Cognitive Neuroscience Arena

Forgetting

• Edited by Sergio Della Sala.

Published May 2010

Memory and forgetting are inextricably intertwined. In order to understand how memory works we need to understand how and why we forget. The topic of forgetting is therefore hugely important, despite the fact that it has often been neglected in comparison with other features of memory. This…
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Reading and Dyslexia in Different Orthographies

• Edited by Nicola Brunswick, Sine McDougall and Paul de Mornay Davies.

Published May 2010

This book provides a unique and accessible account of current research on reading and dyslexia in different orthographies. While most research has been conducted in English, this text presents cross-language comparisons to provide insights into universal aspects of reading development and…
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Contemporary Psychoanalytic Foundations

Postmodernism, Complexity, and Neuroscience

• By Mark Leffert.

Published March 2010

Past scholars have tried to classify psychoanalysis as an intrinsically positivist science, with varying degrees of success. Their critics have fared little better with narrow applications of postmodern thought, which focus on smaller areas within psychoanalysis and, as a result, neglect the…
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Content and Consciousness

• By Daniel C. Dennett.
• Preface byDaniel C. Dennett.

Published March 2010

Content and Consciousness is an original and ground-breaking attempt to elucidate a problem integral to the history of Western philosophical thought: the relationship of the mind and body. In this formative work, Dennett sought to develop a theory of the human mind and consciousness based on new…
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Cognitive Psychology

A Student's Handbook, 6th Edition

• By Michael W. Eysenck, and Mark T. Keane.

Published January 2010

Previous editions have established this best-selling student handbook as THE cognitive psychology textbook of choice, both for its academic rigour and its accessibility. This sixth edition continues this tradition. It has been substantially updated and revised to reflect new developments in the…
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The Student's Guide to Cognitive Neuroscience, 2nd Edition

• By Jamie Ward.

Published January 2010

Reflecting recent changes in the way cognition and the brain are studied, this thoroughly updated edition of the best-selling textbook provides a comprehensive and student-friendly guide to cognitive neuroscience. Jamie Ward provides an easy-to-follow introduction to neural structure and…
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Current Issues in Applied Memory Research

• Edited by Graham M. Davies, and Daniel B. Wright.

Published November 2009

Research on applied memory is one of the most active, interesting and vibrant areas in experimental psychology today. This book provides descriptions of cutting-edge research and applies them to three key areas of contemporary investigation: education, the law and neuroscience. In the area of…
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The Development of Autobiographical Memory

• By Hans J. Markowitsch, and Harald Welzer.

Published October 2009

Autobiographical memory constitutes an essential part of our personality, giving us the ability to distinguish ourselves as an individual with a past, present and future. This book reveals how the development of a conscious self, an integrated personality and an autobiographical memory are all…
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Introducing Neuroeducational Research

Neuroscience, Education and the Brain from Contexts to Practice

• By Paul Howard Jones.

Published October 2009

Amongst educators, scientists and policy-makers there is a growing belief that the field of education can benefit from an understanding of the brain. However, attempts to bring neuroscience and education together have often been hampered by crucial differences in concepts, language and philosophy.…
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Developmental Social Cognitive Neuroscience

• Edited by Philip David Zelazo, Michael Chandler and Eveline Crone.

Published September 2009

This volume in the JPS Series is intended to help crystallize the emergence of a new field, "Developmental Social Cognitive Neuroscience," aimed at elucidating the neural correlates of the development of socio-emotional experience and behavior. No one any longer doubts that infants are born…
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