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- How Good Is Your Cognitive Map?
- Distinguishing Dependent and Independent Variables.
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- Experiencing the Stroop Effect.
- The Serial Position Curve.
- The Mind's Organization of Conceptual Knowledge.
- Lexical Bias in Slips of the Tongue.
- How Good Is Your Memory for Stories?
- Intuition and Discovery in Problem Solving.
- Anchoring and Adjustment in Problem Solving.
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Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 543-585) and indexes.
Table of Contents
Preface. 1. Introduction to Cognitive Psychology.
What Is Cognitive Psychology?
Information-Processing Model.
The Domain of Cognitive Psychology.
A Brief History of Cognitive Psychology.
Conceptual Science and Cognitive Psychology.
Summary.
Key Words.
Recommended Readings.
2. Cognitive Neuroscience.
Exploring the Brain.
Logbook: The Twenty-First CenturyBrain Sciences.
MindBody Issues.
Cognitive Neuroscience.
The Nervous System.
Neurophysiological Sensing Techniques.
A Tale of Two Hemispheres.
Summary.
Key Words.
Recommended Readings.
3. Perception and Attention.
The Computational Brain.
Sensation and Perception.
Perceptual Span.
Iconic Storage.
Echoic Storage.
Function of Sensory Stores.
Attention.
Processing Capacity and Selective Attention.
Auditory Signals.
Models of Selective Attention.
Visual Attention.
Automatic Processing.
The Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention.
Spotlight on Cognitive Neuroscience: Visual Attention.
Summary.
Key Words.
Recommended Readings.
4. Pattern Recognition.
Perceptual Theories.
Visual Pattern Recognition.
Gestalt Theory.
Canonic Perspectives.
Bottom-Up versus Top-Down Processing.
Template Matching.
Feature Analysis.
Prototype Matching.
Form Perception: An Integrated Approach.
Pattern Recognition among Experts.
Pattern Recognition—The Role of the Perceiver.
Spotlight on Cognitive Neuroscience: Pattern Recognition.
Summary.
Key Words.
Recommended Readings.
5. States of Consciousness.
History of Consciousness.
Consciousness as a Scientific Construct.
Cognitive Psychology and Consciousness.
Metaphors of Consciousness.
Modern Theories of Consciousness.
Functions of Consciousness.
Spotlight on Cognitive Neuroscience: Consciousness in the Brain.
Summary.
Key Words.
Recommended Readings.
6. Memory Processes.
Short-Term Memory.
Long-Term Memory.
Spotlight on Cognitive Neuroscience: Autobiographical Memory.
Summary.
Key Words.
Recommended Readings.
7. Memory Models.
Early Studies.
The Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory.
Two Memory Stores.
Memory in the Larger Cognitive Domain.
Models of Memory.
Spotlight on Cognitive Neuroscience: Working Memory.
Summary.
Key Words.
Recommended Readings.
8. Mnemonics and Experts.
A King from Texas Matches a Paul Bunyan King from Minnesota.
Mnemonic Systems.
Extraordinary Memories.
Experts and Expertise.
Spotlight on Cognitive Neuroscience: Chess Experts.
Summary.
Key Words.
Recommended Readings.
9. The Representation of Knowledge.
Semantic Organization.
Declarative Knowledge and Procedural Knowledge.
Associationist Approach.
Semantic Memory: Cognitive Models.
Representation of Knowledge—Neurocognitive Considerations.
Memory: Consolidation.
Connectionism and the Representation of Knowledge.
Spotlight on Cognitive Neuroscience: Representation of Knowledge.
Summary.
Key Words.
Recommended Readings.
10. Mental Imagery.
Historical Overview.
Imagery and Cognitive Psychology.
Cognitive Neuroscience Evidence.
Cognitive Maps.
Synesthesia: The Sound of Colors.
Spotlight on Cognitive Neuroscience: Cognitive Maps.
Summary.
Key Words.
Recommended Readings.
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