Cognition: Exploring the Science of the Mind

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Revised edition of the author's Cognition, [2016]o Cover (Cognition: Exploring the Science of the Mind) Front Matter Half Title Title Page Copyright Dedication Brief Contents Contents Preface Part 1 - The Foundations of Cognitive Psychology 1 - The Science of the Mind The Scope of Cognitive Psychology The Cognitive Revolution Research in Cognitive Psychology: The Diversity of Methods 2 - The Neural Basis for Cognition Explaining Capgras Syndrome The Study of the Brain Sources of Evidence about the Brain The Cerebral Cortex Brain Cells Moving On Part 2 - Learning about the World around Us 3 - Visual Perception The Visual System Visual Coding Form Perception Constancy The Perception of Depth 4 - Recognizing Objects Recognition: Some Early Considerations Word Recognition Feature Nets and Word Recognition Descendants of the Feature Net Face Recognition Top-Down Influences on Object Recognition 5 - Paying Attention Selective Attention Selection via Priming Spatial Attention Divided Attention Practice Part 3 - Memory 6 - The Acquisition of Memories and the Working-Memory System Acquisition, Storage, and Retrieval The Route into Memory A Closer Look at Working Memory Entering Long-Term Storage: The Need for Engagement The Role of Meaning and Memory Connections Organizing and Memorizing The Study of Memory Acquisition 7 - Interconnections between Acquisition and Retrieval Learning as Preparation for Retrieval Encoding Specificity The Memory Network Different Forms of Memory Testing Implicit Memory Theoretical Treatments of Implicit Memory Amnesia 8 - Remembering Complex Events Memory Errors, Memory Gaps Memory Errors: A Hypothesis The Cost of Memory Errors Avoiding Memory Errors Forgetting Memory: An Overall Assessment Autobiographical Memory How General Are the Principles of Memory? Part 4 - Knowledge 9 - Concepts and Generic Knowledge Understanding Concepts Prototypes and Typicality Effects Exemplars The Difficulties with Categorizing via Resemblance Concepts as Theories The Knowledge Network Concepts: Putting the Pieces Together 10 - Language The Organization of Language Phonology Morphemes and Words Syntax Sentence Parsing Prosody Pragmatics The Biological Roots of Language Language and Thought 11 - Visual Knowledge Visual Imagery Chronometric Studies of Imagery Imagery and Perception Visual Imagery and the Brain Individual Differences in Imagery Images Are Not Pictures Long-Term Visual Memory The Diversity of Knowledge Part 5 - Thinking 12 - Judgment and Reasoning Judgment Detecting Covariation Dual-Process Models Confirmation and Disconfirmation Logic Decision Making 13 - Problem Solving and Intelligence General Problem-Solving Methods Drawing on Experience Defining the Problem Creativity Intelligence Intelligence beyond the IQ Test The Roots of Intelligence 14 - Conscious Thought, Unconscious Thought The Study of Consciousness The Cognitive Unconscious Disruptions of Consciousness Consciousness and Executive Control The Cognitive Neuroscience of Consciousness The Role of Phenomenal Experience Consciousness: What Is Left Unsaid Appendix: Research Methods Glossary References Credits Author Index Subject Index