This book challenges traditional notions of creativity as a trait, and brings forward ideas of multiple types of creativity, along with the possibility of development of creativity.
This book challenges traditional notions of creativity as a trait, and brings forward ideas of multiple types of creativity, along with the possibilit...
The fact that half of space can disappear while the other half remains intact or that an object can be seen without its location is something that most normal perceivers find astonishing. The belief that space is a unitary platform supporting objects is hard to shake. This text examines this.
The fact that half of space can disappear while the other half remains intact or that an object can be seen without its location is something that mos...
Semantic priming has been a focus of research in the cognitive sciences for more than 30 years and is commonly used as a tool for investigating other aspects of perception and cognition, such as word recognition, language comprehension, and knowledge representations. Semantic Priming: Perspectives from Memory and Word Recognition examines empirical and theoretical advancements in the understanding of semantic priming, providing a succinct, in-depth review of this important phenomenon, framed in terms of models of memory and models of word recognition. The first section examines models of...
Semantic priming has been a focus of research in the cognitive sciences for more than 30 years and is commonly used as a tool for investigating other ...
The main thesis of this groundbreaking book is that it has been difficult to measure Working Memory (WM), but there is now a method that allows us to begin to do so. Nelson sets his findings in the context of other work into WM and WM capacity, which in many cases has approached the study from many different angles.
The main thesis of this groundbreaking book is that it has been difficult to measure Working Memory (WM), but there is now a method that allows us to ...
The interpretation of anaphora - how we interpret expressions such as definite pronouns (he, she, it) and verbal elliptical phrases (such as "did so, too") in the course of ordinary conversation or reading - is an important aspect of language comprehension. In this book the author examines the research and evidence on anaphor interpretation within the context of the mental models theory of comprehension, arguing that the notion of a mental model is essential to the detailed description of the processes of anaphor resolution. The general philosophy of the mental models approach and the...
The interpretation of anaphora - how we interpret expressions such as definite pronouns (he, she, it) and verbal elliptical phrases (such as "did so, ...
How do people search evidence for a hypothesis? A well documented answer in cognitive psychology is that they search for confirming evidence. However, the rational strategy is to try to falsify the hypothesis. This book critically evaluates this contradiction. Experimental research is discussed against the background of philosophical and formal theories of hypothesis testing with striking results: Falsificationism and verificationism - the two main rival philosophies of testing - come down to one and the same principle for concrete testing behavior, eluding the contrast between rational...
How do people search evidence for a hypothesis? A well documented answer in cognitive psychology is that they search for confirming evidence. However,...
The last decade has seen a flurry of experimental research into the neurocognitive underpinnings of illusory memories. Using simple materials and tests (e.g., recalling words or pictures), methods such as the famed Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) task have attracted considerable attention. These tasks elicit false memories of nonstudied events that are vivid, long lasting, and difficult to consciously avoid. Additional research shows that these memory illusions are fundamentally related to more complex memory distortions. As a result, this rapidly expanding literature has generated a great...
The last decade has seen a flurry of experimental research into the neurocognitive underpinnings of illusory memories. Using simple materials and test...
This text argues that there are three major approaches to anxiety: anxiety as an emotional state; trait anxiety as a dimension of personality; and anxiety as a set of disorders. It then attempts to produce a unified theory of anxiety which integrates these major approaches. According to this unified theory, there are four sources of information which influence the level of experienced anxiety: experimental stimulation; internal physiological activity; internal cognitions, such as worries; and one's own behaviour. More specifically, it is assumed that individual differences in experienced...
This text argues that there are three major approaches to anxiety: anxiety as an emotional state; trait anxiety as a dimension of personality; and anx...
When we speak about the spatial locations of objects are we simply saying where they are, or are we also pointing to something about their function? This study accounts not only for our theoretical comprehension of spatial relations, but also our ability to interact competently with the world of spatially related objects. It demonstrates how many everyday uses of spatial prepositions can be ambiguous in spatial terms and yet meaningful in terms of an objects function.
When we speak about the spatial locations of objects are we simply saying where they are, or are we also pointing to something about their function? T...
