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Embodiment, Ego-Space, and Action

- Edited by Roberta L. Klatzky, Brian MacWhinney, Marlene Behrmann
The majority of research on human perception and action examines sensors and effectors in relative isolation. What is less often considered in these research domains...
Published August 13th 2008 by Psychology Press.
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Unified Social Cognition

- By Norman Anderson
This eagerly awaited volume presents Anderson's cumulative progress in unified social psychology. The research is grounded in the three fundamental laws of information integration theory....
Published July 22nd 2008 by Psychology Press.
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Handbook of Metamemory and Memory

- Edited by John Dunlosky, Robert A. Bjork
This Handbook examines the interplay between metamemory and memory. Each contributor discusses cutting-edge theory and research that, in some way, showcases the symbiotic relationship between...
Published May 28th 2008 by Psychology Press.
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Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology

- Edited by Charles Crawford, Dennis Krebs
Evolutionary psychology is concerned with the adaptive problems early humans faced in ancestral human environments, the nature of the psychological mechanisms natural selection shaped to...
Published March 12th 2008 by Psychology Press.
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Artificial Psychology

The Quest for What It Means to Be Human
- By Jay Friedenberg
Is it possible to construct an artificial person? Researchers in the field of artificial intelligence have for decades been developing computer programs that emulate human...
Published March 11th 2008 by Psychology Press.
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Aspects of Rationality

Reflections on What It Means To Be Rational and Whether We Are
- By Raymond S. Nickerson
What does it mean to be rational – to reason well and effectively? How does rationality, broadly conceived, relate to the knowledge one acquires, the...
Published November 19th 2007 by Psychology Press.
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Extending Intelligence

Enhancement and New Constructs
- Edited by Patrick C. Kyllonen, Richard D. Roberts, Lazar Stankov
This volume presents research from a variety of perspectives on the enhancement of human intelligence. It is organized around five themes – enhancement via instruction;...
Published October 30th 2007 by Routledge.
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Mental Mechanisms

Philosophical Perspectives on Cognitive Neuroscience
- By William Bechtel
A variety of scientific disciplines have set as their task explaining mental activities, recognizing that in some way these activities depend upon our brain. But,...
Published October 29th 2007 by Psychology Press.
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Intuition in Judgment and Decision Making

- Edited by Henning Plessner, Cornelia Betsch, Tilmann Betsch
The central goal of this volume is to bring the learning perspective into the discussion of intuition in judgment and decision making. The book gathers...
Published October 1st 2007 by Psychology Press.
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Bridging Cognitive Science and Education: Learning, Memory and Metacognition

A Special Issue of the European Journal of Cognitive Psychology
- Edited by Lisa Son, Andre Vandierendonck
The fields of cognitive science and education have worked hard to discover effective principles of learning with the goal of improving educational achievement. And although...
Published September 17th 2007 by Psychology Press.
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