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  • Memory in Science for Society

    There is nothing as practical as a good theory

    Edited by Robert Logie, Nelson Cowan, Susan Gathercole, Randall Engle, Zhisheng Wen ...
    Memory is essential for every day life. The understanding and study of memory has continued to grow over the years, thanks to well controlled laboratory studies and theory development. However, major challenges arise when attempting to apply theories of memory function to practical problems in society. A theory might be robust in explaining experimental data but fail to capture all that is ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Transforming

    Applying Spirituality, Emergent Creativity, and Reconciliation

    by Petra Steinmair-Pösel, Brigitte Gagnon, S. K. Moore, Karen Hamilton, Iman Ibrahim, Joseph Cleyn, Cecil Chabot, Catherine Twin, Robert Logie, Sue-Anne Hess, Isaac Twinn0, Lissane Yohannes1, Naresh Singh2, Merle Lefkoff3, Oscar Gasana4, Gloria Neufeld Redekop6, Vern Neufeld Redekop8, Katherine Peil Kauffman9, Patrice C. Brodeur0, Lauren Michelle Levesque1, Neil D. Theise2 ...
    Global crises—from pandemics to climate change—demonstrate the vulnerability of the biosphere and each of us as individuals, calling for responses guided by creative analysis and compassionate reflection. Transforming, building on its companion volume, Awakening, explores actions that create paths of understanding and collaboration as the groundwork for transformative community. The community of ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Working Memory

    The state of the science

    Edited by Robert Logie, Valerie Camos, Nelson Cowan ...
    Working memory refers to how we keep track of what we are doing moment to moment throughout our waking lives. It allows us to remember what we have just done, focus on what we are doing now, to solve problems, be creative, think about what we will be doing in the next few seconds, and continually to update in our mind changes around us throughout the day. This book brings together in one volume, ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Imagery, Language and Visuo-Spatial Thinking

    Edited by Michel Denis, Robert Logie ...
    Series series Current Issues in Thinking and Reasoning
    Imagery, Language and Visuo-Spatial Thinking discusses the remarkable human ability to use mental imagery in everyday life: from helping plan actions and routes to aiding creative thinking; from making sense of and remembering our immediate environment to generating pictures in our minds from verbal descriptions of scenes or people. The book also considers the important theme of how individuals ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

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  • Working Memory, Thought, and Action

    by Alan Baddeley ...
    Series Book 45 - Oxford Psychology Series
    'Working Memory, Thought, and Action' is the magnum opus of one of the most influential cognitive psychologists of the past 50 years. This new volume on the model he created (with Graham Hitch) discusses the developments that have occurred within the model in the past twenty years, and places it within a broader context. Working memory is a temporary storage system that underpins our capacity for ... Read more

    $67.49 USD

  • Principles of Memory

    by Aimée M. Surprenant, Ian Neath ...
    Series series Essays in Cognitive Psychology
    In over 100 years of scientific research on human memory, and nearly 50 years after the so-called cognitive revolution, we have nothing that really constitutes a widely accepted and frequently cited law of memory, and perhaps only one generally accepted principle. The purpose of this monograph is to begin to rectify this situation by proposing 7 principles of human memory that apply to all memory. ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Neuroscience in Education

    The good, the bad, and the ugly

    Edited by Sergio Della Sala, Mike Anderson ...
    In the past ten years, there has been growing interest in applying our knowledge of the functioning of the human brain to the field of education-including reading, learning, language and mathematics. This has resulted in the development of a number of new practices in education-some good, some bad and some just crazy. The 'good' is nearly always sound cognitive research that has clear implications ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Cognitive Development and Working Memory

    A Dialogue between Neo-Piagetian Theories and Cognitive Approaches

    Edited by Pierre Barrouillet, Vinciane Gaillard ...
    The intellectual development of human beings from birth to adulthood is a fascinating phenomenon. Understanding the constraints that limit children’s intelligence, as well as discovering methods to improve it, has always been a challenging undertaking for developmental psychologists. This book presents a unique attempt to address these issues by establishing a dialogue between neo-Piagetian ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Understanding Other Minds

    Perspectives from developmental social neuroscience

    Edited by Simon Baron-Cohen, Michael Lombardo, Helen Tager-Flusberg ...
    This book comprises 26 exciting chapters by internationally renowned scholars, addressing the central psychological process separating humans from other animals: the ability to imagine the thoughts and feelings of others, and to reflect on the contents of our own mindsa theory of mind (ToM). The four sections of the book cover developmental, cultural, and neurobiological approaches to ToM across ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Beyond Decoding

    The Behavioral and Biological Foundations of Reading Comprehension

    Edited by Richard K. Wagner, PhD, Christopher Schatschneider, PhD, Caroline Phythian-Sence, PhD ...
    What cognitive processes and skills do children draw on to make meaning from text? How are these capacities consolidated over the course of development? What puts some learners at risk for comprehension difficulties? This authoritative volume presents state-of-the-science research on the behavioral and biological components of successful reading comprehension. Uniquely integrative, the book covers ... Read more

    $51.29 USD

  • On the Frontiers of Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience

    Essays in Honor of Eric R. Kandel

    by Dr. Joseph LeDoux, Ph.D ...
    Building crucial bridges between psychoanalysis and the neurosciences, this compelling volume brings together prominent authorities from multiple disciplines. The volume highlights the contributions of Eric R. Kandel, whose seminal articles helped launch the fledgling field of neuropsychoanalysis. Contributors address what contemporary neuroscientific research reveals about how psychoanalytic ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Working Memory Capacity

    by Nelson Cowan ...
    Series series Essays in Cognitive Psychology
    The idea of one's memory "filling up" is a humorous misconception of how memory in general is thought to work; it is actually has no capacity limit. However, the idea of a "full brain" makes more sense with reference to working memory, which is the limited amount of information a person can hold temporarily in an especially accessible form for use in the completion of almost any challenging ... Read more

    $51.99 USD