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Beyond the Brain Beyond the Brain Louise Barrett "When a chimpanzee stockpiles rocks as weapons or when a frog sends out mating calls, we might easily assume these animals know their own motivations--that they use the same psychological mechanisms … OL16182744W
Training cognition Training cognition Alice F. Healy,Lyle Eugene Bourne "This book describes research on training using cognitive psychology to build a complete empirical and theoretical picture of the training process. It includes a review of relevant cognitive psycholo… OL16461885W
The encyclopedia of memory and memory disorders The encyclopedia of memory and memory disorders Carol Turkington "Once thought to involve only the storage and retrieval of information, memory is now known to be an incredibly complex process, susceptible to similarly complex diseases and disorders that can cause… OL16956883W
Intelligence and intelligence testing Intelligence and intelligence testing John Hattie "Have you ever wondered what IQ is and how it is measured? Why is there such a premium placed on high IQ? What do we mean by intelligence? What does your IQ score mean? There can be no denying the en… OL16965369W
Causal learning Causal learning Douglas L. Medin,Keith James Holyoak,David R. Shanks Deals with the research and discussion on associative versus cognitive accounts of learning. This book covers various aspects of causal learning in an open forum in which different approaches are bro… OL16977244W
Practise now! Practise now! Australian Council for Educational Research Are you worried about taking a test aspart of a job selection process?Do you breeze through comprehension questions, but fall apart when faced with mathematical problems?Do reading and vocabulary que… OL16982498W
Resource-allocation behavior Resource-allocation behavior Harvey J. Langholtz,Antoinette T. Marty,Christopher T. Ball,Eric C. Nolan "Although there have been scores of books devoted to the optimal model for making resource-allocation decisions, there has never been a book discussing the cognitive aspects of this behavior. This bo… OL18207201W
Superforecasting Superforecasting Philip Tetlock,Philip E. Tetlock,Dan Gardner,Dan Gardner,Tetlock, Philip E.; Gardner, Dan Everyone would benefit from seeing further into the future, whether buying stocks, crafting policy, launching a new product, or simply planning the week’s meals. Unfortunately, people tend to be terr… OL18233878W
Cognitive psychology and instruction Cognitive psychology and instruction Roger H. Bruning,Royce R. Ronning,Gregg J. Schraw,Monica M. Norby xiv, 426 p. : 24 cm OL18843416W
The elephant in the brain The elephant in the brain Kevin Simler "This book exposes our unconscious selfish motives, those we're reluctant to discuss or even think about. These motives drive our body language, laughter, and conversation, as well as venerated insti… OL19728362W
Felt time Felt time Marc Wittmann We have widely varying perceptions of time. Children have trouble waiting for anything. ("Are we there yet?") Boredom is often connected to our sense of time passing (or not passing). As people grow … OL19762956W
The mind is flat The mind is flat Nick Chater "Psychologists and neuroscientists struggle with how best to interpret human motivation and decision making. The assumption is that below a mental "surface" of conscious awareness lies a deep and com… OL19762974W
The mind within the brain The mind within the brain A. David Redish The goal of this book is to present the science behind decision-making in humans. In particular, one of the main concepts the author puts forward in the book is that, if our brain is a decision-makin… OL19970721W
How the body knows its mind How the body knows its mind Sian Beilock "Takes you inside the amazing science of how the body affects the mind, and shows how to use that wisdom to live smarter and maximize what your body teaches your mind"-- OL19992346W
Mindset Mindset Carol S. Dweck Mindset is one of those rare books that can help you make positive changes in your life and at the same time see the world in a new way.A leading expert in motivation and personality psychology, Caro… OL2003465W
Learning and memory of knowledge and skills Learning and memory of knowledge and skills Alice F. Healy,Lyle Eugene Bourne Why do people forget some skills faster than others? What kind of training is most effective at getting people to retain new skills over a longer period of time? Cognitive psychologists address these… OL20984568W
Being No One Being No One Thomas Metzinger "In Being No One, Metzinger, a German philosopher, draws strongly on neuroscientific research to present a representationalist and functional analysis of what a consciously experienced first-person p… OL3031125W
How to pass advanced aptitude tests How to pass advanced aptitude tests James Barrett The use of tests as part of job selection and assessment procedures is now routine. Most candidates can expect to face a battery of tests, including those which identify a person’s aptitude for a par… OL3814372W
The Algebraic Mind The Algebraic Mind Gary F. Marcus "In The Algebraic Mind, Gary F. Marcus integrates two competing theories about how the mind works: one that says that the mind is a computer-like manipulator of symbols and another, that says that it… OL6029007W
Cognition In Action Cognition In Action Alan F. Collins This is a substantial revision of an innovative textbook designed for undergraduate courses in cognitive psychology. It approaches cognitive psychology by asking what it says about how people carry o… OL8669389W
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