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• Edited by Bradford Mahon, and Jessica Cantlon.

Functional specialization is a property of biological systems generally. A unifying theme that cuts across all research areas and techniques in the cognitive and brain sciences is whether there is specialization of function at levels of processing that are ‘abstracted away’ from sensory inputs and…

ISBN: 9781848727588

Published Jan 05, 2012 by Psychology Press

• By Michael Burke.

This work seeks to chart what happens in the embodied minds of engaged readers when they read literature. Despite the recent stylistic, linguistic, and cognitive advances that have been made in text-processing methodology and practice, very little is known about this cultural-cognitive process and…

ISBN: 9780415520683

Published Dec 29, 2011 by Routledge

• By Vicki Bruce, and Andy Young.

Human faces are unique biological structures that convey a complex variety of important social messages. Even strangers can tell things from our faces – our feelings, our locus of attention, something of what we are saying, our age, sex and ethnic group, whether they find us attractive. In…

ISBN: 9781841698786

Published Dec 21, 2011 by Psychology Press

• Edited by Michael I. Posner.

This authoritative reference provides a comprehensive examination of the nature and functions of attention and its relationship to broader cognitive processes. The editor and contributors are leading experts who review the breadth of current knowledge, including behavioral, neuroimaging, cellular,…

ISBN: 9781609189853

Published Dec 20, 2011 by Guilford Press

• Edited by Birgitta Berglund, Giovanni B. Rossi, James T. Townsend and Leslie R. Pendrill.

Measurements with persons are those in which human perception and interpretation are used for measuring complex, holistic quantities and qualities, which are perceived by the human brain and mind. Providing means for reproducible measurement of parameters such as pleasure and pain has important…

ISBN: 9781848729391

Published Dec 18, 2011 by Psychology Press

• Edited by Moshe Naveh-Benjamin, and Nobuo Ohta.

Current demographical patterns predict an aging worldwide population. It is projected that by 2050, more than 20% of the US population and 40% of the Japanese population will be older than 65. A dramatic increase in research on memory and aging has emerged to understand the age-related changes in…

ISBN: 9781848729186

Published Dec 16, 2011 by Psychology Press

• Edited by Carlo Miniussi, and Giuseppe Vallar.

Cognitive deficits are a common consequence of neurological disease, and there is evidence that specific cognitive training may be effective in rehabilitation. Behavioural dysfunction following neurological disease constitutes one of the major causes of disability worldwide, exerts a major impact…

ISBN: 9781848727564

Published Dec 21, 2011 by Psychology Press

• By Baruch Fischhoff.

The articles collected here are foundational contributions to integrating behavioural research and risk analysis. They include seminal articles on three essential challenges. One is ensuring effective two-way communication between technical experts and the lay public, so that risk analyses address…

ISBN: 9781849714433

Published Dec 15, 2011 by Routledge

• Edited by Ray Crozier, Rob Ranyard and Ola Svenson.

This book offers an exciting new collection of recent research on the actual processes that humans use when making decisions in their everyday lives and in business situations. The contributors use cognitive psychological techniques to break down the constituent processes and set them in their…

ISBN: 9780415513593

Published Dec 12, 2011 by Routledge

• Edited by Pablo Briñol, and Kenneth DeMarree.

Metacognition refers to thinking about our own thinking. It has assumed a prominent role in social judgment because our thoughts about our thoughts can magnify, attenuate, or even reverse the impact of primary cognition. Metacognitive thoughts can also produce changes in thought, feeling, and…

ISBN: 9781848728844

Published Dec 11, 2011 by Psychology Press

• By Ed S. Tan.

Introduced one hundred years ago, film has since become part of our lives. For the past century, however, the experience offered by fiction films has remained a mystery. Questions such as why adult viewers cry and shiver, and why they care at all about fictional characters -- while aware that they…

ISBN: 9780415515603

Published Dec 11, 2011 by Routledge