Cognition - International Student Edition

STEPHEN K. REED is currently an emeritus professor of psychology at San Diego State University and a visiting scholar at the University of California, San Diego. He has also taught at Florida Atlantic University (1980–1988) and at Case Western Reserve University (1971–1980). His research on problem solving has been supported by grants from NIMH, the National Science Foundation, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. He is the author of numerous articles and books including Psychological Processes in Pattern Recognition (Academic Press, 1973), Word Problems: Research and Curriculum Reform (Erlbaum, 1999), Cognitive Skills You Need for the 21st Century (Oxford University Press, 2020) and Thinking Visually, second edition (Routledge, 2021).

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Pattern recognition
Chapter 3: Attention
Chapter 4: Short-term Working Memory
Chapter 5: Long-term Memory
Chapter 6: Action
Chapter 7: Memory Codes
Chapter 8: Visual Images
Chapter 9: Categorization
Chapter 10: Semantic Organization
Chapter 11: Language
Chapter 12: Decision Making
Chapter 13: Problem Solving
Chapter 14: Expertise and Creativity