Cognitive Psychology: The Basics

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgements
1. What is cognitive psychology?
	Cognitive psychology
	Cognitive neuroscience
	Cognitive neuropsychology
	Computational cognitive science
	Areas of cognitive psychology
		Attention and perception
		Learning and memory
		Thinking: decision-making and problem-solving
		Language and communication
	Summary
	Further reading
2. Relationship between brain structure, function and cognitive modelling
	Structure of the human brain
		Microanatomy
		Gross anatomy
			Neural pathway activation in the brain
		Sensory organs: The eye and ear
			Neuron activation in the retina
	Function of the human brain
		Frontal lobes: The orbitofrontal cortex (OFC)
		Corpus callosum
		Temporal lobes
		Parietal lobes
		Occipital lobes
	Cognitive modelling of the human brain
	Summary
	Further reading
3. Attention and perception
	Attention
		Models of auditory attention
		Visual attention
			Theories of visual attention
			Visual search
				1. Feature integration theory
				2. Texture tiling model
				3. Dual-path model
			Divided attention
			Automatic processing
	Perception
		Perception of size, colour and depth
		Object perception
		Face perception
		Perception of motion and action
	Summary
	Further reading
4. Memory and learning
	Memory
		Structure of memory
			Multi-store model
			Working memory model
				A. Central executive
				B. Phonological loop
				C. Visuospatial sketchpad
				D. Episodic buffer
			Long-term memory models
	Everyday memory
		Autobiographical memory
			Flashbulb memories
			Lifetime memories
			Eyewitness memories
		Prospective memory
	Learning
		Levels of processing approach
		Implicit learning
		Consolidation
		Repetition priming
		Mnemonics
	Summary
	Further reading
5. Thinking: decision-making and problem-solving
	Thinking defined
		Judgements
		Decision-making
			Prospect theory
			Emotional influences
			Influence of selective exposure
			Naturalistic decision-making (NDM)
		Informal reasoning
		Inductive reasoning
		Deductive reasoning
			Propositional
			Syllogistic
		Problem-solving
			Gestalt school of thought
			Information-processing
			Experience and knowledge
	Summary
	Further reading
6. Language and communication
	What is language?
		Grammar
			Is language innate?
			Universal grammar
		Reading and speech
			Phonological processing
			Reading out loud
			Computational models of reading
				1. The dual-route cascade model
				2. The triangle model
				3. Connectionist Dual Process models
		Speech perception
		Language comprehension
			Parsing
			Pragmatics
			Discourse and predictive inference
			Understanding discourse - the construction-integration model
		Writing and spelling
			Working memory in writing
	Summary
	Further reading
7. Consciousness and metacognition
	Consciousness
		Behavioural measures of consciousness
		Brain indicators of consciousness
		Consciousness and attention
	Metacognition
		Metacognition: help or hindrance?
	Summary
	Further reading
8. Cognitive neuropsychology
	Social cognition: tom, imitation and empathy
		Modularity hypothesis
		'Mirror neuron' activity
	Perception of motion and action execution
	Neuroplasticity in learning
	Brain lateralisation
		Perceptual processing of facial emotional expressions
	Summary
	Further reading
9. Future directions of cognitive psychology
	Technological developments
	Evolutionary psychology
		Vision
		Memory
		Reasoning
		An XX advantage?
	So, what have we learnt about cognitive psychology?
		Chapter 1
		Chapter 2
		Chapter 3
		Chapter 4
		Chapter 5
		Chapter 6
		Chapter 7
		Chapter 8
	Summary
	Further reading
Glossary
References
Index