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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...
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Academic Press
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2013-05-14
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The Science of Reading: A Handbook brings together state-of-the-art reviews of reading research from leading names in the field, to create a highly authoritative, multidisciplinary overview of contemporary knowledge about reading and related skills. Provides...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-04-22
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Wiley Blackwell Handbooks of Developmental Psychology
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Magnetic resonance imaging methods have taken a commanding position in brain studies because they allow scientists to follow brain activities in the living human. The ability to measure cerebral anatomy, neuronal firing, and brain metabolism has extended and...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-04-09
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Improvisation teachers have long known that the human mind could be trained to be effortlessly spontaneous and intuitive. Drinko explores what these improvisation teachers knew about improvisation's effects on consciousness and cognition and compares these theories to...
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Palgrave Pivot
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2013-04-05
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Embodied theories claim that semantic representations are grounded in sensorimotor systems, but the contribution of sensorimotor brain areas in representing meaning is still controversial. One current debate is whether activity in sensorimotor areas during language...
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Academic Press
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2013-03-20
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As little as 10 years ago, it was believed that memory went from short to long term via one consolidation practice that made that memory intractable. Since then, research has shown that long-term memories can be activated, modified, and reconsolidated in their new form....
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Academic Press
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2013-03-18
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Psychopaths constitute less than 1% of the general population but over 20% of prison populations. They commit a disproportionate amount of crime and violence in society. Given that the economic burden of crime in the United States is estimated to be over $2.3 trillion...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-03-15
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CBT for Anxiety Disorders presents a comprehensive overview of the latest anxiety disorder-specific treatment techniques contributed by the foremost experts in variousCBT approaches. Summarizes the state-of-the-artCBT approaches for each of the DSM anxiety disorders...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-03-05
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From memory to creativity—a complete and current presentation of the field of cognition The process of cognition allows us to function in life; it translates inputs from the world so we can recognize the sound of the alarm clock, remember the day of the week, and decide...
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Wiley
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2013-01-30
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Decision making cuts across most areas of intellectual enquiry and academic endeavor. The classical view of individual human thinkers choosing among options remains important and instructive, but the contributors to this volume broaden this perspective to characterize...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-01-30
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Why do we think that we can understand animal voices - such as the aggressive barking of a pet dog, and the longing meows of the family cat?Why do we think of deep voices as dominant and high voices as submissive. Are there universal principles governing our own...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-01-24
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Why do we think that we can understand animal voices - such as the aggressive barking of a pet dog, and the longing meows of the family cat?Why do we think of deep voices as dominant and high voices as submissive. Are there universal principles governing our own...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-01-24
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The Psychology of Learning and Motivation series publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning to complex learning and problem solving.
- Volume 58 of the highly regarded...
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Academic Press
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2013-01-21
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Is a pear sweeter than a peach? Which of Mona Lisa’s hands is crossed over the other? What would the Moonlight Sonata sound like played by a brass band? Although these are questions that appeal to mental imagery in a variety of sensory modalities, mental imagery...
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Springer
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2013-01-19
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The first book to describe evidence-based treatment of dental phobia using brief CBT, based on the pioneering single-session treatment for specific phobias developed by Lars-Göran Öst. Brings together research, experience and techniques from clinical psychology and...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-01-18
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This well-established international series examines major areas of basic and clinical research within neuroscience, as well as emerging and promising subfields.This volume explores interdisciplinary research on decision making taking a neural and behavioural approach
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Elsevier
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2013-01-10
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Volume 43 of Advances in Child Development and Behavior includes chapters that highlight some of the most recent research in the area of Rational Constructivism. Each chapter provides in-depth discussions, and this volume serves as an invaluable resource for...
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Academic Press
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2012-12-31
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Evidence based or empirically supported psychotherapies are becoming more and more important in the mental health fields as the users and financers of psychotherapies want to choose those methods whose effectiveness are empirically shown. Cognitive-behavioral...
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Elsevier Science
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2012-12-31
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In recent decades there has been a shift in focus from psychological and social problems-what might be called the "dark side" of humanity-to human well-being and flourishing. The Positive Psychology movement, along with changes in attitudes toward organisational and...
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OUP Oxford
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2012-12-28
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