Books in the Macquarie Monographs in Cognitive Science series

Focusing on the remediation of impairments of word production in aphasia, this volume is restricted to studies focusing on single work production and comprises papers by some of the researchers most active in this field worldwide.

Covering a range of topics, from the evolution of language, theory of mind, and the mentality of apes, through to psychological disorders, human mating strategies and relationship processes, this volume makes a contribution to what is fast becoming one of the most fruitful approaches to understanding the nature and psychology of the mind.

This volume is an interdisciplinary examination of the relationship between delusions and self-deception, bringing recent work on motivated reasoning to bear on the problems posed by these forms of pathological belief. The volume will appeal to cognitive scientists, clinicians and philosophers interested in the nature of belief and the disturbances to which it is subject.

This volume brings together researchers from many different disciplines all with a special interest in how speech is produced.

Progressive language impairments comprise a broad range of symptoms of impaired language processing that worsen over time as a result of neurodegenerative disease. This title focuses on intervention for progressive language impairments, providing an overview of the research and including examples of interventions at different levels.

Presents an interdisciplinary examination of the relationship between delusions and self-deception, bringing the work on motivated reasoning to bear on the problems posed by these forms of pathological belief. This text is also of interest to cognitive scientists interested in the nature of belief and the disturbances to which it is subject.

Attempts to understand individual differences in word and nonword reading by connecting three literatures that have been developed in isolation from each other: acquired dyslexia, precocious reading and difficulties in learning to read.