Cognitive Psychology and its Implications

An acclaimed text offering a systematic and accessible presentation of the theoretical foundations of higher mental processes. Addressing both neuroscientific and information processing approaches, the book emphasises the importance of the representation of knowledge for the field. The new edition has been thoroughly updated throughout.

List of contents

The Science of Cognition - Perception - Attention and Performance - Perception-Based Knowledge Representations - Abstraction of Information Into Memory - Human Memory: Encoding and Storage - Human Memory: Retention and Retrieval - Problem Solving - Expertise - Reasoning and Decision Making - Language Structure - Language Comprehension - Individual Differences in Cognition -

About the author

JOHN R. ANDERSON is Walter Van Dyke Bingham Professor of Psychology and Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, USA.

Product details

• Authors: John Anderson, John R. Anderson
• Publisher: Macmillan Education
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.01.2010
• EAN: 9781429219488
• ISBN: 978-1-4292-1948-8
• No. of pages: 608
• Dimensions: 190 mm x 234 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 930 g
• Series: Worth Publishers
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology