Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook: A Student's Handbook 5th Edition

Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook has become the textbook of choice for students and lecturers in the field. This fifth edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect new directions in cognitive psychology and to be more student friendly. Topics include: New material on cognitive neuroscience approaches, such as brain scanning and imaging studies, to illustrate the principles of brain function, New coverage of current research on consciousness, Experimental cognitive psychology, Cognitive science, with its focus on cognitive modelling, Cognitive neuropsychology, with its focus on cognition following brain damage, New introductory and concluding chapters putting research developments into context.