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 …

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 …

The purpose of this paper is to present crucial shortcomings of research into eyewitness
testimony. It presents the state-of-the-art of research on the relationship between emotions …

In the past 30 years researchers have examined the impact of heightened stress on the
fidelity of eyewitness memory. Meta-analyses were conducted on 27 independent tests of …

Research on memory distortion has shown that postevent suggestion can contaminate what
a person remembers. Moreover, suggestion can lead to false memories being injected …

Eyewitness experiments do not induce the stress experienced by victims of crime. It is
important to understand the effect of stress if results of laboratory studies are to be …

Humans are experts in face perception. We are better able to distinguish between the
differences of faces and their components than between any other kind of objects. Several …

Two representative samples of adult Norwegians (n= 2000) were asked a set of general and
specific questions regarding their beliefs and opinions about human memory. The results …

Stress at encoding affects memory processes, typically enhancing, or preserving, memory
for emotional information. These effects have interesting implications for eyewitness …

Aimed at those new to the subject, Fundamentals of Psychology is a clear and reader-
friendly textbook that will help students explore and understand the essentials of …