Kognitionspsykologi, kognitiv psykologi

Most previous research on human cognition has focused on problem-solving, and has confined its investigations to the laboratory. As a result, it has been difficult to account for …

This book is about abduction, ‘the logic of Sherlock Holmes’, and about how some kinds of abductive reasoning can be programmed in a computer. The work brings together Artificial …

Learning by Expanding challenges traditional theories that consider learning to be a process of acquisition and reorganization of cognitive structures within the closed boundaries …

We perceive color everywhere and on everything that we encounter in daily life. Color science has progressed to the point where a great deal is known about the mechanics, …

This work compiles psychologists' best attempts to answer important questions about intuitive judgment.

This book introduces new and provocative neuroscience research that advances our understanding of intelligence and the brain. Compelling evidence shows that genetics plays a more …

Our ability to speak, write, understand speech and read is critical to our ability to function in today's society. As such, psycholinguistics, or the study of how humans learn and …

Genius: The Natural History of Creativity presents a novel theory of genius and creativity, based on the personality characteristics of creative persons and geniuses. Starting with …

Roger Schank’s influential book, Dynamic Memory, described how computers could learn based upon what was known about how people learn. Since that book’s publication in 1982, Dr …

Although the ability to retain, process, and project prior experience onto future situations is indispensable, the human mind also possesses the ability to override experience and …