Approaches to Cognitive Psychology. Part 1. Visual Perception and Attention. Visual Illusions: Seeing and Acting. How Far Away is That Object? Perception Without Awareness? What is This I See Before Me? What's In a Face? Seeing With the Mind's Eye. In Sight But Out Of Mind. What Do We Attend to In Vision? Multitasking. Part 2. Learning and Memory. The Long and the Short of Human Memory. Short-Term or Working Memory. Learning Without Awareness? It's Slipped My Mind. The Story of My Life. Should We Believe Eyewitnesses? Part 3. Language. Read All About It! What Are You Saying? What Does This Mean? Talking the Talk. What's In a Concept? Part 4. Thinking and Reasoning. How Accurate Are Our Judgements? What Am I Going to Do? Finding the Solution. How Do You Become An Expert? Reasoning. Part 5. Broader Issues. Cognition and Emotion. What is Consciousness?
Michael W. Eysenck is one of the best-known psychologists in Europe. He is Professor of Psychology at Royal Holloway University of London, one of the leading psychology departments in the United Kingdom. He is a specialist in cognitive psychology and has published extensively in this field. Altogether he has written 35 books and over 150 articles and book chapters.
"The chapters provide an excellent coverage of the different areas within cognitive psychology: not only are the traditional areas dealt with (memory, perception, language) but also areas which are often overlooked by comparable textbooks (human judgement, decision-making). This text is an excellent source for students of cognitive psychology who are looking for an introduction to the field and a broad summary of research issues that exist within it. Eysenck has a reputation for accessible writing and this text does not disappoint. The chapters are well structured and clear, I enjoyed the writing style which was informative and readable; jargon was clearly explained." - John Parkinson, Lecturer in Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, University of Wales Bangor, UK "Cognition - the study of the basic mental processes which underlie behaviour - has developed a powerful and elegant set of methods and models since its beginnings forty or so years ago. Eysenck's exceptionally readable book covers the core topics of perception, memory, language, reasoning, and so on, organised around everyday questions such as 'how do we perceive depth?', 'why do we forget?', and 'how do cognition and emotion interact?' This stimulating and comprehensive text will engage anyone interested in learning how the mind works." - David R. Shanks, University College London, UK "Eysenck's state-of-the-art account of findings and theories in cognitive psychology does an excellent job of conveying the excitement of research, and of relating the ideas to everyday experience. Written in an engaging personal style, the book provides a clear and accessible introduction to current work in the area, with balanced examples drawn from experiments, clinical cases, computer simulations and cutting-edge brain imaging research." - Fergus Craik, Senior Scientist, Rotman Research Institute, Toronto, Canada
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