Advanced Search»

Cognitive Psychology

Showing 11-20 of 35 items in Cognitive Psychology
« previous | 1 2 3 4 | next »


Ecological Rationality

Intelligence in the World
Peter M. Todd, Gerd Gigerenzer
$79.99
In Stock, 
Hardback,  Mar 2012 ISBN13: 9780195315448ISBN10: 0195315448 In this book, the authors argue that in an uncertain world, more information and computation are not always better, and we ask when, and why, less can be more. The answers to these questions constitute the idea of ecological rationality.
bookshot


Social Perception and Social Reality

Why Accuracy Dominates Bias and Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Lee Jussim
$79.99
In Stock, 
Hardback,  Mar 2012 ISBN13: 9780195366600ISBN10: 0195366603 research in the social sciences has shown stereotypes to be accurate.
bookshot


The Passionate Muse

Exploring Emotion in Stories
Keith Oatley
$29.95
In Stock, 
Hardback,  Feb 2012 ISBN13: 9780199767632ISBN10: 0199767637 Keith Oatley is both a novelist and research psychologist. This book is a hybrid text that alternates sections of an original short story with chapters of psychological exploration of the emotions experienced as we read this story, and as we read fiction generally.
bookshot


The Passionate Muse

Exploring Emotion in Stories
Keith Oatley
$29.95
In Stock, 
Hardback,  Feb 2012 ISBN13: 9780199767632ISBN10: 0199767637 Keith Oatley is both a novelist and research psychologist. This book is a hybrid text that alternates sections of an original short story with chapters of psychological exploration of the emotions experienced as we read this story, and as we read fiction generally.
bookshot


The Oxford Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning

Keith J. Holyoak, Ph.D., Robert G. Morrison, Ph.D.
$175.00
In Stock, 
Hardback,  Feb 2012 ISBN13: 9780199734689ISBN10: 0199734682 The Oxford Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning brings together the contributions of many of the leading researchers in thinking and reasoning to create the most comprehensive overview of research on thinking and reasoning that has ever been available. Each chapter includes a bit of historical perspective on the topic, and concludes with some thoughts about where the field seems to be heading.

See more from the series
bookshot


The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Cognition

Thomas R. Zentall, Edward A. Wasserman
$175.00
In Stock, 
Hardback,  Feb 2012 ISBN13: 9780195392661ISBN10: 0195392663 A natural science of animal intelligence is not only possible, it is necessary to disclose the true character of minds other than ours. The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Cognition attests to the power and prospects of a natural science account of animal cognition.

See more from the series
bookshot


How Animals See the World

Comparative Behavior, Biology, and Evolution of Vision
Olga F. Lazareva, Toru Shimizu, Edward A. Wasserman
$135.00
In Stock, 
Hardback,  Feb 2012 ISBN13: 9780195334654ISBN10: 0195334655 The visual world of animals is highly diverse and often very different from that of humans. This book provides an extensive review of the latest behavioral and neurobiological research on animal vision, detailing fascinating species similarities and differences in visual processing.
bookshot


Cross-Cultural Technology Design

Creating Culture-Sensitive Technology for Local Users
Huatong Sun
$79.99
In Stock, 
Hardback,  Feb 2012 ISBN13: 9780199744763ISBN10: 0199744769 This book explores how to create culture-sensitive technology for local users in an increasingly globalized world with rising participatory culture. Illustrated with a cross-cultural study of mobile messaging use, Sun presents an innovative framework integrating action and meaning through a dialogical, cyclical design process to create usable and meaningful technology.

See more from the series
bookshot


The Oxford Handbook of Sleep and Sleep Disorders

Charles M. Morin, Colin A. Espie
$195.00
In Stock, 
Hardback,  Feb 2012 ISBN13: 9780195376203ISBN10: 019537620X A great deal of progress has been made in the characterization, assessment and treatment of sleep disorders in recent years. Detailing the functions of sleep and its effect on cognition and development, The Oxford Handbook of Sleep and Sleep Disorders offers a comprehensive, practical approach to the evaluation and treatment of patients with sleep disorders.

See more from the series
bookshot


Perceiving in Depth: 3-Volume Set

Ian P. Howard, Brian J. Rogers
$575.00
In Stock, 
Kit,  Jan 2012 ISBN13: 9780199913756ISBN10: 0199913757 Much broader in scope than all other texts and includes mechanisms of depth perception by all senses. Three Volumes!

See more from the series
bookshot


Discover these from OUP

Probe the inner workings of the mind

cover The Encyclopedia of Psychology is a state-of-the-art synthesis of classic and contemporary knowledge of human behavior.


From ancient Greece to the modern era...

cover ...the art of persuasion has been used, discussed, and debated for over twenty-four hundred years. Now the Encyclopedia of Rhetoric provides balanced coverage of classical rhetoric and the rhetorical turns in contemporary critical thought


The most exotic blooms

cover Orchids are widely collected, often temperamental and always admired. However, even those those who cultivate and appreciate them find them a mystery. Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part One) provide in depth information and understanding of these beautiful blooms.



« previous | 1 2 3 4 | next »