The Psychology of Learning and Motivation: Volume 71
Academic Press
Published on 10. September 2019
Book
Hardback
424 pages
978-0-12-817175-2 (ISBN)
Description
The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Volume 71, the latest release in the series, features empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning to complex learning and problem-solving. New to this volume are chapters covering Automating adaptive control with item-specific learning, Cognition and voting: Generalizing from the laboratory to the real-world voting booth, Protracted perceptual development of auditory pattern structure, Understanding alcohol reward in social context, Perceptual and Mnemonic Differences across Cultures, Aging, Cognitive Reserve and the Healthy Brain, Aging, context processing, and comprehension, and more.
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Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Researchers and students in cognitive psychology
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
738 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-817175-2 (9780128171752)
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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.
Content
1. Automating adaptive control with item-specific learning
Yu-Chin Chiu
2. Two-way translation: Advancing knowledge of politics and psychology via the study of bilingual voters
Jason C. Coronel, Daniel Colon Amill and Erin Drouin
3. Protracted perceptual learning of auditory pattern structure in spoken language
Sarah C. Creel
4. Understanding social factors in alcohol reward and risk for problem drinking
Catharine E. Fairbairn and Brynne A. Velia
5. Perceptual and mnemonic differences across cultures
Angela Gutchess and Robert Sekuler
6. Aging, neurocognitive reserve, and the healthy brain
Chih-Mao Huang and Hsu-Wen Huang
7. Aging, context processing, and comprehension
Brennan R. Payne and Jack W. Silcox
8. Speaking waves: Neuronal oscillations in language production
Vitoria Piai and Xiaochen Zheng
9. Memory influences visual cognition across multiple functional states of interactive cortical dynamics
Haline E. Schendan
10. Adaptation for growth as a common goal throughout the lifespan: Why and how
Rachel Wu and Carla Strickland-Hughes
Yu-Chin Chiu
2. Two-way translation: Advancing knowledge of politics and psychology via the study of bilingual voters
Jason C. Coronel, Daniel Colon Amill and Erin Drouin
3. Protracted perceptual learning of auditory pattern structure in spoken language
Sarah C. Creel
4. Understanding social factors in alcohol reward and risk for problem drinking
Catharine E. Fairbairn and Brynne A. Velia
5. Perceptual and mnemonic differences across cultures
Angela Gutchess and Robert Sekuler
6. Aging, neurocognitive reserve, and the healthy brain
Chih-Mao Huang and Hsu-Wen Huang
7. Aging, context processing, and comprehension
Brennan R. Payne and Jack W. Silcox
8. Speaking waves: Neuronal oscillations in language production
Vitoria Piai and Xiaochen Zheng
9. Memory influences visual cognition across multiple functional states of interactive cortical dynamics
Haline E. Schendan
10. Adaptation for growth as a common goal throughout the lifespan: Why and how
Rachel Wu and Carla Strickland-Hughes