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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811855103321

Autore

Styles Elizabeth A

Titolo

Attention, perception, and memory : an integrated introduction / / Elizabeth A. Styles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hove, East Sussex ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005

ISBN

1-135-48133-4

0863776582

0863776590 (pbk.)

0-203-69178-4

1-135-48134-2

1-280-10770-7

0-203-64755-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xvi, 368p : ill.; ; 21cm

Collana

Psychology Focus

Classificazione

77.31

CP 2500

CP 4000

CP 6000

Disciplina

153

Soggetti

Cognition

Attention

Visual perception

Memory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 So what must be explained, and how can we find the answer?; 3 Sensation; 4 Visual perception and memory; 5 Visual attention; 6 The world of objects and people; 7 Auditory perception and memory; 8 Touch and pain; 9 Auditory and cross-modal attention; 10 Controlling attention; 11 Varieties of memory; 12 Representing and manipulating information; Glossary; Solutions to self-assessment questions; References; Subject index; Author index

Sommario/riassunto

Although attention, perception and memory are identifiable components of the human cognitive system, this book argues that for a



complete understanding of any of them it is necessary to appreciate the way they interact and depend on one another. Using close examination of experiments, studies of patients and evidence from cognitive neuroscience, each of these important areas in cognitive psychology is explored in detail and related to its counterparts. Written by an established author, Attention, Perception and Memory: An Integrated Introduction explains clearly the evolution and mean