Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Cognitive psychology : history, methods, and paradigms -- The brain : an overview of structure and function -- Perception : recognizing patterns and objects -- Attention : deploying cognitive resources -- Working memory : forming and using new memory traces -- Retrieving memories from long-term storage -- Knowledge representation : storing and organizing information in long-term memory -- Visual imagery and spatial cognition -- Language -- Thinking and problem solving -- Reasoning and decision making -- Cognitive development through adolescence -- Individual differences in cognition -- Glossary -- Credits and sources -- References -- Index -- About the author.