Essays in Cognitive Psychology
About the Book Series
Essays in Cognitive Psychology is designed to meet the need for rapid publication of brief volumes in cognitive psychology.
Primary topics include perception, movement and action, attention, memory, mental representation, language and problem solving.
Furthermore, the series seeks to define cognitive psychology in its broadest sense, encompassing all topics either informed by, or informing, the study of mental processes. As such, it covers a wide range of subjects including computational approaches to cognition, cognitive neuroscience, social cognition, and cognitive development, as well as areas more traditionally defined as cognitive psychology.
Each volume in the series makes a conceptual contribution to the topic by reviewing and synthesizing the existing research literature, by advancing theory in the area, or by some combination of these missions.
The principal aim is that authors provide an overview of their own highly successful research program in an area.
Volumes also include an assessment of current knowledge and identification of possible future trends in research.
Each book is a self-contained unit supplying the advanced reader with a well-structured review of the work described and evaluated.
The Déjà Vu Experience
2nd Edition
By Anne M. Cleary, Alan S. Brown
July 20, 2021
The Déjà vu Experience, Second Edition covers the latest scientific discoveries regarding the strange sense of familiarity most of us have felt at one time or another when doing something for the first time. The book sheds light on this mysterious phenomenon, considering the latest ...
Working Memory in Development
1st Edition
By Valérie Camos, Pierre Barrouillet
March 13, 2018
Working memory is the system responsible for the temporary maintenance and processing of information involved in most cognitive activities, and its study is essential to the understanding of cognitive development. Working Memory in Development provides an integrative and thorough account of how ...
Space and Sense
1st Edition
By Susanna Millar
September 08, 2017
How do we perceive the space around us, locate objects within it, and make our way through it? What do the senses contribute? This book focuses on touch in order to examine which aspects of vision and touch overlap in spatial processing. It argues that spatial processing depends crucially on ...
The Cognitive Neuropsychology of Déjà Vu
1st Edition
By Chris Moulin
September 01, 2017
Déjà vu is one of the most complex and subjective of all memory phenomena. It is an infrequent and striking mental experience, where the feeling of familiarity is combined with the knowledge that this feeling is false. While until recently it was an aspect of memory largely overlooked by mainstream...
Extraordinary Memories for Exceptional Events
1st Edition
By Stephen R. Schmidt
August 15, 2017
Not all memories are created equal. Our memories for some very exceptional events seem to stand out in our minds, and as such they may form the very core of who we are. Perhaps you have a vivid recollection of a fateful day, an unforgettable face, or a hilarious joke. This book summarizes theories ...
Anxiety and Cognition: A Unified Theory
1st Edition
By Michael Eysenck
June 23, 2015
It is argued in this book that there are three major approaches to anxiety. First, there is anxiety as an emotional state. Second, there is trait anxiety as a dimension of personality. Third, there is anxiety as a set of anxiety disorders. What is attempted is to produce a unified theory of anxiety...
Connectionist Modelling in Cognitive Neuropsychology: A Case Study: A Special Issue of Cognitive Neuropsychology
1st Edition
By David C. Plaut, Tim Shallice
June 23, 2015
Computational models offer tools for exploring the nature of human cognitive processes. In connectionist, neural network, or parallel distributed processing models, information processing takes the form of cooperative and competitive interactions among many simple, neuron-like processing units. ...
Flashbulb Memories
1st Edition
By Martin Conway
June 23, 2015
This book provides a state-of-the-art review and critical evaluation of research into 'flashbulb' memories. The opening chapters explore the 'encoding' view of flashbulb memory formation and critically appraise a number of lines of research that have opposed this view. It is concluded that this ...
Hypothesis-testing Behaviour
1st Edition
By Fenna H. Poletiek
June 23, 2015
How do people search evidence for a hypothesis? A well documented answer in cognitive psychology is that they search for confirming evidence. However, the rational strategy is to try to falsify the hypothesis. This book critically evaluates this contradiction. Experimental research is discussed ...
Implicit Learning: Theoretical and Empirical Issues
1st Edition
By Dianne C. Berry, Zoltan Dienes
June 23, 2015
There is considerable debate over the extent to which cognitive tasks can be learned non-consciously or implicitly. In recent years a large number of studies have demonstrated a discrepancy between explicit knowledge and measured performance. This book presents an overview of these studies and ...
Mental Models and the Interpretation of Anaphora
1st Edition
By Alan Garnham
June 23, 2015
The interpretation of anaphora - how we interpret expressions such as definite pronouns (he, she, it) and verbal elliptical phrases (such as "did so, too") in the course of ordinary conversation or reading - is an important aspect of language comprehension. In this book the author examines the ...
Mnemonology: Mnemonics for the 21st Century
1st Edition
By James B. Worthen, R. Reed Hunt
June 23, 2015
This book bridges the gap between basic memory research and mnemonic applications through a careful analysis of the processes that underlie effective memory aids. The book traces the history of mnemonics, examines popular techniques, and discusses the current relevance of mnemonics to both ...