Learning and cognition
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Bibliographic Information
Learning and cognition
（A Wiley-Interscience publication, . Stevens' Handbook of experimental psychology ; v. 2）
Wiley, c1988
2nd ed
Available at 125 libraries
Note
Rev. ed. of: Handbook of experimental psychology / edited by S.S. Stevens. 1951
"A Wiley-Interscience publication"
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is a new edition of the established reference and graduate text on experimental psychology. Widely used for over 25 years, this edition has been completely updated and expanded into two volumes; contributors to these works are among the most highly renowned professionals in the field. Volume 1 includes coverage of the physics and retinal physiology of vision; the nature of auditory perception, speech, and emotional patterns; and the latest theories and findings in the area of behavioural genetics. Volume 2 includes studies exploring such topics as the psychobiology of learning and memory; the influences of choice and reinforcement in human behaviour; psycholinguistics; individual variations in cognitive functioning, and much more.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Perception: Measurement, Scaling, and Psychophysics
- Vision: Physics and Retinal Physiology
- Vision: Space and Movement
- Visual Perception
- Physics and Physiology of Hearing
- Audition: Psychophysics and Perception
- Auditory Perception and Speech
- Olfaction
- Taste. Part 2 Motivation: The Adaptive-Evolutionary Point of View in Experimental Psychology
- Neuropsychology of Motivation: Peptides and Pathways that Define Motivational Systems
- Emotions
- Behavioural Genetics
- Ethology.
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