Cognition
The Thinking Animal

An undergraduate cognition textbook connecting foundational experiments and basic theories.

Daniel T. Willingham (Author), Cedar Riener (Author)

9781009244398, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 13 March 2025

486 pages
25.5 x 20.3 x 2.7 cm, 1.06 kg

'The book is well organized with great content and easy to follow. The resources are great to help develop a new class.' Richard Karnia, Elgin Community College

Fully revised and updated for the fifth edition, Cognition offers an approachable yet deep introduction to the science of the mind. Avoiding the pitfall of a grab bag of phenomena, Willingham and Riener survey key mental processes such as memory, language, and problem-solving and connect them to experimental process. This new edition has been fully revised and updated with new references, figures, and experiments, with particular attention to the intersection of cognition and culture. Written in a down-to-earth narrative prose that avoids jargon, addresses the reader directly, and cracks a few jokes, Cognition offers an accessible introduction that is ideal for students of all levels.

Preface
1. Cognitive psychologists' approach to research
2. Methods of cognitive psychology
3. Visual perception
4. Attention
5. Sensory and working memory
6. Long-Term memory structure
7. Long-Term memory processes: Memory encoding
8. Long-Term memory processes: Memory retrieval
9. Concepts and categories
10. Language structure
11. Language processing
12. Decision making and reasoning
13. Problem solving
Glossary
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Cognition & cognitive psychology [JMR]