Revel Access Code for Cognition / Edition 7

by Gabriel Radvansky, Mark Ashcraft

Overview

An accessible introduction to the study of cognition
Revel™ Cognition provides a balance between classic research and current topics in the fascinating field of human memory and cognition. Using a first-person narrative, authors Gabriel Radvansky and Mark Ashcraft pose questions directly to readers, drawing them in and conveying the excitement of the field. Reflecting the increasing use of new technologies to study memory and cognition, the authors continue to integrate sections on neuroscience within individual chapters on a range of topics. The Seventh Edition has been updated with expanded coverage of important developments that are central to the field.

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NOTE: Revel is a fully digital delivery of Pearson content. This ISBN is for the standalone Revel access card. In addition to this access card, you will need a course invite link, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Revel.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780134476766
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	10/10/2017
Edition description:	Student
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 9.10(h) x 10.00(d)

About the Author

Gabriel A. Radvansky is a Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Notre Dame. He got his B. A. in Psychology at Cleveland State University (working with Mark Ashcraft), and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Michigan State University. He studies the comprehension and memory of events experienced through real life, text, videos, and virtual reality.

Mark H. Ashcraft is a Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He got his B. A. in Psychology at Grinnell College, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. He studies the mental processes and structures involved in mathematical cognition, including investigations of how mathematics anxiety affects cognitive processes.

Table of Contents

1. Cognitive Psychology
2. Cognitive Neuroscience
3. Sensation and Perception
4. Attention
5. Short-Term Working Memory
6. Learning and Remembering
7. Knowing
8. Memory and Forgetting
9. Language
10. Comprehension
11. Reasoning and Decision Making
12. Problem Solving
13. Emotion
14. Cognitive Development in Infants and Children
15. Cognitive Aging