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Preface | |
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Approaches to cognitive psychology | |
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Introduction | |
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Experimental cognitive psychology | |
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Cognitive neuropsychology | |
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Computational cognitive science | |
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Cognitive neuroscience | |
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Outline of this book | |
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Chapter summary | |
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Further reading | |
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Visual Perception and Attention | |
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Basic processes in visual perception | |
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Introduction | |
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Brain systems | |
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Colour perception | |
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Perception without awareness | |
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Depth and size perception | |
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Chapter summary | |
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Further reading | |
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Object recognition | |
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Introduction | |
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Perceptual organisation | |
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Theories of object recognition | |
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Brain systems in object recognition | |
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Face recognition | |
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Visual imagery | |
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Chapter summary | |
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Further reading | |
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Perception, motion, and action | |
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Introduction | |
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Direct perception | |
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Visually guided movement | |
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Planning-control model | |
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Motion perception | |
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Change blindness | |
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Chapter summary | |
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Further reading | |
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Attention and performance limitations | |
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Introduction | |
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Focused auditory attention | |
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Focused visual attention | |
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Crossmodal effects | |
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Visual search | |
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Divided attention | |
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Automatic processing | |
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Chapter summary | |
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Further reading | |
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Memory and Concepts | |
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Learning and memory | |
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Introduction | |
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The architecture of memory | |
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Working memory | |
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Memory processes | |
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Implicit learning | |
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Theories of forgetting | |
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Chapter summary | |
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Further reading | |
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Long-term memory systems | |
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Introduction | |
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Declarative memory: Episodic and semantic memory | |
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Procedural memory and the perceptual representation system | |
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Amnesia | |
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Chapter summary | |
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Further reading | |
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Everyday memory | |
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Introduction | |
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Autobiographical memory | |
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Memorable memories | |
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Eyewitness testimony | |
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Prospective memory | |
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Evaluation of everyday memory research | |
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Chapter summary | |
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Further reading | |
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Concepts and categories | |
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Introduction | |
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Organisation of concepts | |
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Concept learning | |
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Concept meaning | |
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Chapter summary | |
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Further reading | |
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Language | |
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The Whorfian hypothesis | |
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Reading and speech perception | |
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Introduction | |
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Reading: Introduction | |
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Word identification | |
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Reading aloud | |
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Reading: Eye-movement studies | |
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Listening to speech | |
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Theories of spoken word recognition | |
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Cognitive neuropsychology | |
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Chapter summary | |
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Further reading | |
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Language comprehension | |
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Introduction | |
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Parsing | |
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Pragmatics | |
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Individual differences: Capacity theory | |
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Discourse processing | |
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Story processing | |
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Chapter summary | |
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Further reading | |
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Language production | |
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Introduction | |
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Basic aspects of spoken language | |
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Theories of speech production | |
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Cognitive neuropsychology: Speech production | |
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Writing: The main processes | |
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Spelling | |
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Chapter summary | |
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Further reading | |
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Thinking and Reasoning | |
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Problem solving and expertise | |
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Introduction | |
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Problem solving | |
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Transfer of training | |
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Expertise | |
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Theories of expertise | |
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Chapter summary | |
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Further reading | |
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Creativity and discovery | |
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Introduction | |
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Creativity | |
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Hypothesis testing | |
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Scientific discovery | |
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Chapter summary | |
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Further reading | |
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Judgement and decision making | |
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Introduction | |
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Judgement research | |
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Decision making | |
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Chapter summary | |
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Further reading | |
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Reasoning and deduction | |
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Introduction | |
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Deductive reasoning | |
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Theories of deductive reasoning | |
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Dual-system theories | |
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Brain systems in thinking and reasoning | |
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Are humans rational? | |
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Chapter summary | |
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Further reading | |
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Present and Future | |
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Introduction | |
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Consciousness: Nature and functions | |
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Theories of consciousness | |
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Perception without awareness | |
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Is consciousness unitary? | |
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Whither brain imaging? | |
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Chapter summary | |
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Further reading | |
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Glossary | |
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References | |