Over the past century, psychologists have discussed whether forgetting might arise from
active mechanisms that promote memory loss to achieve various functions, such as …

In many circumstances alternative courses of action and thoughts have to be inhibited to
allow the emergence of goal-directed behavior. However, this has not been the accepted …

COVID-19 accelerated a decade-long shift to remote work by normalizing working from
home on a large scale. Indeed, 75% of US employees in a 2021 survey reported a personal …

Why our use of language is highly creative yet also constrained We use words and phrases
creatively to express ourselves in ever-changing contexts, readily extending language …

With the explosion of digital media and technologies, scholars, educators and the public
have become increasingly vocal about the role that an 'attention economy'has in our lives …

Understanding the brain requires us to answer both what the brain does, and how it does it.
Using a series of examples, I make the case that behavior is often more useful than …

Inhibitory control is a fundamental mechanism underlying flexible behavior and features in
theories across many areas of cognitive and psychological science. However, whereas …

In many economic decisions, people estimate probabilities, such as the likelihood that a risk
materializes or that a job applicant will be a productive employee, by retrieving experiences …

Cognitive theories of depression posit that people's thoughts, inferences, attitudes, and
interpretations, and the way in which they attend to and recall information, can increase their …

This Classic Edition of the best-selling textbook offers an in-depth overview of approaches to
the study of memory. With empirical research from both the real world and the …