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This new edition of the book is totally reorganized and streamlined. However, as in the previous editions, the focus of the book remains the following: (i) Defining learning and showing how the learning process is studied (ii) Placing learning theory in historical perspective (iii) Presenting the essential features of major theories of learning (iv) Including the materials that reflect current research and scholarship The New Edition: 1. Takes into account the cognitive neuroscience of Gestalt Psychology including studies of the Aha! phenomenon 2. Provides more information that Piaget underestimated the cognitive abilities of Infants and Toddlers 3. Includes exploration of the role of mirror neurons in observational learning 4. Consists new information on the role of Hippocampus in consolidation and Spatial learning