Cognition The Thinking Animal
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By describing experiments that control, manipulate and measure mental processes, this book shows how we can discover the answers to key questions about the mind, such as: 'Can we focus attention on more than one thing?' and 'Is language unique to humans?' Written in a down-to-earth narrative prose that avoids jargon, addresses the reader directly and draws on the authors' unique style ('suppose Willingham split his pants at a junior high dance …'), this text takes complex experiments in cognitive…
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Key features
- Brings students into contact with the primary research literature, connecting theories to experimental evidence and encourages scientific thinking
- Addresses the reader directly and draws on the authors' good humor to make studying enjoyable
- Frames cognitive psychology topics in terms of straightforward questions such as 'why do we forget?'
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316271988
- Subjects Cognition,Psychology,Psychology: General Interest
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 01 August 2019
- ISBN: 9781107525122
- Dimensions (mm): 253 x 203 mm
- Weight: 1.1kg
- Contains: 500 colour illus. 6 tables
- Page extent: 448 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 18 July 2019
- ISBN: 9781316271988
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