Attention, Perception and Memory

An Integrated Introduction

Elizabeth Styles

• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Year: 2004
• Print ISBN: 9780863776588
• eBook ISBN: 9781135481339
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Cognitive Neuroscience & Neuropsychology
• Index: Psychology

Although attention, perception and memory are identifiable components of the human cognitive system, this book argues that for a complete understanding of any of them it is necessary to appreciate the way they interact and depend on one another. Using close examination of experiments, studies of patients and evidence from cognitive neuroscience, each of these important areas in cognitive psychology is explored in detail and related to its counterparts. Written by an established author, Attention, Perception and Memory: An Integrated Introduction explains clearly the evolution and meaning of key terminology and assumptions and puts the different approaches to this field in context.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Illustrations
• Series preface
• Acknowledgements
• Prologue
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: So what must be explained, and how can we find the answer?
• Chapter 3: Sensation
• Chapter 4: Visual perception and memory: Making sense of the visual environment
• Chapter 5: Visual attention
• Chapter 6: The world of objects and people
• Chapter 7: Auditory perception and memory
• Chapter 8: Touch and pain
• Chapter 9: Auditory and cross-modal attention
• Chapter 10: Controlling attention: Selecting, planning and remembering actions
• Chapter 11: Varieties of memory
• Chapter 12: Representing and manipulating information
• Glossary
• Solutions
• References