The Psychology of Learning and Motivation

by Kara D. Federmeier (Editor)

Overview

The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Volume 81, the latest release in this ongoing series, features empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning, to complex learning and problem-solving. Chapters in this new release include Learning in the developing brain: interactions of control and representation systems, Cognitive mechanisms underlying individual differences in language comprehension, Speech processing from the perspective of hearing science and psycholinguistics, Social Episodic Memory, Affective influences of Uncertainty on Episodic Memory Formation, and More than a bump on the head: An overview of the long-term effects of concussion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128171769
Publisher:	Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date:	09/12/2019
Series:	Psychology of Learning and Motivation , #71
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	424
File size:	18 MB
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About the Author

Kara D. Federmeier received her Ph.D. in Cognitive Science from the University of California, San Diego. She is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Program at the University of Illinois and a full-time faculty member at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, where she leads the Illinois Language and Literacy Initiative and heads the Cognition and Brain Lab. She is also a Past President of the Society for Psychophysiological Research. Her research examines meaning comprehension and memory using human electrophysiological techniques, in combination with behavioral, eyetracking, and other functional imaging and psychophysiological methods. She has been funded by the National Institute on Aging, the Institute of Education Sciences, and the James S. McDonnell Foundation.

Table of Contents

1. Automating adaptive control with item-specific learningYu-Chin Chiu2. Two-way translation: Advancing knowledge of politics and psychology via the study of bilingual votersJason C. Coronel, Daniel Colón Amill and Erin Drouin3. Protracted perceptual learning of auditory pattern structure in spoken languageSarah C. Creel4. Understanding social factors in alcohol reward and risk for problem drinkingCatharine E. Fairbairn and Brynne A. Velia5. Perceptual and mnemonic differences across culturesAngela Gutchess and Robert Sekuler6. Aging, neurocognitive reserve, and the healthy brainChih-Mao Huang and Hsu-Wen Huang7. Aging, context processing, and comprehensionBrennan R. Payne and Jack W. Silcox8. Speaking waves: Neuronal oscillations in language productionVitória Piai and Xiaochen Zheng9. Memory influences visual cognition across multiple functional states of interactive cortical dynamicsHaline E. Schendan10. Adaptation for growth as a common goal throughout the lifespan: Why and howRachel Wu and Carla Strickland-Hughes

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Essential, authoritative reference on the psychology of learning and motivation for researchers and academics working in cognitive science