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Kosslyn, Professor Stephen Michael; Rosenberg, Clinical Psychologist Robin S

ISBN 10: 0205501230 ISBN 13: 9780205501236

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2006

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About the Author

Stephen M. Kosslyn is Chair of the Department of Psychology and John Lindsley Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. A leading authority on the nature of visual mental imagery and visual communication, he has received numerous honors for his work in this field. His previous books include
Image and Mind, Wet Mind: The New Cognitive Neuroscience (with Koenig), and Psychology: The Brain, the Person, the World (with Rosenberg).
Robin Rosenberg, PhD," "is a clinical psychologist and coauthor of "Abnormal Psychology," "Fundamental of Psychology," and "Psychology in Context. "She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0205501230
• ISBN 13: 9780205501236
• Binding: Misc. Supplies
• Edition number: 3