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Cognitive psychology : the basics / by Taylor, Sandie,author.(CARDINAL)888299; Workman, Lance,author.(CARDINAL)888135;
Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 295-297).What is cognitive psychology? -- Relationship between brain structure, function and cognitive modelling -- Attention and perception -- Memory and learning -- Thinking : decision-making and problem-solving -- Language and communication -- Consciousness and metacognition -- Cognitive neuropsychology -- Future directions of cognitive psychology."Cognitive Psychology: The Basics provides a compact introduction to the core topics in the field, discussing the science behind the everyday cognitive phenomena experienced by us all. The book considers laboratory and applied theory and research alongside technological developments to demonstrate how our understanding of the brain's role in cognition is improving all the time. Alongside coverage of traditional topics in the field, including attention and perception; learning and memory; thinking, problem-solving and decision-making; and language, the book also discusses developments in interrelated areas, such as neuroscience and computational cognitive science. New perspectives, including the contribution of evolutionary psychology to our understandingof cognition are also considered before a thoughtful discussion of future research directions. Using real-world examples throughout, the authors explain in an accessible and student-friendly manner the role our human cognition plays in all aspects of ourlives. It is an essential introductory text suitable for all students of Cognitive Psychology and related disciplines. It will also be an ideal read for any reader interested in the role of the brain in human behavior"--
Subjects: Cognitive psychology.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Kluge : the haphazard construction of the human mind / by Marcus, Gary F.(Gary Fred)(CARDINAL)529089;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-202) and index.Remnants of history -- Memory -- Belief -- Choice -- Language -- Pleasure -- Things fall apart -- True wisdom.
Subjects: Psychology.; Cognitive psychology.; Cognitive neuroscience.;
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The mind club : who thinks, what feels, and why it matters / by Wegner, Daniel M.,1948-author.(CARDINAL)504240; Gray, Kurt James,author.(CARDINAL)412924;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-372) and index."From dogs to gods, the science of understanding mysterious minds--including your own. Nothing seems more real than the minds of other people. When you consider what your boss is thinking or whether your spouse is happy, you are admitting them into the "mind club." It's easy to assume other humans can think and feel, but what about a cow, a computer, a corporation? What kinds of mind do they have? Daniel M. Wegner and Kurt Gray are award-winning psychologists who have discovered that minds--while incredibly important--are a matter of perception. Their research opens a trove of new findings, with insights into human behavior that are fascinating, frightening and funny. The Mind Club explains why we love some animals and eat others, why people debate the existence of God so intensely, how good people can be so cruel, and why robots make such poor lovers. By investigating the mind perception of extraordinary targets--animals, machines, comatose people, god--Wegner and Gray explain what it means to have a mind, and why it matters so much. Fusing cutting-edge research and personal anecdotes, The Mind Club explores the moral dimensions of mind perception with wit and compassion, revealing the surprisingly simple basis for what compels us to love and hate, to harm and to protect"--"From dogs to gods, the science of understanding mysterious minds--including your own. Nothing seems more real than the minds of other people. When you consider what your boss is thinking or whether your spouse is happy, you are admitting them into the "mind club." It's easy to assume other humans can think and feel, but what about a cow, a computer, a corporation? What kinds of mind do they have? Daniel M. Wegner and Kurt Gray are award-winning psychologists who have discovered that minds--while incredibly important--are a matter of perception. Their research opens a trove of new findings, with insights into human behavior that are fascinating, frightening, and funny. The Mind Club explains why we love some animals and eat others, why people debate the existence of God so intensely, how good people can be so cruel, and why robots make such poor lovers. By investigating the mind perception of extraordinary targets--animals, machines, comatose people, god--Wegner and Gray explain what it means to have a mind, and why it matter so much. Fusing cutting-edge research and personal anecdotes, The Mind Club explores the moral dimensions of mind perception with wit and compassion, revealing the surprisingly simple basis for what compels us to love and hate, to harm and to protect"--
Subjects: Psychology.; Cognitive psychology.; Psychology, Comparative.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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How do we know ourselves? : curiosities and marvels of the human mind / by Myers, David G.,author.(CARDINAL)717798;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-249).Part I:Who am I? -- Part II:Who are we? -- Part III:What in the world?"A delightful tour of the wonders of our humanity from David G. Myers, the award-winning professor and author of psychology's bestselling textbook. Over the past three decades, millions of students have learned about psychology from textbooks by David G. Myers. To create these books and to satisfy his own endless curiosity about the human mind, Myers monitors the leading journals to discover the most extraordinary new developments in psychological science. How Do We Know Ourselves? is a compendium of the most wondrous verities that Myers has found: a thought-provoking book about psychological science's insights into our everyday lives. His astute observations and sharp-witted wisdom enable readers to think smarter and live happier"--
Subjects: Cognition.; Psychology.;
Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 19
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Riveted : the science of why jokes make us laugh, movies make us cry, and religion makes us feel one with the universe / by Davies, Jim.(CARDINAL)615960;
"A ... look at what grabs our attention that pulls back the curtain on the psychological and evolutionary reasons that everyone is drawn to religion, conspiracy theories, and the news"--Includes bibliographical references and index.Hardwiring for socializing -- Wizard's first rule : hope and fear's anti-sweet spot -- The thrill of discovering patterns -- Incongruity : absurdism, mystery, and puzzle -- Our biological nature -- Our psychological biases -- Why we get riveted.
Subjects: Evolutionary psychology.; Cognitive psychology.;
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What makes us smart : the computational logic of human cognition / by Gershman, Samuel J.,1985-author.aut;
Includes bibliographical references and index."This book is motivated by a fundamental puzzle about human cognition: how can we apparently be so stupid and so smart at the same time? On the one hand, the catalogue of human error is vast: we perceive things that aren't there and fail to perceive things right in front of us, we forget things that happened and remember things that didn't happen, we're inconsistent, biased, myopic, overly optimistic, and-despite this litany of imperfections-overconfident. In short, we appear to be as far as one can imagine from an ideal of rationality. On the other hand, there is an equally vast catalogue of findings in support of human rationality: we come close to optimal performance in domains ranging from motor control and sensory perception to prediction, communication, decision making, and logical reasoning. This puzzle has been around for as long as people have contemplated the nature of human intelligence, though it is now amplified by the modern revolution in AI. In this book, Samuel J. Gershman offers a new explanation, grounded in computational neuroscience, for this puzzle. He argues that the errors that the brain makes-those that make us "stupid"-are not haphazard "hacks" or "kluges" as some have argued. Rather, they are inevitable consequences of a brain optimized to operate under natural information processing constraints. In this book, Gershman develops this argument and shows how it reveals a deeper computational logic underlying a range of errors in human cognition. Importantly, he does not develop a bespoke explanation for each individual error; rather, he develops a uniform computational logic that can be invoked to explain diverse and superficially distinct phenomena. The result is a small set of unifying principles for understanding both the successes and the failures of cognition"--
Subjects: Cognition.; Intellect.; Cognitive psychology.;
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Rainy brain, sunny brain : how to retrain your brain to overcome pessimism and achieve a more positive outlook / by Fox, Elaine,1963-(CARDINAL)376705(CARDINAL)606069;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Drawing on her own cutting-edge research, Fox shows how we can retrain our brains to brighten our lives and learn to flourish. With keen insights into how genes, life experiences and cognitive processes interleave together to make us who we are, Rainy Brain, Sunny Brain revolutionizes our basic concept of individuality. We learn that we can influence our own personalities, and that our lives are only as "sunny" or as "rainy" as we allow them to be.
Subjects: Optimism.; Positive psychology.; Cognitive psychology.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Recapture the rapture : rethinking God, sex, and death in a world that's lost its mind / by Wheal, Jamie,author.(CARDINAL)631048;
Subjects: Cognitive psychology.; Neurosciences.; Mindfulness (Psychology);
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Top brain, bottom brain : surprising insights into how you think / by Kosslyn, Stephen Michael,1948-(CARDINAL)509770; Miller, G. Wayne.(CARDINAL)775570;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Kosslyn and Miller describe how the top and bottom parts of the brain work together, and introduce us to four modes of thought: Mover, Perceiver, Stimulator, and Adaptor. Learn to determine which mode best defines your dominant way of thinking, and learn practical applications for every aspect of your life.
Subjects: Brain.; Cognition.; Cognitive neuroscience.; Cognitive psychology.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Think like a freak [sound recording] / by Levitt, Steven D.(CARDINAL)279742; Dubner, Stephen J.(CARDINAL)279741;
Read by Stephen J. Dubner.Think Like A Freak takes listeners further inside this special thought process, revealing a new way of approaching the decisions people make, the plans they create, and the morals they choose.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Problem solving.; Cognitive psychology.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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