Cognitive psychology/ Michael W. Eysenck
Material type: TextPublication details: London: Psychology, 2015Description: 838 p. PBISBN: 9781848724167DDC classification: 153Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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1 Approaches to human cognition
Introduction
Cognitive psychology
Cognitive neuropsychology
Cognitive ncuroscicncc; the brain in action
Computational cognitive seience
Comparisons of major approaches
Outline of this book
Chapter summaiy
Further reading
2 Basic processes in visual perception
Introduction
Vision and the brain
Two visual systems; perception and action
Colour vision
Depth perception
Perception without awareness
Chapter summary
Further reading
3 Object and face recognition
Introduction
Pattern recognition
Perceptual organisation
Approaches to object recognition
Face recognition
\'isLial imagery
C'liaptci" summaiA
I urtlicr reading
4 Perception, motion and action
Introduetion
Direet pereeption
Visually guided aetion
Planning eonlrol iiKnlel
Pereeption oi'human motion
Change blindness
Chapter summary
Further reading
5 Attention and performance
Introduetion
Foeuscd auditory attention
Foeused visual attention
Disorders of visual attention
Visual scareh
Cross-modal effeets
Divided attention: dual-task performanee
Automatie proeessing
Chapter summary
Further reading
6 Learning, memory and forgetting
Introduction
Architecture of memory
Working memory
Working memoiy capacity
Levels of processing
Learning through retrieval
Implicit learning
Forgetting from long-term memory
Chapter summary
Further reading 259
7 Long-term memory systems
Introduction
Declarative memory
Episodic memory
Semantic memory
Non-declarative memory
Beyond declarative and non-declarative memoi-y
Chapter summary
Further reading
8 Everyday memory
Introduction
Autobiographical memory: introduction
Memories across the lifetime
Theoretical approaches to autobiographical memory
Eyewitness testimony
Enhancing eyewitness memory
Prospective memoiy/
Theoretical perspectives on prospective memoi^
Chapter summaiy
Further reading
9 Reading and speech perception
Introduction
Reading: introduction
Word recognition
Reading aloud
Reading: eye-movement research
Speech perception: introduction
Listening to speech
Context effects
Theories of speech perception
Cognitive neuropsychology
Chapter summary
Further reading
10 Language comprehension
Introduction
Parsing: overview
Models of parsing
Pragmatics
Individual differences: working memory capacity
Discourse processing: inferences
Discourse comprehension: theoretical approaches
Chapter summary
Further reading
11 Language production
Introduction
Speech planning
Speech errors
Theories of speech protliiction
Cogniti\ e neiiropsycholog\: s|Tcecii prociuction
Speech as communication
Writing: the main processes
Spelling
C hapter summary
Further readiim
12 Problem solving and expertise
Introduction
Problem solving: introduction
Cjcstalt appioach. insight and role of experience
Problem-soK ing strategies
Analogical problem solving
Fixpertise
Chess-playing expertise
Medical expertise
Brain plasticity
Deliberate practice
Chapter summary
Further reading
13 Judgement and decision making
introduction
Judgement research
Judgement theories
Decision making under risk
Decision making, emotional and social factors
Complex decision making
Chapter summary
Fuilher reading
14 Reasoning and hypothesis testing
Introduction
Hypothesis testing
Deductive reasoning
Theories of deductive reasoning
Brain systems in reasoning
Informal reasoning
Are humans rational?
Chapter summary
Further reading
15 Cognition and emotion
Introduction
Appraisal theories
Emotion regulation
Affect and cognition: attention and memory
Affect and cognition: judgement and decision making
Anxiety, depression and cognitive biases
Cognitive bias modification
Chapter summary
Further reading
16 Consciousness
Introduction
Functions of consciousness
Assessing consciousness and conscious experience
Global workspace theoretical approach
Is consciousness unitary?
Chapter summary
Further readinu
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