3rd Edition
An Introduction to Applied Cognitive Psychology
1. Introduction - David Groome and Michael W. Eysenck
2. Visual perception and attention: Errors and accidents. - Graham Edgar and Helen Edgar
3. Face identification - Richard Kemp and David White
4. Auditory perception - Kevin Baker
5. Working memory and performance limitations - David Heathcote
6. Memory improvement - David Groome and Robin Law
7. Everyday memory - David Groome
8. Witness interviewing and crime investigation - Brandon May, Ray Bull and Rebecca Milne
9. Decision making - Ben Newell
10. Drugs and cognitive performance - Sam Westwood and Beth Parkin
11. Biological cycles and cognitive performance - Robin Law
12. Emotion and cognition - Jenny Yiend, Rayan Taher, and Kaan Karamanli
13. Music and cognition - Catherine Loveday
14. Sporting performance, pressure, and cognition - Michael W. Eysenck and Mark R. Wilson
15. References
Biography
David Groome was formerly Principal Lecturer and Senior Academic in Psychology at the University of Westminster, where he worked from 1970 to 2011. His research interests include cognition and memory, and their relationship with clinical disorders. He has published a number of research papers on these topics and is the co-author of 12 previous textbooks.
Michael W. Eysenck is Professorial Fellow at Roehampton University and Emeritus Professor and Honorary Fellow at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is especially interested in cognitive psychology and most of his research focuses on the role of cognitive factors in anxiety within normal and clinical populations. He has published nearly 50 books and about 160 book chapters and journal articles.
