Implicit Cognition (Oxford Science Publications) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198523114 ISBN 13: 9780198523116

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1996

Synopsis

"Implicit cognition" refers to the learning, memory, and performance processes which take place without the subject's conscious awareness. A well known example is patients under anesthesia who show some retention of the surgeons' conversations though they cannot verbally recall it. Yet researchers disagree widely over the importance, and even the existence, of implicit cognition as an issue in human psychology. This book brings together several internationally known authors with conflicting views on the subject, providing a lively and informative overview of this fascinating area.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This book explores and evaluates the validity of the implicit/explicit distinction, and the extent to which this distinction can be used to account for a range of unconscious processes in perception, memory, learning, and thinking. Also emphasized are the methodological difficulties that are encountered in attempting to demonstrate cognition without awareness.

About the Author:

Geoffrey Underwood, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Nottingham.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0198523114
• ISBN 13: 9780198523116
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Underwood Geoffrey