Psychology Press imprint: 2143 books
Reading, Writing and Dyslexia
A Cognitive Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Research in cognitive psychology has contributed much to our understanding of reading and spelling. Most of this work has concentrated on the processes used by literate adults to comprehend and produce written language, but there is a growing interest in applying cognitive theories to the development...
Systems and Development
The Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology, Volume 22
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
This volume covers the 22nd Annual Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology. The theme of the conference was the use of a systematic approach to the study of development. An analysis of systems theory, its applications to the study of development, its benefits, and its drawbacks are considered. The...
Pointing
Where Language, Culture, and Cognition Meet
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2003
Pointing has captured the interest of scholars from various fields who study communication. However, ideas and findings have been scattered across diverse publications in different disciplines, and opportunities for interdisciplinary exchange have been very limited. The editor's aim is to provide...
Psychology of Language (PLE: Psycholinguistics)
An Introduction to Sentence and Discourse Processes
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Originally published in 1990, this comprehensive volume addresses the central issues of sentence and discourse processes, with particular emphasis placed on reading and listening comprehension. The text material is accessible to both upper-level undergraduate and graduate students and informative...
by Paul Bertelson, Paul Eelen, Gery d'Ydewalle
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2013
The essays appearing in these two volumes are based on Keynote (Vol. 1) and State-of-the-Art (Vol. 2) Lectures delivered at the XXVth International Congress of Psychology, in Brussels, July 1992. The Brussels Congress was the latest in a series of conferences which are organized at regular intervals...
by Cesare Cornoldi, Tomaso Vecchi
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2004
In this timely and comprehensive text, Cesare Cornoldi and Tomaso Vecchi describe their recently developed experimental approach to the investigation of visuo-spatial cognition, based upon the analysis of individual differences.
A review of the most influential theoretical advances in the study of...
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Research challenges and solutions
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Interest in the field of neurodevelopmental disorders has grown exponentially in recent years across a range of disciplines, including psychology, psychiatry, education and neuroscience. The research itself has become more sophisticated, using multidisciplinary methods to probe interdisciplinary questions....
Action As An Organizer of Learning and Development
Volume 33 in the Minnesota Symposium on Child Psychology Series
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2005
This is the 33rd volume in the Minnesota Symposium on Child Psychology held in October 2002. The symposium was held to honor the scientific and mentoring contributions of Anne Danielson Pick and Herbert L. Pick, Jr.--two longtime and beloved professors of the Institute of Child Development. It focused...
Musical Creativity
Multidisciplinary Research in Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2006
This collection initiates a resolutely interdisciplinary research dynamic specifically concerning musical creativity. Creativity is one of the most challenging issues currently facing scientific psychology and its study has been relatively rare in the cognitive sciences, especially in artificial...
by Jamie Ward
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2016
Social neuroscience is a rapidly growing field which explains, using neural mechanisms, our ability to recognize, understand, and interact with others. Concepts such as trust, revenge, empathy, prejudice, and love are now being explored and unravelled by neuroscientists. This engaging and cutting-edge...
Studies in Perception and Action XI
Sixteenth International Conference on Perception and Action
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
This volume is the 11th in the Studies in Perception and Action series and contains research presented at the 16th International Conference on Perception and Action (ICPA) meeting in the summer of 2011.
ICPA provides a forum for presenting new data, theory, and methodological developments relevant...
by Morton A. Heller
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Designed to make research on touch understandable to those not specifically involved in tactile research, this book provides broad coverage of the field. It includes material on sensory physiology and psychophysics, thermal sensibility, pain, pattern participation, sensory aids, and tactile perception...
by Paul Booth
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014
Originally published in 1989this title provided a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to the burgeoning discipline of human-computer interaction for students, academics, and those from industry who wished to know more about the subject. Assuming very little knowledge, the book provides an...
The Psychology of Adaptation To Absurdity
Tactics of Make-believe
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
The major goal of this book is to explore and integrate all that is scientifically known about the utility of magical plans and strategies for coping with life's inevitable absurdities. Make-believe has great adaptive value and helps the average individual to function better in cultures saturated...