Cognitive Psychology Research Developments.

Intro -- Cognitive Psychology Research Developments -- Contents -- Preface -- Limits to General Expertise: A Study of In- And Out-of-Field Graph Interpretation -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Background -- Research Design -- Levels of In-Field and Out-of-Field Performance -- Differences Across Domains -- Contingent Nature of Interpretation -- The Work of Structuring a Graph Reading Task: Anatomy of a Problematic Graph Reading -- Core Practitioners and Limited Nature of Expertise -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Appendix Transcription Conventions -- Conceptual Combination: Models, Theories, and Controversies -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Current Models of Conceptual Combination -- Agreements and Controversies - An Analytical Framework -- Conclusion -- References -- A Test of the Cognitive Theory of Obsessions: Study of Internal Structure and Validity of the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire in Italian Individuals -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The Obsessive Compulsive Cognition Working Group (OCCWG) -- Development of the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire (Obq) -- Method -- Measures -- Results -- Explorative Factor Analysis: Six-Factor Solution -- Comfermative Factor Analysis -- Psychometric Characteristics of the OBQ-I46 -- Intercorrelation between the Scales -- Criterion-Oriented Validity -- Convergent and Divergent Validity -- Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Haptic Abilities in Infancy and their Relation to Vision: A Review -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Research in Infancy: A Gap between the Visual and Haptic Modalities -- Main Reasons of this Gap -- Overview -- Perception of the Shape of Objects -- Cross-Modal Transfer of Shape between Touch and Vision -- References -- Emotional Modulation of Selective Attention: Experimental Evidence in Specific Phobia -- Introduction -- Method -- Specific Aims and Results -- Discussion.

Acknowledgements -- References -- Appendix The Italian Version of the OBQ (OBQ-I46) -- The Moderating Effect of Switching Costs in Consumers' Relationship Dissolution. A Cross-Cultural Analysis -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Determinant Factors of Relationship Dissolution -- The Case of Car Insurance: The Moderating Effect of Switching Costs in Different Cultural Contexts -- References -- Tripartite Concepts of Mind and Brain, with Special Emphasis on the neuroevolutionary Postulastes of Christfried Jakob and Paul MacLean -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Philosophical Tripartite Models of the Psyche -- The Tripsyche Brain System of Jakob -- The Tripartite Mental Apparatus of Psychoanalysis -- The Triune Brain Concept of Maclean -- Further Tripartite Models of the Human Mind -- Discussion -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Category-Specific Semantics in Alzheimer's Dementia and Normal Aging? -- Abstract -- Semantic Memory -- Subject Variables Affecting Category-Specificity: Dementia Severity -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Preverbal Category Formation the Role of Real-World Experience -- Abstract -- Experiment 1 -- Method -- Materials and Procedure -- Coding -- Results and Discussion -- Discussion -- Experiment 2 -- Method -- Results and Discussion -- General Discussion -- References -- Peripheral Responses Elicited by Motor Imagery: A Window on Central and Peripheral Nervous System Relationships through Motor Commands Inhibition -- Abstract -- Introduction -- First Experiment -- Results -- Discussion -- Second Experiment -- Results -- Discussion -- Third Experiment -- Results -- Discussion -- General Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Rationality: The Desire fro an Absolute with a Cause -- Overview of Topics -- The Power of Unconscious and Conscious Processing: Who is Better? -- Prospect Theory -- An Emerging Question -- Method.

Results -- Conclusion -- References -- The Cognitive Effects of Anxiety on Sexual Arousal -- Abstract -- The Contribution of Plethysmography -- Towards a Cognitive Theory of the Arousal-Anxiety Relationship -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.

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