Psychology of Learning and Motivation
- 1st Edition, Volume 81 - August 30, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Kara D. Federmeier
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 4 3 4 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 4 3 5 - 8
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Request a sales quoteThe Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Volume 81, the latest release in this ongoing series, features empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning, to complex learning and problem-solving. Chapters in this new release include Learning in the developing brain: interactions of control and representation systems, Cognitive mechanisms underlying individual differences in language comprehension, Speech processing from the perspective of hearing science and psycholinguistics, Social Episodic Memory, Affective influences of Uncertainty on Episodic Memory Formation, and More than a bump on the head: An overview of the long-term effects of concussion.
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- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Series Page
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Chapter One: Skill learning in the developing brain: Interactions of control and representation systems
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Different kinds of learning
- 3 Neural plasticity: the brain’s potential for adaptation
- 4 The time course of skill learning
- 5 Development of control and representation systems in childhood
- 6 The time course of skill acquisition in childhood: empirical examples
- 7 Potential advantage of protracted control development?
- 8 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter Two: Further steps towards a mechanistic functionalist framework for understanding individual differences in language and cognition
- Abstract
- 1 Computational modeling as a framework for studying cognitive mechanisms
- 2 Group differences and individual variation in psychological research
- 3 Current challenges in individual differences research
- 4 A potential path forward
- 5 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Three: Listening difficulty: From hearing to language
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Historical perspectives
- 3 Factors that influence listening difficulty: insights from cognitive hearing science and psycholinguistics
- 4 Integrating across fields to improve basic understanding and clinical care
- 5 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter Four: Social episodic memory
- Abstract
- 1 Opening vignette
- 2 Introduction
- 3 Part one: Self-reference effect
- 4 Part two: Self-similarity effect
- 5 Part three: Social episodic memory influences approach/avoidance (AA) decisions
- 6 Part four: Future directions for the role of memory in social decision making
- 7 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Five: Listening challenges in children: Comprehension and effort in noisy and voice-degraded conditions
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Listening comprehension in child development and education
- 3 Models and frameworks for understanding listening effort
- 4 Measures of listening effort assessment
- 5 The interplay of executive function and auditory processing
- 6 The impact of noise and dysphonia on listening comprehension and cognitive development in children
- 7 Advancements in physiological measures for assessing listening effort in children: pupillometry and EEG insights
- 8 The interaction of working memory, selective attention, and listening comprehension
- 9 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter Six: More than a bump to the head: An overview of the long-term effects of concussion
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Defining concussion
- 3 Evidence of long-term functional alterations
- 4 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter Seven: Individual child characteristics underlie differential engagement of neural oscillations during sentence processing
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The relationship between event-related potentials (ERPs) and event-related spectral perturbations (ERSPs) in studies of sentence processing
- 3 How does the ability to process sentences develop?
- 4 What developmental factors underlie individual differences in sentence processing?
- 5 Future directions for considering the generalizability of these claims
- 6 Conclusions
- References
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 81
- Published: August 30, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 310
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443294341
- eBook ISBN: 9780443294358
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Kara D. Federmeier
Kara D. Federmeier received her Ph.D. in Cognitive Science from the University of California, San Diego. She is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Program at the University of Illinois and a full-time faculty member at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, where she leads the Illinois Language and Literacy Initiative and heads the Cognition and Brain Lab. She is also a Past President of the Society for Psychophysiological Research. Her research examines meaning comprehension and memory using human electrophysiological techniques, in combination with behavioral, eyetracking, and other functional imaging and psychophysiological methods. She has been funded by the National Institute on Aging, the Institute of Education Sciences, and the James S. McDonnell Foundation.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL, USARead Psychology of Learning and Motivation on ScienceDirect