Cognition (3rd Edition)

Providing a comprehensive, approachable treatment of current cognitive psychology, this third edition of a classic volume maintains the direct style that has proven so popular with readers. Neurocognitive evidence is integrated throughout and the book balances empirical evidence, theory and explanations of important points with sufficient detail that readers learn not only cognitive psychology, but also how experiments are designed and interpreted and how theories are tested. The volume provides complete coverage of cognitive psychology, perception and pattern recognition, attention, short-term, working memory, episodic and semantic long-term memory, language, comprehension, decisions, judgements and reasoning and problem solving. For individuals interested in understanding human memory and cognition.