Handbook of individual differences in cognition: attention, memory, and executive control

As cognitive models of behavior continue to evolve, the mechanics of cognitive exceptionality, with its range of individual variations in abilities and performance, remains a challenge to psychology. Reaching beyond the standard viewof exceptional cognition equaling superior intelligence, the Handbook of Individual Differences in Cognition examines the latest findings from psychobiology, cognitive psychology, and neuroscience, for a comprehensive state-of-the-art volume.Breaking down cognition in terms of attentional mechanisms, working memory, and higher-order processing, contributors discuss general models of cognition and personality. Chapter authors build on this foundation as they revisit current theory in such areas as processing effort and general arousal and examine emerging methods in individual differences research, including new dataon the role of brain plasticity in cognitive function. The possibility of a unified theory of individual differences in cognitive ability and the extent towhich these variables may account for real-world competencies are emphasized,and commentary chapters offer suggestions for further research priorities.Coverage highlights include:.The relationship between cognition and temperamentaltraits.The development of autobiographical memory.Anxiety and attentional control.The neurophysiology of gender differences in cognitive ability.Intelligence and cognitive control.Individual differences in dual task coordination.The effects of subclinical depression on attention, memory, and reasoning.Mood as a shaper of information.Researchers, clinicians, and graduate students in psychology and cognitive sciences, including clinical psychology and neuropsychology, personality and social psychology, neuroscience, and education, will find the Handbook of Individual Differences in Cognition an expert guide to the field as it currently stands and to its agenda for the future. INDICE: Introduction.- Individual Differences in Cognition: In Search of aGeneral Theory of Behavioral Control.- Individual Differences in Cognition: The Personality-Cognition Link.- Is Intelligence Related to Configurations of Temperament Traits? A Developmental Approach.- Conducting the Train of Thought:Variation in Working Memory Capacity, Attention Control, and Mind Wandering.-The Cognitive and Neural Bases of Attentional Set-Shifting in Humans.- Post-Soviet Psychology and Individual Differences in Cognition: A Psychophysiological Perspective.- Processing Efficiency Theory and Beyond.- Individual Differences in Task Engagement and Attention.- Intelligence and Cognitive Control.- Individual Differences in the Dual Task Coordination.- The Specific Influence of Subclinical Depression on Attention, Working Memory, and Reasoning Processes.-Working Memory Capacity and individual Differences in Higher-Level Cognition.- Motivation Toward Closure and Cognitive processes: An Individual DifferencesApproach.- Mood as Information: The Regulatory Role of Personality .- Author Commentaries on. Summary.

• ISBN: 978-1-4614-3217-3
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Fecha Publicación: 29/01/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés