Selective attention allows us to ignore what is task-irrelevant and focus on what is task- relevant. The cognitive and neural mechanisms that underlie this process are key topics of …
On publication in 2009 John Hattie's Visible Learning presented the biggest ever collection of research into what actually work in schools to improve children's learning. Not what was …
Emotions are an elemental part of life-they imbue our existence with meaning and purpose, and influence how we engage with the world around us. But we do not just feel our own …
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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 …
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A load theory of attention in which distractor rejection depends on the level and type of load involved in current processing was tested. A series of experiments demonstrates that …