Visuo-spatial Working Memory and Individual Differences (Essays in Cognitive Psychology) - Softcover

Cornoldi, Cesare

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138877425 ISBN 13: 9781138877429

Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

In this timely and comprehensive text, Cesare Cornoldi and Tomaso Vecchi describe their recently developed experimental approach to the investigation of visuo-spatial cognition, based upon the analysis of individual differences. A review of the most influential theoretical advances in the study of visuo-spatial cognition is presented, including both critical analysis and comparisons between the distinct approaches. In addition, the authors describe recent research into memory for spatial configurations, mental manipulation and the active integration of visuo-spatial information. This includes studies on the effects of congenital blindness on mental imagery abilities, developmental and age-related modifications, gender effects, and the role of genetic syndromes in determining visuo-spatial abilities. The authors draw together these distinct areas of research and integrate the findings within an innovative framework of working memory. This text will be a valuable resource for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of psychology, as well as researchers in the fields of cognitive psychology, neuropsychology and neuroscience.

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Cesare Cornoldi, Tomaso Vecchi

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138877425
• ISBN 13: 9781138877429
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 184