Our first review article (Wagemans et al., 2012) on the occasion of the centennial
anniversary of Gestalt psychology focused on perceptual grouping and figure–ground …

The question of whether perception is analytic or wholistic is an enduring issue in
psychology. The global-precedence hypothesis, considered by many as a modern version of …

Understanding Reading revolutionized reading research and theory when the first edition
appeared in 1971 and continues to be a leader in the field. In the sixth edition of this classic …

A new facial composites technique is demonstrated, in which photographs of the top and
bottom halves of different familiar faces fuse to form unfamiliar faces when aligned with each …

This long-awaited work by prominent Harvard psychologist Stephen Kosslyn integrates a
twenty-year research program on the nature of high-level vision and mental imagery. Image …

Of the many conceptual distinctions present in psychology today, the approach-avoidance
distinction stands out as one of, if not the, most fundamental and basic. The distinction …

Now available in paperback for the first time, this classic work presents a cognitive-semiotic
framework for understanding how maps work as powerful, abstract, and synthetic spatial …

The role of Stroop processes in the emotional Stroop effect was subjected to a conceptual
scrutiny augmented by a series of experiments entailing reading or lexical decision as well …

A large and growing number of studies support the notion that arousing positive emotional
states expand, and that arousing negative states constrict, the scope of attention on both the …

Three influential perspectives of social cognition entail conflicting predictions regarding the
selectivity of performance under stress. According to the attention view, selectivity to the task …