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 view of exceptional cognition equaling superior intelligence, the Handb...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Gruszka, Aleksandra. (Editor), Matthews, Gerald. (Editor), Szymura, Blazej. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Edition:First.
Series:The Springer Series on Human Exceptionality,
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1210-7
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Individual Differences in Cognition: In Search of a General 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 Differences Approach
  • Mood as Information: The Regulatory Role of Personality
  • Author Commentaries on. Summary.