Cognition and cognitive psychology Books

Perfect for students, anyone interested in psychology and psychology for beginners.What is psychology?What areas of human behaviour does psychology cover?What approaches are there to human behaviour?If the answer is yes to any of those questions and...

Roy Ellen's The Nuaulu World of Plants is the culmination of anthropological fieldwork on the eastern Indonesian island of Seram, and of comparative enquiries into the bases of human classificatory activity through the study of ethnobiological knowledge...

This groundbreaking work is a unique collaboration between an Oxford University psychologist and two literary critics. It explores the lives and works of 10 authors - among them Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath - who embody both serious mental illness and...

2011 reprint of 1927 first English Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. The Ego and the Id is a foundation document in psychoanalysis first written by Freud in 1923. It is an analytical study...

The study of intuition and its relation to thoughtful reasoning is a burgeoning research topic in psychology and beyond. While the area has the potential to radically transform our conception of the mind and decision making, the procedures used for...

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...

Research on applied memory is one of the most active, interesting and vibrant areas in experimental psychology today. This book provides descriptions of cutting-edge research and applies them to three key areas of contemporary investigation: education,...

Emotions are complex and multifaceted phenomena. Although they have been examined from a variety of perspectives, the study of the interaction between cognition and emotion has always occupied a unique position within emotion research. Many philosophers...

Metacognition is a complex construct which is fundamental to learning. Its complex, fuzzy and multifaceted nature has often led to its colloquial application in research, resulting in studies that fail to identify its theoretical foundation or elements...

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...

Are you interested in knowing how to come out of the suffering and struggle of mental health challenges and become more successful in your life using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?Two great books that shine bright light on the subject of CBT are...

Transparent Minds explores the intersection between neuroscience and science fiction stories. Paul Matthews expertly analyses the narratives of humans and nonhumans from Mary Shelley to Kazuo Ishiguro across 200 years of the genre. In doing so he gives...

Are you interested in knowing how you or anyone can improve their mental health with CBT? Or maybe you are already committed to CBT, but need to bring yourself up to date with its recent developments and techniques...Here's a practical book written to...

Figure out what you need, focus on that, and ignore the rest. That's the actual key to success in life.Learning can be OVERWHELMING. So much info, so little time. But what matters? What will actually help you get an A+ grade, or take you to the next...

Doing things you hate is a skill. And it's a skill that is always in high demand.Look, you can teach hard skills. You can teach a monkey to do lots of things that humans can do. But you can't force them to work without a monkey revolt on your hands.All...

Learn from some of the greatest thinkers in history. Study their patterns and stand on the shoulders of giants.How does one think like a genius? Is there a set definition for this? Well, no. But if you study the greats, you're bound to learn something...

The Collected Works of David V. Bush Volume I includes two of his most read books, How to put the Subconscious Mind to Work and The Silence: What it is and How to Use It.Everyone knows people who seem to have everything always go their way. They make...

This is a reprint of the orginal book released in 1968. Our primary goal in this book is to sharpen the skill, sophistication, and in- tuition of the reader in the interpretation of mental test data, and in the construction and use of mental tests both...

This is book one of Marc Stallion's Pocket Coach Series. This booklet by Stallion is meant to break the survivors mentality by challenging the ideas of survival and resilience. While expanding the perspective, Stallion offers illustrations and thought...

There can be no doubt that an important movement in psychology has arisen in recent times through the effort to approach the phenomena of mind from the experimental and physiological point of view. Different students of psychological science will...

"This book completely changed the way I think about creative innovation . . . A must-read." -- Cal Newport, best-selling author of Deep Work"If we all crave creativity so much, why do we reject new ideas so often? Jen Mueller's smart...

Goethe's Path to Creativity provides a comprehensive psycho-biography of Johann W. V. Goethe, a giant of modern German and European literary, political and scientific history. The book brings this influential work by Rainer Matthias Holm-Hadulla to the...

The second edition of the Handbook of Psychological Assessment in Primary Care Settings offers an overview of the application of psychological screening and assessment instruments in primary care settings. This indispensable reference addresses current...

This book uses the psychological literature on rationality to weigh in on the recent debate between virtue epistemologists and epistemic situationists. It argues that both sides have misconstrued the literature and that an interactionist framework is...

This illuminating book offers an up-to-date introduction to the psychology of language, exploring aspects of language processing that have previously not been given centre stage such as the role of body and brain, social aspects of language use, and...

This book is an accessible and engaging introduction to the history and science of thinking. It covers a wide range of topics, including the nature of thought, the role of language and culture, and the connection between thinking and creativity. Drawing...

Dans cet ouvrage devenu un classique de la psychologie du sommeil, le philosophe et psychologue belge Joseph-Emile-Opold Delbœuf explore les mystères de notre vie nocturne. Grâce à ses recherches sur les rêves, la conscience et la mémoire, il nous invite...

Minna Cheves Wilkins investigates the effect of changed material on the ability to do formal syllogistic reasoning. This book delves into the intricacies of logic and offers interesting insights into the way in which ideas and concepts are processed by...

Gain valuable insight into the relationship between reaction time and cognitive performance with this groundbreaking study. Drawing on the latest research and data analysis techniques, this book offers valuable guidance for psychologists, educators, and...

In this influential work, psychologist C. Lloyd Morgan explores the complex interplay between innate instincts and learned experience in shaping human behavior. Drawing on detailed studies of animal behavior as well as human psychology, Morgan advances a...

In this academic work, Harold Randolph Crosland explores the process of forgetting. Through qualitative analysis, Crosland examines how and why people forget certain information, and what factors affect the process. The book will be of interest to...

This pioneering work of experimental psychology explores the relationship between binocular vision and visual perception, using stereoscopic photography and other cutting-edge techniques to investigate how the brain processes and interprets visual...

In this classic book on the science of taste, Albert Theodor Poffenberger and Harry L. Hollingworth explore the complex interplay between our senses and our enjoyment of food. Drawing on experiments and research from the fields of psychology,...

In this groundbreaking work, John Wesley Powell explores the science of intellection, seeking to comprehend the ways in which the human mind accepts and rejects different ideas and concepts. Drawing on the latest research in psychology and neuroscience,...

Such nuances and shifts in the music of a patient's voice have long been familiar to clinicians. Indeed, as Steven Knoblauch observes, the music of psychotherapy has been acknowledged across a variety of theoretical orientations, from Freudian to...

Through a series of radical and innovative chapters, Beyond Psychoanalytic Literary Criticism: Between Literature and Mind challenges the tradition of applied psychoanalysis that has long dominated psychoanalytic literary criticism. Benjamin H. Ogden, a...

Rigorous methodological techniques have been developed in the last decade to improve the reliability and accuracy of self reports from research volunteers and patients about their pain, mood, substance abuse history, or dietary habits. This book presents...

Knowledge representation is fundamental to the study of mind. All theories of psychological processing are rooted in assumptions about how information is stored. These assumptions, in turn, influence the explanatory power of theories. This book fills a...

Based on a conference held in honor of Professor Tarow Indow, this volume is organized into three major topics concerning the use of geometry in perception: * space -- referring to attempts to represent the subjective space within which we locate...

Neurocognitive and behavioural science is a unique discipline with the potential to develop new research in the fields of neuroscience and social, biological and engineering sciences. Combining the authors' own research with a comprehensive survey of the...

This book is grounded in the debates of the 1980s and 1990s that surrounded recollections of childhood sexual abuse, particularly those that emerged in the context of psychotherapy. When growing numbers of therapists claimed that they were recovering...

0. 0 Psychology versus Complex Systems Science Over the last century, psychology has become much less of an art and much more of a science. Philosophical speculation is out; data collection is in. In many ways this has been a...

Severe pain, debilitating fatigue, sleep disruption, severe gastrointestinal distress - these hallmarks of chronic illness complicate treatment as surely as they disrupt patients' lives, in no small part because of the overlap...

Chronic back and neck pain. Whiplash. Fibromyalgia. Carpal tunnel syndrome. Intractable headaches. Depression. Anxiety and posttraumatic stress. Concussion. More than ever, the term workplace disabilities is synonymous with...

The Ecological Brain is the first book of its kind, using complexity science to integrate the seemingly disparate fields of ecological psychology and neuroscience.

Whatever your reasons, kind reader, for reading these words,-what­ ever your premises about forewords, whatever the epistemic motivation with which you approach them-Iet me urge you to turn immediately to Kruglanski's first...