Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
CHAPTER 1 Introduction to the Study of Cognition 1
CHAPTER 2 Memory I: Models of Memory and Memory Systems 45
CHAPTER 3 Memory II: Encoding and Retrieval 95
CHAPTER 4 Memory III: Errors of Omission (Forgetting) and Commission (False Memory) 139
CHAPTER 5 Visual Cognition: Pattern Recognition and Spatial Localization 181
CHAPTER 6 Attention 243
CHAPTER 7 Imagery 289
CHAPTER 8 Concepts and Categories 333
CHAPTER 9 Language I: Sounds, Words, and Meanings 379
CHAPTER 10 Language II: Sentence Processing 423
CHAPTER 11 Thinking I: Logical Thinking and Decision Making 467
CHAPTER 12 Thinking II: Problem Solving 515
CHAPTER 13 Thinking III: Creative Thinking 563
References 607
Author Index 685
Subject Index 705
ROBERT W. WEISBERG, PhD , is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Brain, Behavior, and Cognition Cluster in the Psychology Department at Temple University. A cognitive psychologist, Dr. Weisberg's area of interest is creative thinking, the cognitive processes involved in the intentional production of novelty: solutions to problems, works of art, scientific theories, and inventions. LAURETTA M. REEVES, PhD , teaches at The University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests span both cognitive psychology--including the development of expertise in mathematical problem solving, use of metaphor in literature, and cognitive development--and the lexical acquisition and role of animacy in categorical inference in children.
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