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• By Pat Dugard, Portia File and Jonathan Todman.

This practical guide explains the use of randomization tests and provides example designs and macros for implementation in IBM SPSS and Excel. It reviews the theory and practice of single-case and small-n designs so readers can draw valid causal inferences from small-scale clinical studies. The…

ISBN: 9780415886932

Published Oct 26, 2011 by Routledge Academic

• Edited by Catherine Loveday, and Martin A. Conway.

This special issue is the first collection of preliminary reports using advanced camera technology, the SenseCam, to study and rehabilitate everyday memory in ways not previously possible. This set of preliminary reports from established memory researchers and clinicians uses a series of…

ISBN: 9781848727533

Published Oct 24, 2011 by Psychology Press

• Edited by Henk Aarts, and Andrew Elliot.

This volume presents chapters from internationally renowned scholars in the area of goals and social behavior. The book is organized around a series of topics that are of critical importance to understanding the social-cognitive aspects of goal-directed behavior. In each chapter, the authors offer…

ISBN: 9781848728738

Published Oct 18, 2011 by Psychology Press

• Edited by Joachim I. Krueger.

This volume brings together classic key concepts and innovative theoretical ideas in the psychology of judgment and decision-making in social contexts. The chapters of the first section address the basic psychological processes underlying judgment and decision-making. The guiding question is "What…

ISBN: 9781848729063

Published Oct 17, 2011 by Psychology Press

• Edited by Virginia Wise Berninger.

This volume tells the story of research on the cognitive processes of writing—from the perspectives of the early pioneers, the contemporary contributors, and visions of the future for the field. Writing processes yield important insights into human cognition, and is increasingly becoming a…

ISBN: 9781848729636

Published Oct 12, 2011 by Psychology Press

• Edited by Philip Allen, Mei-Ching Lien and Eric Ruthruff.

Emotions can have profound effects on a wide range of cognitive processes (from attention and memory to decision-making). In the reverse direction, there is clear evidence that cognitive processes can modulate emotional responses. This special issue provides a broad sampling of recent,…

ISBN: 9781848727557

Published Oct 11, 2011 by Psychology Press