Acquisition and Performance of Cognitive Skills

Introduction: acquiring and performing cognitive skills, Ann M.Colley and John R.Beech. Part 1 Acquisition of cognitive skills: the development of cognitive skills - an examination of recent theories, Julie B.Sincoff and Robert J.Sternberg; training skilled performance, John Annett; learning problem-solving skills, K.J.Gilhooly and A.J.K.Green; the componential approach to learning reading skills, John R.Beech; acquisition of computing skills, Mark Elsom-Cook; learning motor skills - integrating cognition and action, Ann M.Colley. Part 2 Variations in performance: a methodology for assessing the detailed structure of memory skills, K.Anders Ericsson and William L.Oliver; executing two tasks at once, Paul J.Barber; ageing and skilled performance, Timothy A.Salthouse; stress and skill, L.R.Hartley et al; diurnal variations in performance, Andrew Smith.