http://www.brilliantblog.com How Smart Are You? Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:06:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Individual Differences in Emotion Components and Dynamics A Special Issue of Cognition & Emotion Edited by Peter Kuppens, Jeroen Stouten, Batja Mesquita Our emotions define us as individuals: Each of us has unique ways of feeling and emotionally responding. In this Special Issue several contemporary approaches to ... http://www.brilliantblog.com/2009/11/03/individual-differences-in-emotion-components-and-dynamics/ Eye Guidance in Natural Scenes A Special Issue of Visual Cognition Edited by Benjamin W. Tatler Successfully completing many forms of behaviour requires that humans look in the right place at the right time: This has generated a large volume of research aimed at understanding how the eyes are guided. This special issue ... http://www.brilliantblog.com/2009/09/18/eye-guidance-in-natural-scenes/ Genes, Cognition and Neuropsychiatry A Special Issue of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry Edited by Brita Elvevåg, Daniel Weinberger Neuropsychiatry stands to benefit enormously from the new research framework afforded by the sequencing of the human genome and from examining the role of molecular genetics on the clinical presentation of psychiatric patients. ... http://www.brilliantblog.com/2009/09/09/genes-cognition-and-neuropsychiatry/ Memory, Aging and the Brain A Festschrift in Honour of Lars-Goran Nilsson Edited by Lars Backman, Lars Nyberg This book brings together some of the best known experts in their fields to offer a cross-disciplinary summary of current research on human memory. More than this however, the book pays ... http://www.brilliantblog.com/2009/07/22/memory-aging-and-the-brain/ Principles of Memory By Aimee M. Surprenant, Ian Neath In over 100 years of scientific research on human memory, and nearly 50 years after the so-called cognitive revolution, we have nothing that really constitutes a widely accepted and frequently cited law of memory, and perhaps only one generally accepted principle. ... http://www.brilliantblog.com/2009/05/31/principles-of-memory/ How Children Learn to Read Current Issues and New Directions in the Integration of Cognition, Neurobiology and Genetics of Reading and Dyslexia Research and Practice Edited by Ken Pugh, Peggy McCardle This book brings together in one volume information about the neurobiological, genetic, and behavioral bases of reading and ... http://www.brilliantblog.com/2009/05/31/how-children-learn-to-read/ A Cognitive Psychology of Mass Communication By Richard Jackson Harris In this fifth edition of A Cognitive Psychology of Mass Communication, author Richard Jackson Harris continues his examination of how our experiences with media affect the way we acquire knowledge about the world, and how this knowledge influences our attitudes ... http://www.brilliantblog.com/2009/05/19/a-cognitive-psychology-of-mass-communication/ Psychology of Self-Regulation Cognitive, Affective, and Motivational Processes Edited by Joseph P. Forgas, Roy F. Baumeister, Dianne M. Tice The ability to regulate and control our behaviors is a key accomplishment of the human species, yet the psychological mechanisms involved in self-regulation remain incompletely understood. This book presents contributions from leading international researchers ... http://www.brilliantblog.com/2009/05/18/psychology-of-self-regulation/ Computational Modelling in Behavioural Neuroscience Closing the Gap Between Neurophysiology and Behaviour Edited by Dietmar Heinke, Eirini Mavritsaki Classically, behavioural neuroscience theorizes about experimental evidence in a qualitative way. However, more recently there has been an increasing development of mathematical and computational models of experimental results, and in general ... http://www.brilliantblog.com/2009/04/02/computational-modelling-in-behavioural-neuroscience/ Cognitive Assessment An Introduction to the Rule Space Method By Kikumi K. Tatsuoka This book introduces a new methodology for the analysis of test results. Free from ambiguous interpretations, the results truly demonstrate an individual’s progress. The methodology is ideal for highlighting patterns derived from test scores used in evaluating progress. Dr. Tatsuoka ... http://www.brilliantblog.com/2009/03/31/cognitive-assessment/