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Minds, brains, computers Minds, brains, computers Robert M. Harnish This volume offers a useful resource that is both a historical and interdisciplinary introduction to the foundations of cognitive science. It traces the history of central concepts from the 19th cent… OL16066382W
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
Latent inhibition Latent inhibition Ina Weiner,Robert E. Lubow "Latent inhibition is a phenomenon by which exposure to an irrelevant stimulus impedes the acquisition or expression of conditioned associations with that stimulus. Latent inhibition, an integral par… OL16916250W
Psychology of Learning and Motivation, 38 Psychology of Learning and Motivation, 38 Douglas L. Medin This series publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology. This volume covers emotional memory, metacomprehension of text, and intertemporal choice. OL16920835W
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
The Master Algorithm The Master Algorithm Pedro Domingos In the world's top research labs and universities, the race is on to invent the ultimate learning algorithm: one capable of discovering any knowledge from data, and doing anything we want, before we … OL19663805W
Reader, come home Reader, come home Maryanne Wolf Draws on the author's extensive research from "Proust and the Squid" to consider the future of the reading brain and its capacity for critical thinking, empathy, and reflection in today's highly digi… OL19750268W
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
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
Monkeytalk Monkeytalk Julia Fischer xiii, 247 pages : 24 cm OL20048609W
Cognitive Psychology Cognitive Psychology Karin Sternberg,Robert J. Sternberg xxvii, 596 pages : 26 cm OL20240711W
How to pass psychometric tests How to pass psychometric tests Andrea Shavick "In this book, author Andrea Shavick explains all there is to know about psychometric tests: what they are, what they measure, who uses them, why they're used, how they're changing, how to survive th… OL20956731W
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
Progress in behavior modification Progress in behavior modification Michel Hersen Progress in Behavior Modification, Volume 8 covers the developments in the study of behavior modification. The book discusses the conceptual issues and treatment interventions for obsessive-compulsiv… OL27686040W
Progress in behavior modification Progress in behavior modification Michel Hersen,Richard M. Eisler Progress in Behavior Modification, Volume 17 covers the developments in behavior modification. The book discusses psychophysiological assessment; behavioral counseling; and applications of behavioral… OL28771999W
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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