Cognitive Psychology Books


Thinking about ConsciousnessThinking about Consciousness
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Think about buying a different book. The weakness doesn't lie in the case for materialism,...
Evolutionary Worlds without EndEvolutionary Worlds without End
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I've been reading Henry Plotkin's books ever since he put out his classic "Darwin...
The Biolinguistic Enterprise: New Perspectives on the Evolution and Nature of the Human Language Faculty (Oxford Studies in Biolinguistics)The Biolinguistic Enterprise: New Perspectives on the Evolution and Nature of the Human Language Faculty (Oxford Studies in Biolinguistics)
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This book, by leading scholars, represents some of the main work in progress in biolinguistics....
Communicative Musicality: Exploring the basis of human companionshipCommunicative Musicality: Exploring the basis of human companionship
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Communicative Musicality explores the intrinsic musical nature of human interaction. The theory...
Associative Learning and Conditioning Theory: Human and Non-Human ApplicationsAssociative Learning and Conditioning Theory: Human and Non-Human Applications
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Although many professionals in psychology (including the sub-disciplines of human learning and...


Intergroup Attitudes and Relations in Childhood Through AdulthoodIntergroup Attitudes and Relations in Childhood Through Adulthood
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This edited volume captures an exciting new trend in research on intergroup attitudes and...
The Mind, The Brain And Complex Adaptive Systems (Santa Fe Institute Series)The Mind, The Brain And Complex Adaptive Systems (Santa Fe Institute Series)
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This is an interesting book, a compilation of papers presented in 1993, and, as a result, feels...
Sensation and PerceptionSensation and Perception
This third edition provides coverage of all sensory processes from neurophysiology to cognitive...
Cognitive Development and Learning in Instructional Contexts (3rd Edition)Cognitive Development and Learning in Instructional Contexts (3rd Edition)
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This text uses practical applications and an accessible writing style to present a summary of...
The Self-Organizing Social Mind (A Bradford Book)The Self-Organizing Social Mind (A Bradford Book)
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In The Self-Organizing Social Mind, John Bolender proposes a new explanation...


The New Science of the Mind: From Extended Mind to Embodied Phenomenology (Bradford Books)The New Science of the Mind: From Extended Mind to Embodied Phenomenology (Bradford Books)
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There is a new way of thinking about the mind that does not locate mental ...
The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism NaturalizedThe Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized
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If we are material beings living in a material world--and all the scientific...
Dimensions of Creativity (Bradford Books)Dimensions of Creativity (Bradford Books)
Best Price: $189.46
These articles draw on a range of disciplines - from the history and sociology of science,...
How Language Comes to Children: From Birth to Two YearsHow Language Comes to Children: From Birth to Two Years
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That children learn to speak so skillfully at a young age has long fascinated adults. Most...
Our Own Minds: Sociocultural Grounds for Self-Consciousness (Bradford Books)Our Own Minds: Sociocultural Grounds for Self-Consciousness (Bradford Books)
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In Our Own Minds, Radu Bogdan takes a developmental perspective on ...

Interfacing Thought: Cognitive Aspects of Human-Computer Interaction (Bradford Books)Interfacing Thought: Cognitive Aspects of Human-Computer Interaction (Bradford Books)
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Interfacing Thought consolidates and presents theoretically important cognitive science...
The Incomplete Universe: Totality, Knowledge, and TruthThe Incomplete Universe: Totality, Knowledge, and Truth
Goedel's 1931 incompleteness theorem proved that there can beno proof of the consistency of...
Sketches of Thought (Bradford Books)Sketches of Thought (Bradford Books)
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Much of the cognitive lies beyond articulate, discursive thought, beyond the...
Human Memory: Contemporary ReadingsHuman Memory: Contemporary Readings
Needed it read it for a class. Interesting only because it was spiced by professor's...
Visual Pattern Analyzers (Oxford Psychology Series)Visual Pattern Analyzers (Oxford Psychology Series)
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The visual system must extract from the light that falls on the retina meaningful information...

Environment, Cognition, and Action: An Integrated ApproachEnvironment, Cognition, and Action: An Integrated Approach
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How do human beings comprehend, evaluate, and utilize the physical environments they inhabit? In...
Connectionism: Theory and Practice (Vancouver Studies in Cognitive Science)Connectionism: Theory and Practice (Vancouver Studies in Cognitive Science)
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Over the last decade, an emerging form of computational modeling has steadily gained the respect...
From Conditioning to Conscious Recollection: Memory Systems of the Brain (Oxford Psychology)From Conditioning to Conscious Recollection: Memory Systems of the Brain (Oxford Psychology)
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This cutting-edge book offers a theoretical account of the evolution of multiple memory systems...
Elementary Signal Detection TheoryElementary Signal Detection Theory
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It's ironic that a psychology-related textbook can so dramatically fail to understand the...
Technology and CreativityTechnology and Creativity
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Few things require a finer blend of practical knowledge and creative imagination than the...

Self Expressions: Mind, Morals, and the Meaning of Life (Philosophy of Mind)Self Expressions: Mind, Morals, and the Meaning of Life (Philosophy of Mind)
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Human beings have the unique ability to consciously reflect on the nature of the self. But...
Stretching the Imagination: Representation and Transformation in Mental Imagery (Counterpoints)Stretching the Imagination: Representation and Transformation in Mental Imagery (Counterpoints)
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This is the first volume in the Counterpoints Series, which explores the issues being debated...
Readings In Cognitive Psychology: Applications, Connectionsnd Individual Differences- (Value Pack w/MySearchLab)Readings In Cognitive Psychology: Applications, Connectionsnd Individual Differences- (Value Pack w/MySearchLab)
Best Price: $68.19
MySearchLab provides students with a complete understanding of the research process so they can...
Patterns, Thinking, and Cognition: A Theory of JudgmentPatterns, Thinking, and Cognition: A Theory of Judgment
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What happens when we think? How do people make judgments? While different theories abound?and...
Early Supplementary Feeding and Cognition: Effect over Two Decades (Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development)Early Supplementary Feeding and Cognition: Effect over Two Decades (Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development)
The effects of good nutrition on cognitive development are demonstrated in this longitudinal...

The Robot's Rebellion: Finding Meaning in the Age of DarwinThe Robot's Rebellion: Finding Meaning in the Age of Darwin
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This book is largely about what psychologist Keith Stanovich sees as the disconnect in the...
The Art of MemoryThe Art of Memory
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The Evolution of Intelligent Systems: How Molecules became MindsThe Evolution of Intelligent Systems: How Molecules became Minds
Best Price: $71.22
How could something as seemingly transcendental as the human mind have arisen from far simpler...
Memory and Emotion:  The Making of Lasting MemoriesMemory and Emotion: The Making of Lasting Memories
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One of the faculties of mind that is extremely puzzling is our capacity to remember. Jane...
Imagining: A Phenomenological Study (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy)Imagining: A Phenomenological Study (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy)
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Language and EquilibriumLanguage and Equilibrium
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A new framework that shows how to derive the meaning of an utterance from first...
Blind Vision: The Neuroscience of Visual ImpairmentBlind Vision: The Neuroscience of Visual Impairment
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"I would highly recommend Blind Vision: The Neuroscience of Visual ...
Attention and Performance XVII: Cognitive Regulation of Performance: Interaction of Theory and ApplicationAttention and Performance XVII: Cognitive Regulation of Performance: Interaction of Theory and Application
Best Price: $31.96
In 1966 the first meeting of the Association for the Study of Attention and...
The Myth of Pain (Philosophical Psychopathology)The Myth of Pain (Philosophical Psychopathology)
Best Price: $17.99
The folk understanding of pain is pretty simple: if you feel pain, then it's because some...
Vision and Mind: Selected Readings in the Philosophy of PerceptionVision and Mind: Selected Readings in the Philosophy of Perception
Best Price: $54.88
The philosophy of perception is a microcosm of the metaphysics of mind. Its...

Cognitive Carpentry: A Blueprint for How to Build a PersonCognitive Carpentry: A Blueprint for How to Build a Person
Best Price: $105.84
In his groundbreaking new book, John Pollock establishes an outpost at the crossroads where...
Parallel Distributed Processing: Explorations in the Microstructure of Cognition: Foundations (Volume 1)Parallel Distributed Processing: Explorations in the Microstructure of Cognition: Foundations (Volume 1)
Best Price: $70.18
What makes people smarter than computers? These volumes by a pioneering neurocomputing group...
Cognitive Neuroscience (Studies in Cognition)Cognitive Neuroscience (Studies in Cognition)
Best Price: $45.64
There are certainly more recent and more comprehensive and complete collections of papers of...
Inner Presence: Consciousness as a Biological PhenomenonInner Presence: Consciousness as a Biological Phenomenon
Best Price: $82.22
The question of consciousness is perhaps the most significant problem still unsolved by science....
Rationality in Action (Jean Nicod Lectures)Rationality in Action (Jean Nicod Lectures)
Best Price: $19.95
Well, here we go again. Back to the proverbial rationality and free will drawing board. I...

Mental RealityMental Reality
Best Price: $153.64
Not really an introductory text, but useful for putting one's mind in order after reading...
Brain and Culture: Neurobiology, Ideology, and Social Change (Bradford Books)Brain and Culture: Neurobiology, Ideology, and Social Change (Bradford Books)
Best Price: $53.52
The study of psychology has traveled down some interesting roads during the last century. After...
Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Volume 39: Advances in Research and Theory (Psychology of Learning & Motivation)Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Volume 39: Advances in Research and Theory (Psychology of Learning & Motivation)
Best Price: $134.00
Psychology of Learning and Motivation publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in...
Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Volume 41: Advances in Research and Theory (Psychology of Learning & Motivation)Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Volume 41: Advances in Research and Theory (Psychology of Learning & Motivation)
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The Psychology of Learning and Motivation publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in...
The Measurement of Communication Processes: Galileo Theory and Method (Human communication research series)The Measurement of Communication Processes: Galileo Theory and Method (Human communication research series)
The Galileo model's comparative measurement technique generates a continuous,...

Learning and Cognition (5th Edition)Learning and Cognition (5th Edition)
Best Price: $16.91
This is by far the worst textbook I have ever used. Each chapter has tons of information, which...
Success With the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-DefenseSuccess With the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense
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This book, the fourth in the famous "Gentle Art" series, continues and extends the...
The Essential Difference: Men, Women and the Extreme Male Brain (Penguin Press Science)The Essential Difference: Men, Women and the Extreme Male Brain (Penguin Press Science)
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Reading the Mind in the Eyes test is wonderfully interesting and fun to take. I wonder, how did...
Side EffectsSide Effects
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Side effects are things we do not intend. And, in this collection of essays, Adam Phillips...
CognitionCognition
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This text's success has come in large part from its up-to-date coverage of important...

Readings in Cognitive PsychologyReadings in Cognitive Psychology
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In READINGS IN COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, Sternberg and Wagner balance classic with contemporary...
Sensation and PerceptionSensation and Perception
Best Price: $18.00
This text provides an introduction to the study of basic physiology and sensory response through...
Memory: Systems, Process, or Function? (Debates in Psychology)Memory: Systems, Process, or Function? (Debates in Psychology)
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A fascinating and illuminating debate on the cognitive architecture of long term memory. Is...
Looking Down on Human Intelligence: From Psychometrics to the BrainLooking Down on Human Intelligence: From Psychometrics to the Brain
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What is it about human brains that make some people more capable than others? In an...
Brain, Perception, Memory: Advances in Cognitive NeuroscienceBrain, Perception, Memory: Advances in Cognitive Neuroscience
Cognitive neuroscience has been the most productive, and arguably the most exciting area of...

Voluntary Action: Brains, Minds, and socialityVoluntary Action: Brains, Minds, and sociality
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We all know what a voluntary action is--we all think we know when an action is voluntary, and...
Plantation Forestry in the Tropics: Tree Planting for Industrial, Social, Environmental, and Agroforestry PurposesPlantation Forestry in the Tropics: Tree Planting for Industrial, Social, Environmental, and Agroforestry Purposes
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Tree-planting and plantation forestry in tropical countries are expanding rapidly. Social and...
Cognitive Processes in Eye GuidanceCognitive Processes in Eye Guidance
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Whether reading, looking at a picture, or driving, how is it that we know where to look next -...
Looking and Acting: Vision and eye movements in natural behaviourLooking and Acting: Vision and eye movements in natural behaviour
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The cooperative action of different regions of our brains gives us an amazing capacity to...
How the Body Shapes the MindHow the Body Shapes the Mind
Best Price: $29.21
To begin, I must state: Buyer Beware. This text is involved and difficult to follow if you lack...

Did My Neurons Make Me Do It?: Philosophical and Neurobiological Perspectives on Moral Responsibility and Free WillDid My Neurons Make Me Do It?: Philosophical and Neurobiological Perspectives on Moral Responsibility and Free Will
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Murphy and Brown's central thesis is that free will exists because reductionism is invalid...
Coping with AgingCoping with Aging
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Coping with Aging is the final project of the late Richard S. Lazarus, the man whose landmark...
Neuroeconomics: A Guide to the New Science of Making ChoicesNeuroeconomics: A Guide to the New Science of Making Choices
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As technology has opened new windows into the brain, it has clarified what happens there when...
Oxford Handbook of Human Action (Social Cognition & Social Neuroscience)Oxford Handbook of Human Action (Social Cognition & Social Neuroscience)
Best Price: $80.00
In the last decade, there has been a tremendous surge of research on the mechanisms of human...
The Origin of Concepts (Oxford Series in Cognitive Development)The Origin of Concepts (Oxford Series in Cognitive Development)
Best Price: $38.80
Only human beings have a rich conceptual repertoire with concepts like tort, entropy, Abelian...

Perception and Basic Beliefs: Zombies, Modules and the Problem of the External WorldPerception and Basic Beliefs: Zombies, Modules and the Problem of the External World
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Perception is our main source of epistemic access to the outside world. Perception and Basic...
The Case for Mental Imagery (Oxford Psychology)The Case for Mental Imagery (Oxford Psychology)
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"This volume is the most important if not the final word on the great imagery debate. It...
Ways of Seeing: The Scope and Limits of Visual Cognition (Oxford Cognitive Science Series)Ways of Seeing: The Scope and Limits of Visual Cognition (Oxford Cognitive Science Series)
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An eminent philosopher and a world famous neuroscientist collaborate on the question of what it...
Blindsight: A Case Study and Its Implications (Oxford Psychology Series)Blindsight: A Case Study and Its Implications (Oxford Psychology Series)
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Damage to the neocortex is generally understood to result in blindness. Studies of some patients...
Thinking in Sound: The Cognitive Psychology of Human AuditionThinking in Sound: The Cognitive Psychology of Human Audition
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The realm of auditory cognition is increasingly being recognized as an important new area of...

Genius and the Mind: Studies of Creativity and TemperamentGenius and the Mind: Studies of Creativity and Temperament
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What is genius? Are there easily identifiable personality traits associated with giftedness?...
Social Support Measurement and Intervention: A Guide for Health and Social ScientistsSocial Support Measurement and Intervention: A Guide for Health and Social Scientists
Best Price: $58.14
My son, a grad student in social work, requested this book. I assume it met his expectations.
The Devil in the Details: Asymptotic Reasoning in Explanation, Reduction, and Emergence (Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science)The Devil in the Details: Asymptotic Reasoning in Explanation, Reduction, and Emergence (Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science)
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Robert Batterman examines a form of scientific reasoning called asymptotic reasoning, arguing...
23 Problems in Systems Neuroscience (Computational Neuroscience Series)23 Problems in Systems Neuroscience (Computational Neuroscience Series)
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The complexity of the brain and the protean nature of behavior remain the most elusive area of...
How the Brain Evolved LanguageHow the Brain Evolved Language
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In his 1998 book "Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge," biologist E. O. Wilson argues...

What's Within?: Nativism Reconsidered (Philosophy of Mind)What's Within?: Nativism Reconsidered (Philosophy of Mind)
Best Price: $34.81
I didn't want to give this book a star rating because, as I explain below, I do not consider...
The Origin and Evolution of Cultures (Evolution and Cognition)The Origin and Evolution of Cultures (Evolution and Cognition)
Over a hundred years ago, James Baldwin posited that through the development of a good trick...
Synesthesia: Perspectives from Cognitive NeuroscienceSynesthesia: Perspectives from Cognitive Neuroscience
Best Price: $44.99
If you are looking for a general overview of the concept of synesthesia, I would not recommend...
Biology of AggressionBiology of Aggression
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Unchecked aggression and violence take a significant toll on society. Even if we manage to...
Phenomenal Concepts and Phenomenal Knowledge: New Essays on Consciousness and Physicalism (Philosophy of Mind)Phenomenal Concepts and Phenomenal Knowledge: New Essays on Consciousness and Physicalism (Philosophy of Mind)
Best Price: $15.98
Consciousness has long been regarded as the biggest stumbling block for the view that the mind...

Attention and Performance XVII: Cognitive Regulation of Performance: Interaction of Theory and ApplicationAttention and Performance XVII: Cognitive Regulation of Performance: Interaction of Theory and Application
Best Price: $31.96
In 1966 the first meeting of the Association for the Study of Attention and...
The Myth of Pain (Philosophical Psychopathology)The Myth of Pain (Philosophical Psychopathology)
Best Price: $17.99
The folk understanding of pain is pretty simple: if you feel pain, then it's because some...
Vision and Mind: Selected Readings in the Philosophy of PerceptionVision and Mind: Selected Readings in the Philosophy of Perception
Best Price: $54.88
The philosophy of perception is a microcosm of the metaphysics of mind. Its...
Cognitive Carpentry: A Blueprint for How to Build a PersonCognitive Carpentry: A Blueprint for How to Build a Person
Best Price: $105.84
In his groundbreaking new book, John Pollock establishes an outpost at the crossroads where...
Parallel Distributed Processing: Explorations in the Microstructure of Cognition: Foundations (Volume 1)Parallel Distributed Processing: Explorations in the Microstructure of Cognition: Foundations (Volume 1)
Best Price: $70.18
What makes people smarter than computers? These volumes by a pioneering neurocomputing group...

Cognitive Neuroscience (Studies in Cognition)Cognitive Neuroscience (Studies in Cognition)
Best Price: $45.64
There are certainly more recent and more comprehensive and complete collections of papers of...
Inner Presence: Consciousness as a Biological PhenomenonInner Presence: Consciousness as a Biological Phenomenon
Best Price: $82.22
The question of consciousness is perhaps the most significant problem still unsolved by science....
Rationality in Action (Jean Nicod Lectures)Rationality in Action (Jean Nicod Lectures)
Best Price: $19.95
Well, here we go again. Back to the proverbial rationality and free will drawing board. I...
Mental RealityMental Reality
Best Price: $153.64
Not really an introductory text, but useful for putting one's mind in order after reading...
Brain and Culture: Neurobiology, Ideology, and Social Change (Bradford Books)Brain and Culture: Neurobiology, Ideology, and Social Change (Bradford Books)
Best Price: $53.52
The study of psychology has traveled down some interesting roads during the last century. After...
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