Table of Contents

List of figures and tables

Guided tour

Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1        Foundations

Chapter 2        Information processing and nature of the mind

Chapter 3        Visual processes and visual sensory memory

Chapter 4        Masking, thresholds and consciousness

Chapter 5        An introduction to perception

Chapter 6        Theories of perception

Chapter 7        Mental representation

Chapter 8        Attention I: general introduction, basic models and data

Chapter 9        Attentional constraints and performance limitations

Chapter 10      Human memory: an introduction

Chapter 11      Human memory: fallibilities and failures

Chapter 12      Semantic memory and concepts

Chapter 13      Object recognition

Chapter 14      The nature of language and its relation to the other mental faculties

Chapter 15      Reasoning

Chapter 16      Cognition and emotion

Bibliography

Glossary

Index

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A lively and engaging introduction to Cognitive Psychology which offers complete coverage of all the British Psychological Society (BPS) required topics.

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A lively and engaging introduction to Cognitive Psychology which offers complete coverage of all the British Psychological Society (BPS) required topics.