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Working Memory and Human Cognition by John T. E. Richardson 9780195101003
RRP: £88.00£73.28The purpose of this contribution to the Counterpoints series is to compare and contrast different conceptions of working memory. This is one of the most important notions to have informed cognitive psychology over the last 20 years or so, and yet it has... -
The Future of the Cognitive Revolution by David Martel Johnson 9780195103342
RRP: £68.00£57.46The model of the mind developed during the twentieth century's so-called "cognitive revolution" - that the mind is analogous to computer software - has recently lost its once virtually unquestioned pre-eminence. Thus we are now faced with the... -
The Logical Foundations of Cognition by John Macnamara 9780195092165
RRP: £72.00£59.66This volume, the fourth in the Vancouver Studies in Cognitive Science published by OUP, examines the role of logic in cognitive psychology in light of recent developments. Gonzalo Reyes's new semantic theory has brought the fields of cognitive psychology... -
The Logical Foundations of Cognition by John Macnamara 9780195092158
RRP: £122.50£104.67This fourth volume in the Vancouver Studies in Cognitive Science examines the role of logic in cognitive psychology in the light of recent developments. The chapters highlight the inadequacies of classical logic in its handling of ordinary language and... -
Computation, Dynamics, and Cognition by Marco Giunti 9780195090093
RRP: £76.00£69.96This book elaborates a comprehensive picture of the application of dynamical methods to the study of cognition. Giunti argues that both computational systems and connectionist networks are special types of dynamical systems. He shows how this dynamical... -
Brave New Mind: A Thoughtful Inquiry into the Nature and Meaning of Mental Life by Peter C. Dodwell 9780195089059
£40.25Brave New Mind is a historical and critical account of the development of the computational metaphor on the mind. According to this metaphor, the mind is viewed simply as an "outgrowth" or "emergent property" of the brain, a mere... -
Brain Organization and Memory: Cells, Systems, and Circuits by James L. McGaugh 9780195077124
£74.57This edited volume summarizes recent findings of leading researchers investigating the brain systems that underlie memory. The book reviews recent progress in understanding forms of memory in animals and humans and the interaction of cortical and... -
Environment, Cognition, and Action: An Integrated Approach by Tommy Garling 9780195062205
RRP: £115.00£98.03How do human beings comprehend, evaluate, and utilize the physical environments they inhabit? In this edited volume, a distinguished group of international contributers examines in detail the interconnections between what we know about, feel, and hope to... -
The Psychology of Learning and Motivation: Volume 73 by Kara D. Federmeier 9780128206980
£110.36The Psychology of Learning and Motivation series features empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning, to complex learning and problem-solving.Book InformationISBN... -
The Psychology of Learning and Motivation: Volume 72 by Kara D. Federmeier 9780128203774
£110.76The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Volume 72 in this preeminent series, features empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning, to complex learning and... -
Knowledge and Vision: Volume 70 by Diane M. Beck 9780128168684
RRP: £111.00£110.76Knowledge and Vision, Volume 70, the latest release in the Psychology of Learning and Motivation, features empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning, to complex... -
Rethinking Thought: Inside the Minds of Creative Scientists and Artists by Laura Otis 9780190213473
RRP: £66.00£48.81Rethinking Thought takes readers into the minds of 30 creative thinkers to show how greatly the experience of thought can vary. It is dedicated to anyone who has ever been told, "You're not thinking!", because his or her way of thinking differs... -
Intelligence and Human Progress: The Story of What was Hidden in our Genes by James Flynn 9780124170148
£23.44Written by James R. Flynn of the "Flynn effect" (the sustained and substantial increase in intelligence test scores across the world over many decades), Intelligence and Human Progress examines genes and human achievement in all aspects,... -
Context Effects on Embodied Representation of Language Concepts by Jie Yang 9780124078161
£14.87Embodied theories claim that semantic representations are grounded in sensorimotor systems, but the contribution of sensorimotor brain areas in representing meaning is still controversial. One current debate is whether activity in sensorimotor areas... -
The Psychology of Learning and Motivation: Volume 71 by Kara D. Federmeier 9780128171752
RRP: £111.00£110.76The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Volume 71, the latest release in the series, features empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning to complex learning... -
Learning to Think: Thinking to Learn - The Proceedings of the 1989 OECD Conference Organized by the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation by Peter Davies 9780080406572
£57.05"Learning to Think: Thinking to Learn" has grown out of a conference organized by the OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) in July 1989. Its purpose is to discuss and advance the state of knowledge about how young people... -
An Invitation to Cognitive Science: Language: Volume 1 by Lila R. Gleitman 9780262650441
RRP: £40.00£27.81An Invitation to Cognitive Science provides a point of entry into the vast realm of cognitive science, offering selected examples of issues and theories from many of its subfields. All of the volumes in the second edition contain substantially revised... -
The Oxford Handbook of Memory by Endel Tulving 9780195182002
RRP: £84.00£67.64Written by the world's leading memory scientists in a highly accessible language, this volume brings together facts and theories of cognitive psychology; memory development in childhood and old age; memory impairment in brain injury and disease; the... -
Folk Physics for Apes: The Chimpanzee's theory of how the world works by Daniel J. Povinelli 9780198572190
RRP: £100.00£84.75From an early age, humans know a surprising amount about basic physical principles, such as gravity, force, mass, and shape. We can see this in the way that young children play, and manipulate objects around them. The same behaviour has long been... -
Beyond the Learning Curve: The construction of mind by Craig Speelman 9780198570417
£84.35For years now, learning has been at the heart of research within cognitive psychology. How do we acquire new knowledge and new skills? Are the principles underlying skill acquisition unique to learning, or similar to those underlying other behaviours? Is... -
Core Knowledge and Conceptual Change by David Barner 9780190467630
RRP: £92.00£73.68We acquire concepts such as "atom," "force," "integer," and "democracy" long after we are born; these concepts are not part of the initial cognitive state of human beings. Other concepts like "object,"... -
Evidence Contestation: Dealing with Dissent in Knowledge Societies by Karin Zachmann 9781032226446
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book examines the practices of contesting evidence in democratically constituted knowledge societies. It provides a multifaceted view of the processes and conditions of evidence criticism and how they determine the dynamics of de- and... -
Bond How to Do 11+ Verbal Reasoning by Alison Primrose 9780748784967 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£7.47Essential subject-specific guidance to the 11+ and other entrance test questions. Bond How to do 11+ Verbal Reasoning includes: *guidance and practice for the 4 key components covered in the 11+ exam *answers for each activity *tutors' tips and... -
Creativity: Genius and Other Myths by Robert W. Weisberg 9780716723677 [USED COPY]
RRP: £13.95£8.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780716723677Author Robert W. WeisbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint W.H.Freeman & Co LtdPublisher Macmillan LearningWeight(grams) 486g -
The Neurocognition of Dance: Mind, Movement and Motor Skills by Bettina Blasing 9780415655712 [USED COPY]
£45.74Dance has always been an important aspect of all human cultures, and the study of human movement and action has become a topic of increasing relevance over the last decade, bringing dance into the focus of the cognitive sciences. This book discusses the... -
The Cognitive Neuropsychology of Language by Max Coltheart 9781848723108
RRP: £33.99£30.40Damage to the brain can impair language in many different ways, severely harming some linguistic functions whilst sparing others. To achieve some understanding of the apparently bewildering diversity of language disorders, it is necessary to interpret... -
The Maudsley Family Study of Psychosis: A Quest for Intermediate Phenotypes by Colm McDonald 9781138872004
RRP: £27.99£24.28Psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are known to be highly heritable. Despite decades of research, however, the genetic variations conferring susceptibility to these illnesses have yet to be identified. Such genetic variations... -
The Oxford Book of Dreams by Stephen Brook 9780192820143 [USED COPY]
RRP: £7.99£2.13`To sleep: perchance to dream'. As Freud and Jung have attempted to prove, there is great significance in all our dream matter, whether it be childhood or sex, success or peril. Dreams, daydreams, premonitions, and nightmares of all kinds have fired the... -
The Oxford Book of Dreams by Stephen Brook 9780192141309 [USED COPY]
RRP: £13.95£2.29This anthology draws on the dream material of a variety of authors to explore the dream exerience in literature from pre-Christian times to the present.Book InformationISBN 9780192141309Author Stephen BrookFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Oxford... -
Thinking: Directed, Undirected, and Creative by K.J. Gilhooly 9780122834851 [USED COPY]
RRP: £47.99£2.26The Third Edition builds upon the previous edition to provide a comprehensive, coherent, and up-to-date introduction to the area of thought processes in normal human adults. The major topics covered are: thinking directed at solving well-defined... -
Cognitive Psychology by Ronald T. Kellogg 9780761956952 [USED COPY]
RRP: £32.99£2.67`An excellent example of an up-to-date text, and well worth exploring... detailed and thorough' - Physiotherapy `The author has done an outstanding job of presenting in a coherent way what has become a very diverse and sometimes theoretically dense field... -
Double Your Brain Power: How to Use All of Your Brain All of the Time by Jean Marie Stine 9780131867192 [USED COPY]
RRP: £34.00£2.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780131867192Author Jean Marie StineFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Director BooksPublisher Prentice Hall Europe (a Pearson Education... -
Dream Life, Wake Life by Gordon G. Globus 9780887063589 [USED COPY]
RRP: £72.27£26.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780887063589Author Gordon G. GlobusFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York... -
Thinking: Readings in Cognitive Science by P. N. Johnson-Laird 9780521292672 [USED COPY]
RRP: £53.99£3.08First published in 1977, this is a volume about the scientific study of thinking: its possibility, its part state and its future prospects. The editors have brought together a set of readings which draw on work in cognitive psychology, artificial... -
The Isle of Knowledge Participant's Workbook: A Journey of Inspiration and Discovery by Orlando Ceaser 9781460003589
RRP: £6.49£5.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781460003589Author Orlando CeaserFormat PaperbackImprint Guardian BooksPublisher Guardian BooksWeight(grams) 64g -
Dreaming by J. Allan Hobson 9780192803047 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.50£1.92What is dreaming? What causes dreaming? Why are dreams so strange and why are they so hard to remember? Modern science has given us a new and increasingly clear and complete picture of how dreaming is created by the brain.This picture is important not... -
The Making Of Memory: From Molecules to Mind by Steven Rose 9780099449980 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£2.29Steven Rose's The Making of Memory is about just that, in both its senses: the biological processes by which we humans - and other animals - learn and remember, and how researchers can explore these mechanisms. But it is also about much more. When the... -
Understanding Cognitive Science by Michael R. W. Dawson 9780631208952 [USED COPY]
RRP: £56.95£5.65This concise introduction to cognitive science provides undergraduate and graduate students with the theoretical foundations of classical and connectionist cognitive science to explain and teach the underlying unity of the field.About the AuthorMichael... -
Mental Dynamics: Power Thinking for Personal Success by K. Thomas Finley 9780135664315 [USED COPY]
RRP: £22.99£6.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780135664315Author K. Thomas FinleyFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint Prentice-HallPublisher Pearson Education LimitedWeight(grams) 474g -
Make the Most of Your Mind by Tony Buzan 9780330302623 [USED COPY]
RRP: £6.99£1.78Your brain is like a sleeping giant - its potential is far greater than was generally imagined. Even the commonly heard statement that on average we use only one per cent of our brains may well be an overestimation. Tony Buzan, the leading expert in the...