11. THE DESCRIPTION AND OVERVIEW OF LANGUAGE 12.
FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES IN LANGUAGE THEORY 13. INFORMATION PROCESSING AND
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 14. PROBLEM SOLVING AND REASONING Appendix A:
NEURONS Appendix B: GEOGRAPHY OF THE BRAIN Appendix C: IMAGING THE BRAIN