Cognitive psychology and its implications
John R. Anderson (Author)
eBook, English, 2020
Ninth edition View all formats and editions
Worth Publishers, New York, NY, 2020
1 online resource
9781319106997, 1319106994
1257292926
About this Book
Cover Page
Halftitle Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
About the Author
Dedication
Brief Contents
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 The Science of Cognition
Motivations for Studying Cognitive Psychology
Intellectual Curiosity
Implications for Other Fields
Practical Applications
Implications 1.1 What Does Cognitive Psychology Tell Us about How to Study Effectively?
The History of Cognitive Psychology
Early History
Psychology in Germany: Focus on Introspective Observation
Psychology in America: Focus on Behavior The Cognitive Revolution: AI, Information Theory, and Linguistics
Information-Processing Analyses
Implications 1.2 The Replicability Crisis
Cognitive Neuroscience
Information Processing: The Communicative Neurons
The Neuron
Neural Representation of Information
Organization of the Brain
Localization of Function
Topographic Organization
Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience
Neural Imaging Techniques
Using fMRI to Study Equation Solving
A Cognitive Neuroscience Revolution?
Chapter Review
Questions for Thought
Key Terms
Chapter 2 Perception Visual Perception in the Brain
Early Visual Information Processing
Information Coding by Neurons in the Visual System
Depth and Surface Perception
Object Segmentation
Visual Pattern Recognition
Template-Matching Models
Implications 2.1 CAPTCHAs: Separating Humans from Bots
Feature Analysis
Object Recognition by Deep Convolutional Networks
Face Recognition
Implications 2.2 New Developments in Face-Recognition Software
Speech Recognition
Feature Analysis of Speech
Categorical Perception
Context and Pattern Recognition Massaro's FLMP Model for Combination of Context and Feature Information
Other Examples of Context and Recognition
Conclusions
Chapter Review
Questions for Thought
Key Terms
Chapter 3 Attention and Performance
Serial Bottlenecks
Auditory Attention
The Filter Theory
The Attenuation Theory and a Late-Selection Theory
Visual Attention
The Neural Basis of Visual Attention
Inattentional Blindness
Visual Search
The Binding Problem
Neglect of the Visual Field
Object-Based Attention
Central Attention: Selecting Lines of Thought to Pursue Implications 3.1 Cell Phones and Distraction
Automaticity: Expertise through Practice
The Stroop Effect
Prefrontal Sites of Executive Control
Conclusions
Chapter Review
Questions for Thought
Key Terms
Chapter 4 Mental Imagery
Verbal Imagery Versus Visual Imagery
Implications 4.1 Using Brain Activation to Read People's Minds
Visual Imagery
Mental Rotation
Image Scanning
Mental Comparison of Magnitudes
Are Visual Images Like Visual Perception?
Visual Imagery and Brain Areas
Imagery Involves Both Spatial and Visual Components