New Preface by James Ward. Preface to the old edition. 1. The origins of cognitive psychology. 2. Visual perception. 3. Attention. 4. Memory: Short-term storage. 5. Memory: Long-term store. 6. Memory: Codes, processes, and loops. 7. Memory: Remembering and forgetting. 8. Knowledge. 9. Imagery. 10. Language: Speech recognition. 11. Language: Word recognition and reading. 12. Language: Comprehension. 13. Language: Speaking and thinking. 14. Reasoning. 15. Problem solving.
Alan Parkin (1950-1999) was Professor of Experimental Psychology at the University of Sussex. He is author of a number of successful textbooks including Memory: Phenomena, Experiment and Theory, Explorations in Cognitive Neuropsychology, and Memory and Amnesia, 2nd Edition.
Praise for the first edition:'This clearly written text with its informal style and many illustrations, graphs, tables, and cartoons reviews all aspects of cognitive psychology from a research perspective that will attract and challenge newcomers to the field.' - Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
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