Interference and Inhibition in Cognition - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0123885868 ISBN 13: 9780123885869

Publisher: Academic Press, 2011

Synopsis

Life scientists have long been familiar with the notion of interference and inhibition in biological systems 3/4 most notably in the neuron. Now these concepts have been applied to cognitive psychology to explain processes in attention, learning, memory, comprehension, and reasoning. Presenting an overview of research findings in this realm, Interference and Inhibition in Cognition discusses what processes are sensitive to interference, individual differences in interference sensitivity, and how age and experience factor into one's ability to inhibit interference.

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From the Back Cover:

Research has made clear that intellectual tasks are sensitive to interference. Psychological processes including attention, perception, learning, and memory are easily disrupted, and resistance to interference is an important dimension of cognition. The capacity for inhibiting interference differs widely among individuals and as a factor of age and experience. Interference and Inhibition in Cognition presents an overview of research on how inhibition and interference affect cognition, and the factors that influence inhibitory processes and interference sensitivity.
Key Features
* Provides empirical and theoretical perspectives
* Discusses how inhibition and interference change with age and experience
* Illustrates the ways in which interference affects language processing, attention, perception, learning, and memory

Review:

"The net effect is a book that is a valuable resource for seminars in developmental psychology as well as in basic cognitive psychology."
--Donald H. Kausler, in CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0123885868
• ISBN 13: 9780123885869
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 450
• Editor: Brainerd Charles J.