Cognitive Psychology

Ulric Neisser (December 8, 1928 – February 17, 2012) was a German-born American psychologist and member of the National Academy of Sciences. He was a significant figure in the development of cognitive science and the shift from behaviorist to cognitive models in psychology. He earned a bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from Harvard University in 1950, a master’s at Swarthmore College, and a doctorate from Harvard’s Department of Social Relations in 1956. He then taught at Brandeis and Emory universities, before establishing himself at Cornell.

• Foreword to the Classic Edition by Ira Hyman. Preface. Part 1: Introduction. 1. The Cognitive Approach. Part 2: Visual Cognition. 2. Iconic Storage and Verbal Coding. 3. Pattern Recognition. 4. Focal Attention and Figural Synthesis. 5. Words as Visual Patterns. 6. Visual Memory. Part 3: Auditory Cognition. 7. Speech Perception. 8. Echoic Memory and Auditory Attention. 9. Active Verbal Memory. 10. Sentences. Part 4: The Higher Mental Processes. 11. A Cognitive Approach to Memory and Thought.