Contents


  • Introduction
    • 1. Introduction
      • Introduction.
      • Experimental cognitive psychology.
      • Cognitive neuropsychology.
      • Computational cognitive science.
      • Cognitive neuroscience.
      • Outline of this book.
      • Chapter summary.
      • Further reading.
  • Part I: Visual Perception and Attention
    • 2. Basic processes in visual perception
      • Introduction.
      • Brain systems.
      • Colour perception.
      • Perception without awareness.
      • Depth and size perception.
      • Chapter summary.
      • Further reading.
    • 3. Object recognition
      • Introduction.
      • Perceptual organisation.
      • Theories of object recognition.
      • Brain systems in object recognition.
      • Face recognition.
      • Visual imagery.
      • Chapter summary.
      • Further reading.
    • 4. Perception, motion, and action
      • Introduction.
      • Direct perception.
      • Visually guided movement.
      • Planning-control model.
      • Motion perception.
      • Change blindness.
      • Further reading.
    • 5. Attention and performance limitations
      • Introduction.
      • Focused auditory attention.
      • Focused visual attention.
      • Crossmodal effects.
      • Visual search.
      • Divided attention.
      • Automatic processing.
  • Part II: Memory and Concepts
    • 6. Learning and memory
      • Introduction.
      • The architecture of memory.
      • Working memory.
      • Memory processes.
      • Implicit Learning
      • Theories of forgetting.
      • Chapter summary.
      • Further reading.
    • 7. Long-term memory systems
      • Introduction.
      • Declarative memory.
      • Episodic and semantic memory.
      • Procedural memory and the perceptual representation system.
      • Amnesia.
      • Chapter summary.
      • Further reading.
    • 8. Everyday memory
      • Introduction.
      • Autobiographical memory.
      • Memorable memories.
      • Eyewitness testimony.
      • Prospective memory.
      • Evaluation of everyday memory research.
      • Chapter summary.
      • Further reading.
    • 9. Concepts
      • Introduction.
      • Organisation of concepts.
      • Concept learning.
      • Concept meaning.
      • Further reading.
  • Part III: Language
    • The Whorfian hypothesis
      • The Whorfian hypothesis.
    • 10. Speech production and reading.
      • Introduction.
      • Reading: Introduction.
      • Word identification.
      • Reading aloud.
      • Reading: Eye-movement studies.
      • Listening to speech.
      • Theories of spoken word recognition.
      • Cognitive neuropsychology.
      • Chapter summary.
      • Further reading.
    • 11. Language comprehension.
      • Introduction.
      • Parsing.
      • Pragmatics.
      • Individual differences: Capacity theory.
      • Discourse processing.
      • Story processing.
      • Chapter summary.
      • Further reading.
    • 12. Language production.
      • Introduction.
      • Basic aspects of spoken language.
      • Theories of speech production.
      • Cognitive neuropsychology: Speech production.
      • Writing: The main processes.
      • Spelling.
      • Chapter summary.
      • Further reading.
  • Part IV: Thinking
    • 13. Problem solving and expertise.
      • Introduction.
      • Problem solving.
      • Transfer of training.
      • Expertise.
      • Theories of expertise.
      • Chapter summary.
      • Further reading.
    • 14. Creativity and discovery.
      • Introduction.
      • Creativity.
      • Hypothesis testing.
      • Scientific discovery.
      • Chapter summary.
      • Further reading.
    • 15. Judgement and decision making.
      • Introduction.
      • Judgement research.
      • Decision making.
      • Chapter summary.
      • Further reading.
    • 16. Reasoning and deduction.
      • Introduction.
      • Deductive reasoning.
      • Theories of deductive reasoning.
      • Brain systems in thinking and reasoning.
      • Are humans rational?
      • Chapter summary.
      • Further reading.
  • Part V: Present and Future
    • 17. Present and Future
      • Introduction.
      • Consciousness: Nature and functions.
      • Theories of consciousness.
      • Perception without awareness.
      • Is consciousness unitary?
      • Whither brain imaging.
      • Chapter summary.
      • Further reading.
  • Glossary.
  • References.
  • Author index.
  • Subject index.