Psychology of Learning and Motivation Advances in Research and Theory [Hardcover]

The Psychology of Learning and Motivation publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning to complex learning and problem solving. Each chapter provides a thoughtful integration of a body of work. Volume 41 includes in its coverage chapters on multimedia learning, brain imaging, and memory, among others.Contributors.
D.L. Medin, N. Ross, S. Atran, R.C. Burnett, and S.V. Blok, Categorization and Reasoning in Relation to Culture and Expertise.
T.K. Landauer, On the Computational Basis of Learning and Cognition: Arguments from LSA.
R.E. Mayer, Multimedia Learning.
T.J. Palmeri and M.A. Flanery, Memory Systems and Perceptual Categorization.
R.A. Carlson, Conscious Intentions in the Control of Skilled Mental Activity.
M.A. Conway, C.W. Pleydell-Pearce, S. Whitecross, and H. Sharpe, Brain Imaging Autobiographical Memory.
C.M. Seifert, The Continued Influence of Misinformation in Memory: What Makes a Correction Effective?
C.M. Kelley and M.G. Rhodes, Making Sense and Nonsense of Experience: Attributions in Memory and Judgment.
N.R. Brown, Real-World Estimation: Estimation Modes and Seeding Effects.
Index.
Contents of Recent Volumes.Brian H. Ross is a Professor of Psychology and of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research areas have included problem solving, complex learning, categorization, reasoning, memory, and mathematical modeling. He has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and the Institute of Education Sciences. Ross has been Editolé