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31. Perspectives on Human Memory and Cognitive Aging

    Essays in Honor of Fergus Craik

    Edited by Moshe Naveh-Benjamin, Morris Moscovitch, Henry L. Roediger, III

    Divided into four parts, the first section of this book deals with levels of processing and memory theory, the second addresses working memory and attention, the third deals with cognitive aging, and the last addresses neuroscience perspectives....

    Published May 2nd 2013 by Psychology Press
32. Scientific Thinking in Speech and Language Therapy

    By Carmel Lum

    Speech and language pathologists, like all professionals who claim to be scientific in their practice, make a public commitment to operate on the basis of knowledge derived in accordance with sound scientific standards. Yet students in communication disorders are given relatively little grounding...

    Published May 2nd 2013 by Psychology Press
33. Seeing Babies in a New Light

    The Life of Hanus Papousek

    By Otto Koester, Otto Koester

    Seeing Babies in a New Light: The Life of Hanus Papousek presents the first in-depth examination of the scientific contributions and life of Hanus Papousek (1922-2000), a leading figure in modern infancy research. The aim is to illuminate the research and ideas of this pediatrician and scholar who...

    Published May 2nd 2013 by Psychology Press
34. Individual Differences in Theory of Mind

    Implications for Typical and Atypical Development

    Edited by Betty Repacholi, Virginia Slaughter

    Series: Macquarie Monographs in Cognitive Science

    Over the last fifteen years, developmentalists, cognitive scientists, philosophers, educators and clinicians have considered the acquisition of a theory of mind - the capacity to predict and explain behavior on the basis of internal, subjective mental states - to be one of the crucial cognitive...

    Published May 2nd 2013 by Psychology Press
35. The Family Context of Parenting in Children's Adaptation to Elementary School

    Edited by Philip A. Cowan, Carolyn Pape Cowan, Jennifer C. Ablow, Vanessa Kahn Johnson, Jeffrey R. Measelle

    Series: Monographs in Parenting Series

    The Family Context of Parenting in Children's Adaptation to Elementary School is a result of a longitudinal prevention study of 100 families begun the year before their first children entered kindergarten. Each family went through an assessment and then a subset was randomly chosen for group...

    Published May 2nd 2013 by Routledge
36. Toward a Theory of Neuroplasticity

    Edited by Christopher A. Shaw, Jill McEachern

    This book provides a broad survey of many of the major areas in neuroplasticity research by leading investigators in the field. The topics considered range across all levels of nervous system organization from the molecular to behavioral levels for species ranging from C. elegans to humans. In...

    Published May 2nd 2013 by Psychology Press
37. The Orienting Response in Information Processing

    By Heikki Lyytinen, Risto Naatanen, Evgeni N. Sokolov, John Spinks

    This book is a testimony to Evgeny Nikolaevich Sokolov's years of work in developing knowledge in the areas of perception, information processing and attention, and to the research it has spawned. It presents a historical account of a research program, leading the reader toward a cognitive science...

    Published May 2nd 2013 by Psychology Press
38. Language Competence Across Populations

    Toward a Definition of Specific Language Impairment

    Edited by Yonata Levy, Jeannette C. Schaeffer

    This unique, edited book bridges studies in language disorders and linguistic theory with timely contributions from leading scholars in language development. It presents an attempt to define Specific Language Impairment, relating it to children of normal and disordered language capabilities. The...

    Published May 2nd 2013 by Psychology Press
39. The Intelligent Ear

    On the Nature of Sound Perception

    By Reinier Plomp

    Plomp's Aspects of Tone Sensation--published 25 years ago--dealt with the psychophysics of simple and complex tones. Since that time, auditory perception as a field of study has undergone a radical metamorphosis. Technical and methodological innovations, as well as a considerable increase in...

    Published May 2nd 2013 by Psychology Press
40. Family Investments in Children's Potential

    Resources and Parenting Behaviors That Promote Success

    Edited by Ariel Kalil, Thomas DeLeire

    Series: Monographs in Parenting Series

    The papers in this volume bring together a cross-disciplinary mix of researchers--developmental psychologists, evolutionary biologists, economists, anthropologists, and sociologists--working on the common theme of investments in children. The interdisciplinary conceptual framework adopted by this...

    Published May 2nd 2013 by Psychology Press