British Psychological Society (BPS) Cognitive Psychology Section Annual Meeting 2012

Menzies Glasgow, 27 Washington Street, Glasgow, G3 8AZ, UK

Featured Books at this Event

1. Thinking and Reasoning

   An Introduction to the Psychology of Reason, Judgment and Decision Making

   By Ken Manktelow

   The area of psychological research reviewed in this book is one that is not only increasing in popularity in college curricula, but is also making an ever larger impact on the world outside the classroom. Drawing upon research originally cited in Ken Manktelow’s highly successful publication...

   Published February 13th 2012 by Psychology Press
2. BCoS Cognitive Screen

   By Glyn W. Humphreys, Wai-Ling Bickerton, Dana Samson, M. Jane Riddoch

   Following different kinds of brain damage, including stroke, head injury, carbon monoxide poisoning, and degenerative change, people can experience a range of cognitive problems, in addition to any difficulties in motor function. These problems strongly influence a patient’s ability to recover, but...

   Published May 7th 2012 by Psychology Press
3. Visual Word Recognition Volume 1

   Models and Methods, Orthography and Phonology

   Edited by James Adelman

   Series: Current Issues in the Psychology of Language

   Word recognition is the component of reading which involves the identification of individual words. Together the two volumes of Visual Word Recognition offer a state-of-the-art overview of contemporary research from leading figures in the field. This first volume outlines established theory, new...

   Published June 20th 2012 by Psychology Press
4. Attention in Action

   Advances from Cognitive Neuroscience

   Edited by Glyn Humphreys, Jane Riddoch

   Series: Advances in Behavioural Brain Science

   Over the past forty years much work has assessed how attention modulates perception, but relatively little work has evaluated the role of attention in action. This is despite the fact that recent research indicates that the relation between attention and action is a crucial factor in human...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Psychology Press
5. Computational Modelling in Behavioural Neuroscience

   Closing the Gap Between Neurophysiology and Behaviour

   Edited by Dietmar Heinke, Eirini Mavritsaki

   Series: Advances in Behavioural Brain Science

   Classically, behavioural neuroscience theorizes about experimental evidence in a qualitative way. However, more recently there has been an increasing development of mathematical and computational models of experimental results, and in general these models are more clearly defined and more detailed...

   Published October 21st 2012 by Psychology Press
6. Visual Word Recognition Volume 2

   Meaning and Context, Individuals and Development

   Edited by James Adelman

   Series: Current Issues in the Psychology of Language

   Word recognition is the component of reading which involves the identification of individual words. Together the two volumes of Visual Word Recognition offer a state-of-the-art overview of contemporary research from leading figures in the field. This second volume examines how research on word...

   Published June 20th 2012 by Psychology Press