Cognition & Cognitive Psychology

As you age, you may find yourself worrying about your memory. Where did I put those car keys? What time was my appointment? What was her name again...

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has altered the landscape of health care by forcing behavioral health workers from their silos into a rapidly changin...

Classic and contemporary theories, based on evolutionary, social, and developmental perspectives, argue that humans are motivated from the very ear...

This is an edited collection that examines advances in the study of IQ tests and the variables that influence test performance. The book contains c...

The idea that such pervasive and ever-growing immersion in virtual play affects consciousness seems obvious and is the focus of this volume. These ...

This book compiles a series of chapters on theoretical, methodological, and practical advances in problem solving research that aim at identifying ...

The relationship between self-esteem and body image has been well-established such that low levels of self-esteem have been found to be associated ...

The so-called hard problem of consciousness (ie: the problem of explaining how and why we have conscious experiences) has received different form...

Research on social cognition is largely comprised of self-reported judgments and impressions about internal and external information. Both verbal a...

Why are ignorant people so confident? How do politicians utilize conflation to influence groups? Why do scientists fall for similar mistakes? How i...

One of the worlds leading experts on mind and brain takes us on an expedition that reveals a new view of what makes us who we are.Humans have long ...

Where do spontaneous thoughts come from? It may be surprising that the seemingly straightforward answers from the mind or from the brain are in fac...

All humans, but no other species, have the capacity to create and understand language. It provides structure to our thoughts, allowing us to plan, ...

The Teacher Toolkit Guides turn the theory of education into practical ideas for your classroom. From Ross Morrison McGill, bestselling author of...

At once an eloquent memoir, a wide-ranging commentary on cultural diversity, and an expert distillation of the research on language learning, loss,...

From phishing scams to Ponzi schemes, fraudulent science to fake art, chess cheaters to crypto hucksters, and marketers to magicians, our world bri...

Why is deciding to do something sometimes so slow and difficult? How do we make decisions when lacking key information? When making decisions, the ...

Detailed and accurate information on the spatial distribution of individual species over large spatial extents and over multiple time periods is cr...