Cognitive Psychology: Mind and Brain

by Edward E. Smith, Stephen M. Kosslyn

This book is the first to incorporate neuroscience seamlessly into the study of cognitive psychology. The study of cognition has progressed enormously over the past decade, but no currently available book summarizes and makes accessible the key findings and theories. This book takes a fresh look at the field, and presents it as it actually is today. By integrating findings about the brain into the usual fare for this topic, it provides the foundation for readers to study current research in the field. How the Brain Gives Rise to the Mind; Perception; Attention; Representation and Knowledge in Long-Term Memory; Encoding and Retrieval from Long-Term Memory; Working Memory; Executive Processes; Emotion and Cognition; Decision Making; Problem Solving and Reasoning; Planning and Motor Cognition; and Language. For those practicing in the field of cognitive psychology.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Science

610 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2006

Reviews

[Kafamdaki Makine]

Bilişsel psikolojinin en önemli noktalarını bu kitapta veriyor. Baştan sona kadar tüm bilinmesi gereken ilk adım bilgiler var. Yalnız kitabın düzeni hoş değil. Daha kolay ve akılda kalıcı bir şekilde bilgi verebilirdi. Ders olarak kullanmaktan tercih etmeyeceğim bir kitap.

[Shail Godiwala]

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. Never read anything about how our brain works and this textbook provided me a lot of insights into my mind. I particularly liked the parts about memory, emotion cognition, decision making, and language.

Though it is a bit dry but I would still rate it 5/5.

[Yiwen Zhang]

乱七八糟，要不是每周都要quiz绝逼看不下去。。。

[Izarra Moore]

Meh.

[Brittany]

Dry.

[Larry]

Great book!