Psychology of Learning and Motivation

by Kara D. Federmeier (Editor)

Overview

The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Volume 81, the latest release in this ongoing series, features empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning, to complex learning and problem-solving. Chapters in this new release include Learning in the developing brain: interactions of control and representation systems, Cognitive mechanisms underlying individual differences in language comprehension, Speech processing from the perspective of hearing science and psycholinguistics, Social Episodic Memory, Affective influences of Uncertainty on Episodic Memory Formation, and More than a bump on the head: An overview of the long-term effects of concussion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780443294341
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	08/30/2024
Series:	Psychology of Learning and Motivation , #81
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Kara D. Federmeier received her Ph.D. in Cognitive Science from the University of California, San Diego. She is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Program at the University of Illinois and a full-time faculty member at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, where she leads the Illinois Language and Literacy Initiative and heads the Cognition and Brain Lab. She is also a Past President of the Society for Psychophysiological Research. Her research examines meaning comprehension and memory using human electrophysiological techniques, in combination with behavioral, eyetracking, and other functional imaging and psychophysiological methods. She has been funded by the National Institute on Aging, the Institute of Education Sciences, and the James S. McDonnell Foundation.

Table of Contents

1. Automating adaptive control with item-specific learning Yu-Chin Chiu 2. Two-way translation: Advancing knowledge of politics and psychology via the study of bilingual voters Jason C. Coronel, Daniel Colón Amill and Erin Drouin 3. Protracted perceptual learning of auditory pattern structure in spoken language Sarah C. Creel 4. Understanding social factors in alcohol reward and risk for problem drinking Catharine E. Fairbairn and Brynne A. Velia 5. Perceptual and mnemonic differences across cultures Angela Gutchess and Robert Sekuler 6. Aging, neurocognitive reserve, and the healthy brain Chih-Mao Huang and Hsu-Wen Huang 7. Aging, context processing, and comprehension Brennan R. Payne and Jack W. Silcox 8. Speaking waves: Neuronal oscillations in language production Vitória Piai and Xiaochen Zheng 9. Memory influences visual cognition across multiple functional states of interactive cortical dynamics Haline E. Schendan 10. Adaptation for growth as a common goal throughout the lifespan: Why and how Rachel Wu and Carla Strickland-Hughes

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Essential, authoritative reference on the psychology of learning and motivation for researchers and academics working in cognitive science