During conversation, people take turns speaking by rapidly responding to their partners
while simultaneously avoiding interruption,. Such interactions display a remarkable degree …

Memory is fleeting. New material rapidly obliterates previous material. How, then, can the
brain deal successfully with the continual deluge of linguistic input? We argue that, to deal …

Articulatory Phonology advances an account of phonological structure in which dynamically
defined vocal tract tasks—gestures—are simultaneously and isomorphically units of …

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 …

A work that reveals the profound links between the evolution, acquisition, and processing of
language, and proposes a new integrative framework for the language sciences. Language …

Perception of a complex visual scene requires that important regions be prioritized and
attentionally selected for processing. What is the basis for this selection? Although much …

I apply a recently emerging perspective on the complexity of action selection, the rate–
distortion theory of control, to provide a computational-level model of errors and difficulties in …

The fully updated eighth edition of Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook provides
comprehensive yet accessible coverage of all the key areas in the field ranging from visual …

Language production processes can provide insight into how language comprehension
works and language typology—why languages tend to have certain characteristics more …

The Psychology of Language is a thorough revision and update of the popular second
edition. It contains everything the student needs to know about the psychology of language …