Stevens' Handbook of Experimental Psychology, Memory and Cognitive Processes

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Douglas Medin
John Wiley & Sons, Feb 5, 2004 - Psychology - 648 pages
Now available in paperback. This revised and updated edition of the definitive resource for experimental psychology offers comprehensive coverage of the latest findings in the field, as well as the most recent contributions in methodology and the explosion of research in neuroscience. Volume Two: Memory and Cognitive Processes, focuses on the neurological and cognitive processes on topics such as memory, decision-making, spatial cognition, linguistics, reasoning, and concepts.
 

Contents

MODELS OF MEMORY
43
COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
77
SPATIAL COGNITION
113
KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION
165
PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
209
LANGUAGE PROCESSING
261
PROBLEM SOLVING
317
REASONING
363
DECISION MAKING
413
CONCEPTS AND CATEGORIZATION
467
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
533
CULTURE AND COGNITION
561
Author Index
599
Subject Index
615
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Editor-in-Chief
Hal Pashler, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, Department of Psychology, La Jolla, CA

Volume Editor
Douglas Medin, Ph.D., Northwestern University, Department of Psychology, Evanston, IL
Douglas Medin is Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University. His research interests include categorization, reasoning, decision making and the role of culture and expertise in each of these. He is a past editor of the journal Cognitive Psychology.

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