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• Edited by Aaron S. Benjamin.

The chapters in this volume are testament to the many ways in which Robert Bjork’s ideas have shaped the course of research on human memory over four decades. It showcases the theoretical advances and recent findings by researchers whose work and careers have been influenced by Bjork. The first…

ISBN: 9781848728912

Published Nov 18, 2010 by Psychology Press

• Edited by Vivian Cook, and Benedetta Bassetti.

This innovative volume provides a state-of-the-art overview of the relationship between language and cognition with a focus on bilinguals. It brings together contributions from international leading figures in various disciplines and showcases contemporary research on the emerging area of bilingual…

ISBN: 9781848729247

Published Nov 14, 2010 by Psychology Press

• By Annette M.B. de Groot.

Psycholinguistics – the field of science that examines the mental processes and knowledge structures involved in the acquisition, comprehension, and production of language – had a strong monolingual orientation during the first four decades following its emergence around 1950. The awareness that a…

ISBN: 9781848729018

Published Nov 14, 2010 by Psychology Press

• Edited by Gün R. Semin, and Gerald Echterhoff.

This volume concerns the longstanding intellectual puzzle of how individuals overcome their biological, neural, and mental finitude to achieve sociality. It explores how humans take each other into account, coordinate their actions, and are able to share their inner states and to communicate.…

ISBN: 9781848728998

Published Nov 07, 2010 by Psychology Press

• By Ian Apperly.

Theory of mind, or "mindreading" as it is termed in this book, is the ability to think about beliefs, desires, knowledge and intentions. It has been studied extensively by developmental and comparative psychologists and more recently by neuroscientists and cognitive psychologists. This book is the…

ISBN: 9781841696973

Published Nov 09, 2010 by Psychology Press