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Now in use at over 200 colleges and universities, Cognition:Exploring the Science of the Mind is one of the premier textbooksin the field. This exciting text challenges students to explorecore concepts in cognitive psychology by focusing on the ideasbehind the research, asking "Why is it important?" and "What doesit really mean?" Professor Reisberg\'s unique approach draws onexamples from a wide range of disciplines, including biology,linguistics, political science, economics, and philosophy, amongothers, and clearly demonstrates the real-world implications oftheoretical issues.Carefully revised to be more concise and accessible, the ThirdEdition features strengthened coverage of neuroscience, over 300new citations, and a new Student Web Site.More Concise, New PedagogyBriefer than its predecessors, the Third Edition moves to an open,single-column format and includes new thematic previews at thebeginning of each chapter. These previews get students thinkingabout the central concepts in the chapter before they beginreading.Strengthened Coverage of NeuroscienceHighlights of the Third Edition\'s expanded coverage ofneuroscience:Chapter 2 guides students through the basics of neuroanatomy andneurochemistry, demonstrating the significance of neuroscience tocognitive psychology, explaining the methodological issues involvedin distinguishing correlation and causation in neuroscience, andusing a study by Tong et al as a concrete example to demonstratethe power of neuroimaging.Chapter 3\'s discussion of object recognition now includes coverageof viewpoint-dependence, which has important neuroscientificimplications.Chapter 13 includes new coverage of neuropsychological research onemotion\'s important role in decision-making.Chapter 15 discusses "workspace" conceptions of consciousness as anexample of the intersections between cognitive psychology andneuroscience.