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The Nature of Cognition

The Nature of Cognition

With Rhianon Allen, Axel Buchner, Stephen Ceci, Michael Cole, Eduardus H. Debruyn, Randall dunne, Peter Frensch, Elena L. Grigorenko, Earl Hunt, Philip Johnson-Laird, Michael J. Kahana, John F. Kihlstrom, Geoffrey Loftus, Valerie Makin, Timothy McNamara, Thomas Nelson, Raymond S. Nickerson, Natalie Oransky, Elizabeth A. Phelps, Dennis R. Proffitt, Arthur Reber, Paul J. Reber, Daniel N. Robinson, Tina B. Rosenblum, Brian Ross, Steven A Sloman and Patricia Carpenter

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Published: February 16, 1999
Publisher: The MIT Press

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Most cognitive psychology texts are organized around empirical findings on standard substantive topics such as perception, memory, vision, and language. This book is the first to introduce the study of cognition in terms of the major conceptual themes that underlie virtually all the substantive topics. Taking a dialectical approach, the chapters contrast alternative approaches to the underlying themes (e.g., domain-generality vs. domain-specificity), then show how a synthesis of the two approaches provides the best understanding. The book is organized into six sections: general issues in cognition, representation and process in cognition, methodology in cognition, kinds of cognition, group and individual differences in cognition, and a conclusion.

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Rhianon Allen, Axel Buchner, Patricia A. Carpenter, Stephen J. Ceci, Michael Cole, Eduardus DeBruyn, Randall W. Engle, Peter A. Frensch, Elena L. Grigorenko, Earl Hunt, P.N. Johnson-Laird, Marcel Adam Just, Michael Kahana, John F. Kihlstrom, Geoffrey Loftus, Valerie S. Makin, Timothy P. McNamara, Thomas O. Nelson, Raymond S. Nickerson, Natalie Oransky, Elizabeth A. Phelps, Dennis R. Proffitt, Arthur S. Reber, Paul J. Reber, Daniel N. Robinson, Tina B. Rosenblum, Brian H. Ross, Steven Sloman, Robert J. Sternberg

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Michael Cole is Professor of Communication and Psychology, Emeritus, at the University of California, San Diego.

Raymond S. Nickerson is Senior Vice President of BBN Laboratories, a subsidiary of Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc.

Elizabeth A. Phelps is Professor of Psychology at New York University.

In this book, excellent people explain what is interesting and controversial in their parts of the field of cognition. While students will find the book a useful introduction, long-time researchers will enjoy dipping into this volume to remind themselves that there are fascinating things happening on many of the scientific roads that they don't noramlly travel.
Jeremy Wolfe, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

The breadth of coverage and the expertise of the authors make this volume an invaluable research and teaching resource.
Sam Glucksberg, Professor of Psychology, Princeton University

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