Books in the Handbook of Perception and Cognition series

Provides an introduction to measurement, which is the basic issue of the science of psychology and the key to science. This book covers measurement, psychophysical scaling, multidimensional scaling, stimulus categorization, and behavioral decision making. It also provides basic definitions and summaries of theories.

Illustrates how the developmental approach yields fundamental contributions to our understanding of perception and cognition as a whole. This book discusses how to relate developmental, comparative, and neurological considerations to early learning and development. It also includes discussions of learning, memory, and attention.

Presents a comprehensive review of literature on cognition, reasoning, intelligence, and other formative areas specific to this field. This book provides insight into questions such as: How do people solve complex problems in mathematics and everyday life? How do we generate new ideas? It covers both historical and contemporary approaches.

Including chapters on basic theory, this text also discusses storage and access of information in both short-term and long-term memory, how memory is controlled, monitored and enhanced, individual differences in mnemonic ability and the processes of retrieval and retention.

Representing the critical areas in human neuropsychology, this book begins with the history and development of the field and proceeds to discuss brain structure and function with regard to attention, perception, emotion, language, and movement.

This volume reviews animal learning, covering basic models such as Pavolvian conditioning, as well as more modern models of animal memory and social cognition.

Identifies the richness of input to our sensory evaluations, from our cultural heritage and philosophies of aesthetics to perceptual cognition and judgement. This book investigates the relationship of perception and cognition to issues of how science is conducted.

Artificial Intelligence is the study of how to build or program computers to enable them to do what minds can do. This volume discusses the ways in which computational ideas and computer modeling can aid our understanding of human and animal minds. It also discusses fundamental philosophical questions.

Contains cognitive psychology surveys that are historically based. This book provides references to the development of cognitive psychology. It is suitable for a range of psychology courses. It presents broad coverage of perception and cognition.

The field of cognitive science brings together elements of cognitive psychology, mathematics, perception, and linguistics. Focusing on the main areas of exploration in this field, this book presents comprehensive overviews of research findings and discusses new cross-over areas of interest.

Advances in tactile perception and pain have lead to the development of this text on basic research and clinical practice. Chapters discuss how the brain processes both pain and touch, the nerve pathways, how sensations of pain can be measured, and means of controlling pathological pains.

A comprehensive reference work covering both the physiological and perceptual aspects of hearing. Intended for researchers and advanced students in the field of hearing, it reviews major areas of research in addition to different discoveries, including active mechanisms in the cochlea and across-channel processes in auditory masking.