The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Volume 57
1st Edition
Table of Contents
- Meta-Cognitive Myopia and the Dilemmas of Inductive-Statistical Inference
- Relations Between Memory and Reasoning
- The Visual World in Sight and Mind: How Attention and Memory Interact to Determine Visual Experience
- Spatial Thinking and STEM Education: When, Why, and How?
- Emotions during the Learning of Difficult Material
- Specificity and Transfer of Learning
- What do words do? Towards a theory of language-augmented thought
Gary Lupyan
Klaus Fiedler
Evan Heit, Caren M. Rotello and Brett K. Hayes
James R. Brockmole, Christopher C. Davoli, and Deborah A. Cronin
David H. Uttal and Cheryl A. Cohen
Arthur C. Graesser and Sidney D’Mello
Alice F. Healy and Erica L. Wohldmann
Description
The Psychology of Learning and Motivation series publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning to complex learning and problem solving.
Key Features
- Volume 57 of the highly regarded Psychology of Learning and Motivation series
- An essential reference for researchers and academics in cognitive science
- Relevant to both applied concerns and basic research
Readership
Researchers and students in cognitive psychology
Details
- No. of pages:
- 316
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Academic Press 2012
- Published:
- 1st June 2012
- Imprint:
- Academic Press
- Hardcover ISBN:
- 9780123942937
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780123946300
Reviews
Praise for the Series:
"A remarkable number of landmark papers... An important collection of theory and data." --Contemporary Psychology
Ratings and Reviews
About the Serial Editors
Brian Ross Serial Editor
Brian H. Ross is a Professor of Psychology and of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research areas have included problem solving, complex learning, categorization, reasoning, memory, and mathematical modeling. He has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and the Institute of Education Sciences. Ross has been Editor-in-Chief of the journal Memory & Cognition, Chair of the Governing Board of the Psychonomic Society, and co-author of a textbook, Cognitive Psychology. He has held temporary leadership positions on the University of Illinois campus as Department Head of Psychology, Associate Dean of the Sciences, and Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Ross has degrees from Brown University (B.S., Honors in Psychology), Rutgers University (M.S. in Mathematical Statistics), Yale University (M.S. in Psychology), and Stanford University (PhD.). Ross has been Editor of The Psychology of Learning and Motivation since 2000.
Affiliations and Expertise
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA