Cognition, First Canadian Edition

Ashcraft, Mark H.; Klein, Raymond

ISBN 10: 013605286X / ISBN 13: 9780136052869

Published by Pearson Education Canada (edition 1), 2009

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The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cognition, First Canadian Edition
• Publisher: Pearson Education Canada (edition 1)
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 013605286X
• ISBN 13: 9780136052869
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1.
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

This text strives to strike a balance between basic, core material and cutting-edge topics.  It uses a first person narrative to draw you in and convey the excitement of the field.  It thoroughly covers the foundations of the field, then goes on to reflect the increasing use of new technologies to study memory and cognition, and to cover other important developments central to its study. 

About the Author

 

Our Canadian adaptor, Ray Klein, is a senior cognition researcher at Dalhousie University.  He has taught the undergraduate cognition course there for over 15 years.  Among his many academic distinctions he is co-founder and past president of Canadian Society for Brain, Behavior and Cognitive Science, past Associate Editor for Journal of Experimental Psychology, past Associate Editor for the The Scientific World Journal, and past Consulting Editor for the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.  His research interests include Human Performance, including: Perception , attention, memory, and complex skills like reading.