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For years now, learning has been at the heart of research within cognitive psychology. How do we acquire new knowledge and new skills? Are the principles underlying skill acquisition unique to learning, or similar to those underlying other behaviors? Is the mental system essentially modular, or is the mental system a simple product of experience, a product that, inevitably, reflects the shape of the external world with all of its specialisms and similarities? This new book takes the view that learning is a major influence on the nature of the processes and representations that fill our minds. Throughout, the authors review and consider the areas of skill acquisition and lexical representation to illustrate the effects that practice can have on cognitive processes. They also draw parallels between theories in physical and biological domains to propose not only a new theory of mental function but also demonstrate that the mind is essentially subject to the same natural laws as the physical world. In so doing Speelman and Kirsner present a new perspective on psychology - one that identifies universal principles underlying all behaviors and one which contrasts markedly from our current focus on highly specific behaviors. Accessibly written, "Beyond the Learning Curve" is a thought provoking and challenging new text for students and researchers in the cognitive sciences.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Psychology Cognition & cognitive psychology

• Full title: Beyond the Learning Curve
• Subtitle: The construction of mind
• Author: Craig Speelman, Kim Kirsner
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 304
• EAN: 9780198508854
• ISBN: 0198508859
• ID: 04526951
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Weight: 572 g
• Dimensions: 240 × 168 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 20. October 2005

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