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Reisberg, Daniel.

Cognition : exploring the science of the mind / Daniel Reisberg. - 3rd ed. - New York : W.W. Norton, c2006. - xvi, 529, 91 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. 1 v. (141 p. ; 23 cm.)

Accompanied by: Test-item file / Friderike Heuer, Cara Laney, Melina Kunar.

Preface --
Part one The foundations of cognitive psychology --
1. The science of the mind --
2. The neural basis for cognition --
Part two Learning about the world around us --
3. Recognizing objects in the world --
4. Paying attention --
Part three Memory --
5. The acquisition of memories and the working-memory system --
6. Interconnections between acquisition and retrieval --
7. Remembering complex events --
Part four Knowledge --
8. Associative theories of long-term memory --
9. Concepts and generic knowledge --
10. Language --
11. Visual knowledge --
Part five Thinking --
12. Judgment : drawing conclusions from evidence --
13. Reasoning : thinking through the implications of what you know --
14. Solving problems --
15. Conscious thought, unconscious thought --
Glossary --
References --
Credits --
Index.

ISBN: 0393925420

ISSN: 9780393925425

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cognitive psychology.

LC Class. No.: BF201 / .R45