Knowledge and Vision (Volume 70) (Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Volume 70) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0128168684 ISBN 13: 9780128168684

Publisher: Academic Press, 2019

Synopsis

Knowledge and Vision, Volume 70, the latest release in the Psychology of Learning and Motivation, features empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning, to complex learning and problem-solving. Topics in this new release include Memorability: How what we see influences what we remember, The impact of prior knowledge on visual memory, Neural dynamics of visual and semantic object processing, Comprehending and developing the meaning of visual narratives, Attention and vision, The role of learning and memory in early visual development, The Information Content of Visual Categories, What do neurons really want?, and more.

• Contains coverage of an unusually broad set of emerging topics in language, spanning comprehension and production and both speech and reading

About this title

About the Authors

Diane M. Beck is at University of Illinois, USA

Kara D. Federmeier received her Ph.D. in Cognitive Science from the University of California, San Diego. She is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Program at the University of Illinois and a full-time faculty member at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, where she leads the Illinois Language and Literacy Initiative and heads the Cognition and Brain Lab. She is also a Past President of the Society for Psychophysiological Research. Her research examines meaning comprehension and memory using human electrophysiological techniques, in combination with behavioral, eyetracking, and other functional imaging and psychophysiological methods. She has been funded by the National Institute on Aging, the Institute of Education Sciences, and the James S. McDonnell Foundation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0128168684
• ISBN 13: 9780128168684
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 266
• Editor: Beck Diane M., Federmeier Kara D.