Cognitive Psychology and Its Implications - Hardcover

Anderson, John R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1464148910 ISBN 13: 9781464148910

Publisher: Worth Publishers, 2014

Synopsis

Head to the forefront of the study of cognition as Cognitive Psychology and Its Implications incorporates the latest theoretical breakthroughs, research findings, and technological advances, while marking the increasing role of neuroscience in the study of cognitive functions.

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About the Author:

John Richard Anderson is Richard King Mellon Professor of Psychology and Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He is known for developing the ACT-R, which is the most widely used cognitive architecture in cognitive science. Anderson was also an early leader in research on intelligent tutoring systems, and computer systems based on his cognitive tutors are currently used by more than 500,000 mathematics students. He has served as President of the Cognitive Science Society, and has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. He has received numerous awards including the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Scientific Career Award, the David E. Rumelhart Prize for Contributions to the Formal Analysis of Human Cognition, and the inaugural Dr. A. H. Heineken Prize for Cognitive Science. He is the editor of the Psychological Review.

About this edition

• Publisher: Worth Publishers
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1464148910
• ISBN 13: 9781464148910
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 406