In this section, you were introduced to cognitive psychology, which is the study of cognition, or the brain’s ability to think, perceive, plan, analyze, and remember.

Before we discuss specific cognitive processes, however, an overview of the field of cognitive psychology will provide a useful framework within which to consider specific topics, experiments, …

This interest is refl ected in the recent upsurge of scientifi c research within cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience. We will start with cognitive psychology.

This textbook was adapted and edited by Dr. Christopher L. Klein, Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology and Sociology at the University of North Alabama.

As in the first and second editions of Fundamentals of Cognitive Psychology, I seek here to provide a synthesis of cognitive psychology at its best rather than a chronicle of its arguments and conflicts.

First published in 1967, this seminal volume by Ulric Neisser was the fi rst attempt at a comprehensive and accessible survey of cognitive psychology; as such, it provided the fi eld with its...

The Sixth Edition has been updated to reflect the rapidly changing field of cognitive psychology with new references, stream lined content that gives more attention to key topics like memory, and …