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Psychology of Learning and Motivation
1st Edition, Volume 64 - January 18, 2016
Editor: Brian H. Ross
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:9780128047392
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eBook ISBN:9780128051184
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Psychology of Learning and Motivation publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental condition…Read more
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Psychology of Learning and Motivation publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning to complex learning and problem solving. Each chapter thoughtfully integrates the writings of leading contributors, who present and discuss significant bodies of research relevant to their discipline. Volume 64 includes chapters on such varied topics as causal reasoning, the role of affordances in memory, technology-based support for older adult communication in safety-critical domains and what edge-based masking effects can tell us about cognition.
Volume 64 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
Researchers and students in cognitive psychology
1. Inductive reasoning: What knowledge acts as input and when Aidan Feeney and Aimee Bright
2. Causal Reasoning Michael Waldmann
3. The role of affordances in memory Renee Zeelenberg and Diane Pecher
4. The Origins of Expertise:Evidence from Individual Differences and Behavioral Genetics D. Zachery Hambrick, Brooke Macnamara, Fredrk Ullen and Miriam Mosing
5. Knowledge Elizabeth Marsh, Nadia Brashier and Allison Cantor
6. Beyond stimulus-response associations: How does the brain represent tasks? Richard E. Hazeltine and Eric Schumacher
7. Technology-based Support for Older Adult Communication in Safety-Critical Domains Daniel Morrow
8. When structure beats meaning in memory Robert Greene
9. What edge-based masking effects can tell us about cognition Todd Kahan
10. Cognitive and neural components of insight Mark Beeman
No. of pages: 346
Language: English
Edition: 1
Volume: 64
Published: January 18, 2016
Imprint: Academic Press
Hardback ISBN: 9780128047392
eBook ISBN: 9780128051184
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Brian H. Ross
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
Professor of Psychology and of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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