Psychology Press Festschrift Series

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1. The Shape of Reason

   Essays in Honour of Paolo Legrenzi

   Edited by Vittorio Girotto, Philip N. Johnson-Laird

   Series: Psychology Press Festschrift Series

   Over the past three decades, there has been a rapid development of research on human thinking and reasoning. This volume provides a comprehensive review of this topic by looking at the important contributions Paolo Legrenzi has made to the field, by bridging the gap from Gestalt ideas to modern...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Psychology Press
2. Intergroup Relations

   The Role of Motivation and Emotion (A Festschrift for Amélie Mummendey)

   Edited by Sabine Otten, Kai Sassenberg, Thomas Kessler

   Series: Psychology Press Festschrift Series

   This volume gives a survey of the most recent developments and trends in intergroup research. Diverging from classical approaches that looked at diverse needs and motives (positive distinctiveness, belongingness, etc), the present book focuses not only on the question what motivates...

   Published October 21st 2012 by Psychology Press
3. The Science of Reason

   A Festschrift for Jonathan St B.T. Evans

   Edited by Ken Manktelow, David Over, Shira Elqayam

   Series: Psychology Press Festschrift Series

   This volume is a state-of-the-art survey of the psychology of reasoning, based around, and in tribute to, one of the field’s most eminent figures: Jonathan St B.T. Evans. In this collection of cutting edge research, Evans’ collaborators and colleagues review a wide range of important and...

   Published October 21st 2012 by Psychology Press
4. Memory, Aging and the Brain

   A Festschrift in Honour of Lars-Göran Nilsson

   Edited by Lars Bäckman, Lars Nyberg

   Series: Psychology Press Festschrift Series

   This book brings together some of the best known experts in their fields to offer a cross-disciplinary summary of current research on human memory. More than this however, the book pays tribute to the work of Lars-Göran Nilsson and his many contributions to the psychology of human memory. The book...

   Published October 21st 2012 by Psychology Press
5. From Mental Imagery to Spatial Cognition and Language

   Essays in Honour of Michel Denis

   Edited by Valérie Gyselinck, Francesca Pazzaglia

   Series: Psychology Press Festschrift Series

   The nature of mental images and their relation to language has caused controversy amongst psychologists for years, and the so-called "imagery debate" is still unresolved. Fresh light is now being shed on this topic using recent findings in neuroscience and the development of behavioural studies....

   Published April 1st 2012 by Psychology Press
6. Social Cognition, Social Identity, and Intergroup Relations

   A Festschrift in Honor of Marilynn B. Brewer

   Edited by Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston

   Series: Psychology Press Festschrift Series

   Perhaps the defining feature of humanity is the social condition -- how we think about others, identify ourselves with others, and interact with groups of others. The advances of evolutionary theory, social cognition, social identity, and intergroup relations, respectively, as major fields of...

   Published May 24th 2011 by Psychology Press
7. Crosslinguistic Approaches to the Psychology of Language

   Research in the Tradition of Dan Isaac Slobin

   Edited by Jiansheng Guo, Elena Lieven, Nancy Budwig, Susan Ervin-Tripp, Keiko Nakamura, Seyda Ozcaliskan

   Series: Psychology Press Festschrift Series

   This volume covers state-of-the-art research in the field of crosslinguistic approaches to the psychology of language. The forty chapters cover a wide range of topics that represent the many research interests of a pioneer, Dan Isaac Slobin, who has been a major intellectual and creative force in...

   Published December 21st 2008 by Psychology Press
8. Routes to Language

   Studies in Honor of Melissa Bowerman

   Edited by Virginia C. Mueller Gathercole

   Series: Psychology Press Festschrift Series

   This volume contains contributions from leaders in the field of child language in honor of one of the preeminent scholars in the field of child language acquisition, Melissa Bowerman. Melissa Bowerman has had a profound, widespread, and enduring influence on research conducted in the field for...

   Published December 18th 2008 by Psychology Press
9. Memory and Mind

   A Festschrift for Gordon H. Bower

   Edited by Mark A. Gluck, John R. Anderson, Stephen M. Kosslyn

   Series: Psychology Press Festschrift Series

   A comprehensive overview of the current state of research on memory and mind, this book captures the career and influence of Gordon H. Bower (as told by 22 of his students and colleagues), showing how Bower's research and mentoring of students has broadly and deeply affected modern research. In...

   Published September 6th 2007 by Psychology Press
10. The Foundations of Remembering

    Essays in Honor of Henry L. Roediger, III

    Edited by James S. Nairne

    Series: Psychology Press Festschrift Series

    The Foundations of Remembering presents a collection of essays written by top memory scholars in honor of Henry L. Roediger III. The chapters were originally delivered as part of the "Roddyfest" conference held in March 2005 to celebrate Purdue University's awarding of an honorary doctor of letters...

    Published January 29th 2007 by Psychology Press