By Michael S. Gazzaniga, Diane F. Halpern, Todd Heatherton, Steven J. Heine

The international of mental technology, made specially proper for Canadian students.
Psychological Science, 3rd Canadian variation, combines foundational issues with groundbreaking present examine to catch the buzz of 21st-century psychology. Overseen through across the world well-known cognitive neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga, Psychological technology offers a world point of view at the box, introducing scholars to the simplest examine from world wide. The booklet is usually tailored for Canadian scholars, drawing usually on Canadian examples, cultural references, and statistics to illustrate how psychology applies to way of life. This variation introduces a dynamic studying method, crafted by means of Diane Halpern, that employs cutting edge pedagogy and visuals to interact readers and stimulate lively studying.

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292 Auditory Attention Allows Selective Listening. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 Selective Attention Can Operate at Multiple Stages of Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 CRITICAL THINKING SKILL: Recognizing When “Change Blindness Blindness” May Be Occurring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

321 When Do People Forget? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 Transience Is Caused by Interference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

278 Habituation and Sensitization Are Simple Models of Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 Long-Term Potentiation Is a Candidate for the Neural Basis of Learning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Summing Up: What Is the Biological Basis of Learning? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Measuring Up. . . . .

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