This fifth edition of the best-selling international cognitive psychology textbook has been substantially updated and restructured to reflect new developments in cognitive psychology, and made more student-friendly.

Established approaches covered in depth include:

Experimental cognitive psychology

Cognitive science with its focus on modelling

Cognitive neuropsychology with its focus on cognition following brain damage.

Extensive new material in this edition includes:

Cognitive neuroscience approaches such as brain scanning and imaging studies which illustrate the principles of brain function

New material on consciousness.

Throughout, the new material is fully integrated with more traditional approaches to create a comprehensive, coherent and totally current overview of perception, attention, memory, concepts, language, problem solving, judgement and reasoning.

A two-colour design, plus a rich array of supplementary multimedia materials, make this edition more accessible and entertaining for students.