Description
The Neuroscience of Expertise examines the ways in which the brain accommodates the incredible feats of experts. It builds on a tradition of cognitive research to explain how the processes of perception, attention, and memory come together to enable experts' outstanding performance. The text explains how the brain adapts to enable the complex cognitive machinery behind expertise, and provides a unifying framework to illuminate the seemingly unconnected performance of experts in different domains. Whether it is a radiologist who must spot a pathology in a split second, a chess grandmaster who finds the right path in a jungle of possible continuations, or a tennis professional who reacts impossibly quickly to return a serve, The Neuroscience of Expertise offers insight into the universal cognitive and neural mechanisms behind these achievements.
The book examines the ways in which the brain accommodates the incredible feats of experts.
About the Author
Merim Bilalic is Professor of Cognitive Psychology at Northumbria University, Newcastle. He received his DPhil in Experimental Psychology from the University of Oxford, and has subsequently held research and teaching positions at Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin, Brunel University, Eberhard- Karls-Universitat Tubingen, Germany and Universitat Klagenfurt, Austria. His research on problem-solving biases in experts won the Award for the Outstanding Doctoral Research Contribution to Psychology from the British Psychological Society in 2008.
Reviews
'The first comprehensive treatment of this area of research, The Neuroscience of Expertise is an invaluable resource for students of expertise, whatever the level, and will push forward scientific understanding of a topic long of interest to psychologists and laypeople alike.' David Z. Hambrick, The British Journal of Psychology
'... very well written and reader-friendly ... [it] provides undergraduates, among others, much interesting and useful information about expertise ...' PsycCRITIQUES
Book Information
ISBN 9781107446519
Author Merim Bilalic
Format Paperback
Page Count 316
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 550g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 154mm * 15mm
The book examines the ways in which the brain accommodates the incredible feats of experts.
About the Author
Merim Bilalic is Professor of Cognitive Psychology at Northumbria University, Newcastle. He received his DPhil in Experimental Psychology from the University of Oxford, and has subsequently held research and teaching positions at Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin, Brunel University, Eberhard- Karls-Universitat Tubingen, Germany and Universitat Klagenfurt, Austria. His research on problem-solving biases in experts won the Award for the Outstanding Doctoral Research Contribution to Psychology from the British Psychological Society in 2008.
Reviews
'The first comprehensive treatment of this area of research, The Neuroscience of Expertise is an invaluable resource for students of expertise, whatever the level, and will push forward scientific understanding of a topic long of interest to psychologists and laypeople alike.' David Z. Hambrick, The British Journal of Psychology
'... very well written and reader-friendly ... [it] provides undergraduates, among others, much interesting and useful information about expertise ...' PsycCRITIQUES
Book Information
ISBN 9781107446519
Author Merim Bilalic
Format Paperback
Page Count 316
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 550g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 154mm * 15mm
