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Author
Publisher
Guilford Pubn
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Do you find yourself constantly asking your child to "pick up the pace"? Does he or she seem to take longer than others to get stuff done--whether completing homework, responding when spoken to, or getting dressed and ready in the morning? Drs. Ellen Braaten and Brian Willoughby have worked with thousands of kids and teens who struggle with an area of cognitive functioning called "processing speed," and who are often mislabeled as lazy or unmotivated....
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
An "exploration of the human psyche that shows us how the very purpose of the mind changes throughout the day. Indeed, as Gelernter explains, when we are at our most alert, when reasoning and creating new memories is our main mental business, the mind is a computer-like machine that keeps emotion on a short leash and attention on our surroundings. As we gradually tire, however, and descend the 'mental spectrum,' reasoning comes unglued. Memory ranges...
Series
Psychology Library Editions Cognitive Science volume Volume 16
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
32) Attention, representation, and human performance: integration of cognition, emotion, and motivation
Publisher
Psychology Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A delightful tour of the wonders of our humanity from David G. Myers, the award-winning professor and author of psychology's bestselling textbook"--
Over the past three decades, millions of students have learned about psychology from textbooks by David G. Myers. To create these books and to satisfy his own endless curiosity about the human mind, Myers monitors the leading journals to discover the most extraordinary new developments in psychological...