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Handbook of Binding and Memory: Perspectives from Cognitive Neuroscience by Hubert Zimmer 9780198529675
£99.74The creation and consolidation of a memory can rest on the integration of any number of possibly disparate features and contexts - colour, sound, emotion, arousal, context. How is it that these bind together to form a coherent memory? What is the role of... -
New Handbook of Methods in Nonverbal Behavior Research by Jinni Harrigan 9780198529620
£112.68For many years the Handbook of Methods in Nonverbal Behavior Research (Scherer & Ekman, 1982) has been an invaluable text for researchers looking for methods to study nonverbal behavior and the expression of affect. A successor to this essential text,... -
Speech Motor Control: In Normal and Disordered Speech by Ben Maassen 9780198526278
£61.70Speaking is one of the most complex skills that humans perform. In our everyday communication, we transfer sentences, concepts, thoughts, and ideas. How though, is the speaker able to convert these into movements of the speech apparatus? These speech... -
The Unity of Consciousness: Binding, Integration, and Dissociation by Axel Cleeremans 9780198508571
£79.21Consciousness has many elements, from sensory experiences such as vision, audition, and bodily sensation, to nonsensory aspects such as volition, emotion, memory, and thought. The apparent unity of these elements is striking; all are presented to us as... -
How Can the Human Mind Occur in the Physical Universe? by John R. Anderson 9780195398953
RRP: £37.49£25.45'The question for me is how can the human mind occur in the physical universe. We now know that the world is governed by physics. We now understand the way biology nestles comfortably within that. The issue is how will the mind do that as well.' --Alan... -
Experimental Phenomena of Consciousness: A Brief Dictionary Revised Edition by Talis Bachmann 9780195393774
£42.96Experimental Phenomena of Consciousness is the definitive collection of consciousness phenomena in which awareness emerges as an experimental variable. With its comprehensive yet succinct entries, arranged alphabetically, this dictionary will be a... -
The Elements of Cognitive Aging: Meta-Analyses of Age-Related Differences in Processing Speed and Their Consequences by Paul Verhaeghen 9780195368697
£118.95The Elements of Cognitive Aging provides a qualitative overview (mostly using graphical meta-analysis) of the vast literature on aging and speeded tasks-bringing together, for the first time, almost everything we know about aging and processing speed... -
Infant Perception and Cognition: Recent Advances, Emerging Theories, and Future Directions by Lisa Oakes 9780195366709
£110.38The cognitive revolution in the 1950s and 1960s led researchers to view the human mind--like a computer--as an information-processing system that encodes, represents, and stores information and is constrained by limits on hardware (the brain) and... -
Neoconstructivism: The New Science of Cognitive Development by Scott Johnson 9780195331059
£89.04Arguments over the developmental origins of human knowledge are ancient, founded in the writings of Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, and Kant. They have also persisted long enough to become a core area of inquiry in cognitive and developmental science... -
Science of Emotional Intelligence: Knowns and Unknowns by Gerald Matthews 9780195181890
£102.29During the past decade, emotional intelligence has been subjected to both scientific and public scrutiny. Numerous articles have been published on the topic in both academic journals and the popular press, testifying to the potential usefulness of... -
Lines of Thought: Central Concepts in Cognitive Psychology by Lance J. Rips 9780195183054
£112.68Lines of Thought addresses how we are able to think about abstract possibilities: How can we think about math, despite the immateriality of numbers, sets, and other mathematical entities? How are we able to think about what might have happened if history... -
The Conscious Brain by Jesse Prinz 9780195314595
£58.70Synthesizing decades of research, The Conscious Brain advances a theory of the psychological and neurophysiological correlates of conscious experience. In the first part of the book, Prinz argues that consciousness always arises at a particular stage of... -
Perception of Faces, Objects, and Scenes: Analytic and Holistic Processes by Mary A. Peterson 9780195313659
£56.29From a barrage of photons, we readily and effortlessly recognize the faces of our friends, and the familiar objects and scenes around us. However, these tasks cannot be simple for our visual systems--faces are all extremely similar as visual patterns,... -
Graph Design for Eye and Mind by Stephen M. Kosslyn 9780195311846
£76.60Graphs have become a fixture of everyday life, used in scientific and business publications, in magazines and newspapers, on television, on billboards, and even on cereal boxes. Nonetheless, surprisingly few graphs communicate effectively. Many graphs... -
Beyond Rationality: The Search for Wisdom in a Troubled Time by Kenneth R. Hammond 9780195311747
£50.66Ken Hammond has spent over a half-century analysing judgment and decision-making. His long-time focus has been on the dichotomy between judgment theories of correspondence (working to achieve empirical accuracy) and coherence (aiming for rationality and... -
Attention: From Theory to Practice by Arthur F. Kramer 9780195305722
£107.92Attention has been one of the most popular subjects in basic cognitive-psychology research, and so its study has generated much empirical data and many theoretical explanations. It has also become a very important factor for those who study how we... -
The Emerging Spatial Mind by Jodie M. Plummert 9780195189223
£100.84Human activity and thought is embedded within and richly structured by the space around us. We have detailed knowledge of the world that surrounds us - we remember where objects are, what they are, and how they are arranged relative to one another. We... -
Integrated Models of Cognitive Systems by Wayne D. Gray 9780195189193
£66.09The field of cognitive modelling has progressed beyond modelling cognition in the context of simple laboratory tasks and begun to attack the problem of modelling cognition in more complex, realistic environments, such as those studied by researchers in... -
Understanding Events: From Perception to Action by Thomas F. Shipley 9780195188370
£99.42We effortlessly remember all sorts of events - from simple events like people walking to complex events like leaves blowing in the wind. We can also remember and describe these events, and in general, react appropriately to them, for example, in avoiding... -
Computers, Phones, and the Internet: Domesticating Information Technology by Robert Kraut 9780195179637
£71.88During the past decade, technology has become more pervasive, encroaching more and more on our lives. Computers, cell phones, and the internet have an enormous influence not only on how we function at work, but also on how we communicate and interact... -
Judgments Over Time: The Interplay of Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors by Lawrence J. Sanna 9780195177664
RRP: £67.00£58.56Time pervades every aspect of people's lives. We are all affected by remnants of our pasts, assessments of our presents, and forecasts of our futures. Our thoughts, feelings and behaviours over time inexorably intertwine and intermingle, determining... -
Distinctiveness and Memory by R. Reed Hunt 9780195169669
£76.60The basic laboratory technique for studying distinctiveness effect in memory is the isolation paradigm, a simple test in which a list of items is presented for memorisation. All items except one are similar in some way. The different item always occurs... -
If Your Adolescent Has ADHD: An Essential Resource for Parents In Collaboration with The Annenberg Public Policy Center by Dr. Thomas J. Power 9780190873103
RRP: £76.00£60.35Adolescents (ages 12-20) with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at risk for academic problems, strained relationships, peer rejection and unsafe behavior - and parents are often at a loss for how to handle these challenges. If Your... -
The Psychology of Stupidity by Jean-Francois Marmion 9780143134992
RRP: £19.00£10.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143134992Author Jean-Francois MarmionFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 255gDimensions(mm) 178mm... -
Increasing Intelligence by Norbert Jausovec 9780128094075
RRP: £36.99£33.48The finding that working memory training can increase fluid intelligence triggered a great number of cognitive training studies, the results of which have been fiercely debated among experts. The finding also prompted a surge of commercial versions of... -
Animal Creativity and Innovation by Allison B. Kaufman 9780128006481
RRP: £50.99£46.70Animal Creativity and Innovation explores theories and research on animal innovation and creativity, comparing and contrasting it with theory and research on human creativity and innovation. In doing so, it encompasses findings from psychology, biology,... -
Video Games and Creativity by Garo Green 9780128014622
RRP: £54.99£52.05Video games have become an increasingly ubiquitous part of society due to the proliferation and use of mobile devices. Video Games and Creativity explores research on the relationship between video games and creativity with regard to play, learning, and... -
Noise by Daniel Kahneman 9780008534448
RRP: £7.99£6.79The Sunday Times bestseller 'A monumental, gripping book ... Outstanding' Sunday Times Wherever there is human judgement, there is noise. 'Noise may be the most important book I've read in more than a decade... -
Our Spaces!: Over, Under, Around, and Between by Michael Dahl 9781684102440
RRP: £33.99£23.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684102440Author Michael DahlFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Cantata LearningPublisher Cantata LearningWeight(grams) 980g -
Evolution of Vulnerability: Implications for Sex Differences in Health and Development by David C. Geary 9780128015629
RRP: £43.99£39.99Biologists have known for decades that many traits involved in competition for mates or other resources and that influence mate choice are exaggerated, and their expression is influenced by the individuals' ability to tolerate a variety of environmental... -
The Biology of Thought: A Neuronal Mechanism in the Generation of Thought A New Molecular Model by Krishnagopal Dharani 9780128009000
RRP: £58.99£53.08The question of "what is thought" has intrigued society for ages, yet it is still a puzzle how the human brain can produce a myriad of thoughts and can store seemingly endless memories. All we know is that sensations received from the outside world... -
Evolutionary Origins and Early Development of Number Processing: Volume 1 by David Geary 9780124201330
RRP: £78.99£71.37The first volume in this ground-breaking series focuses on the origins and early development of numerical cognition in non-human primates, lower vertebrates, human infants, and preschool children. The text will help readers understand the nature and... -
Memory Reconsolidation by Cristina M. Alberini 9780123868923
RRP: £73.99£66.97As little as 10 years ago, it was believed that memory went from short to long term via one consolidation practice that made that memory intractable. Since then, research has shown that long-term memories can be activated, modified, and reconsolidated in... -
The Recursive Mind: The Origins of Human Language, Thought, and Civilization by Michael C. Corballis 9780691145471
RRP: £32.00£24.76The Recursive Mind challenges the commonly held notion that language is what makes us uniquely human. In this compelling book, Michael Corballis argues that what distinguishes us in the animal kingdom is our capacity for recursion: the ability to embed... -
Mandala Symbolism: (From Vol. 9i Collected Works) by C. G. Jung 9780691654614
£82.80Contents: * Mandalas.* I. A Study in the Process of Individuation.* II. Concerning Mandala Symbolism* Index Originally published in 1972. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously... -
Theory of Human Action by Alvin I. Goldman 9780691616735
RRP: £35.00£27.74This book articulates an original scheme for the conceptualization of action. Beginning with a new approach to the individuation of acts, it delineates the relationships between basic and non-basic acts and uses these relationships in the definition of... -
Development of Perception in Infancy: The Cradle of Knowledge Revisited by Martha E. Arterberry 9780199395637
RRP: £82.00£58.16The developing infant can accomplish all important perceptual tasks that an adult can, albeit with less skill or precision. Through infant perception research, infant responses to experiences enable researchers to reveal perceptual competence, test... -
Confabulation: Views from Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Psychology and Philosophy by William Hirstein 9780199208913
£85.72When people confabulate, they make a false claim that they honestly believe is true. The book contains countless fascinating examples of confabulatory behaviour - people falsely recalling events from their childhood, the subject who was partially blind... -
Collaborative Remembering: Theories, Research, and Applications by Michelle L. Meade 9780198737865
£106.00We remember in social contexts. We reminisce about the past together, collaborate to remember shared experiences, and, even when we are alone, we remember in the context of our communities and cultures. Taking an interdisciplinary approach... -
Neuroconstructivism - II: Perspectives and Prospects by Denis Mareschal 9780198529934
£53.29What are the processes, from conception to adulthood, that enable a single cell to grow into a sentient adult? The processes that occur along the way are so complex that any attempt to understand development necessitates a multi-disciplinary approach,...