Foundations of Cognitive Psychology

Fernand Gobet is an established Professor at Brunel University and has taught cognitive psychology for 10 years. Phillipe Chassy is a research fellow at the National Centre for Scientific Research, Tolouse. He specialises in cognitive neuroscience, imaging work, memory and methods. Merim Bilalic is a research fellow at Tubingen. He has taught on Intro Cognitive Psych. His interests include creativity, problem solving and intelligence – all core areas of cognition.

• Preface Part 1: Introduction Introduction to Cognitive Psychology History A brief introduction to neuroscience Part 2: Basic Processes Perception Attention Short term memory Long term memory Part 3: Complex Cognition Concepts and formations Language Reasoning and Decision Making Problem Solving Expertise Creativity Emotion and Cognition Part 4: Advanced Topics Computational Modelling Advanced Cognitive neuroscience Consciousness Social Cognition Part 5: Putting it all together Putting it all together References Glossary