In this monograph, we ask whether various kinds of intellectual, physical, and social
activities produce cognitive enrichment effects—that is, whether they improve cognitive …

Recent research in the areas of animal conditioning, the neural systems underlying emotion
and memory, and the effect of fear on these systems is reviewed. This evidence points to an …

Many students are being left behind by an educational system that some people believe is in
crisis. Improving educational outcomes will require efforts on many fronts, but a central …

Is it possible to learn something without being aware of it? How does emotion influence the
way we think? How can we improve our memory? Fundamentals of Cognition, third edition …

This article presents results of free-recall experiments conducted in France, Gabon and
Nepal, to test predictions of a cognitive model of religious concepts. The world over, these …

Evidence is reviewed that for older adults the period from 10 to 30 years of age produces
recall of the most autobiographical memories, the most vivid memories, and the most …

Vulnerability to emotional disorders is thought to lie in memory representations (eg negative
self-schemas) that are activated by triggering events and maintain negative mood. There …

False recognition can occur at high levels after participants study lists of associated words
and are tested with semantically related lures. Israel and Schacter (1997) reported that …

The isolation effect is a well-known memory phenomenon whose discovery is frequently
attributed to von Restorff (1933). If all but one item of a list are similar on some dimension …

David Groome with Hazel Dewart, Anthony Esgate, Kevin Gurney, Richard Kemp, and
Nicola Towell. An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology: Processes and Disorders is a …