Cognitive Psychology in a Changing World

In this impressive textbook the authors present a remarkably complete overview of the Cognitive Psychology field. The book nicely covers the field's historical roots and current debates. At the same time it also illustrates how cognitive psychology can help to address critical real-world challenges. Highly recommended for students and scholars interested in this wonderful discipline. - Wim De Neys, CNRS Research Director, LaPsyDE, Université Paris Cité, France

Our fundamental understanding of how the mind works has grown exponentially over the past few decades, but what does basic research on perception, memory, attention, and reasoning tell us about human behaviour in the real world? How can it guide us as we confront such challenges as quantifying risks, coping with climate change and pandemics, and adapting to new technology? Cognitive Psychology in a Changing World makes a compelling and highly readable case that cognitive psychology provides an essential tool for understanding why people act as they do. - David Shanks, Professor and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Brain Sciences, UCL, UK

This text, which deals with basic psychological research and the neuroscientific research that supports it, has the advantage of devoting wide space to practical implications for situations in daily life, thus motivating the reader to understand and learn, as cognitive psychology itself teaches. - Monica Bucciarelli, University of Torino, Italy

Linden Ball and colleagues have created a refreshingly unorthodox cognition text, approaching the discipline from a fresh perspective. Organising the material into three broad sections - shaping, understanding, and experiencing the changing world we inhabit - they reverse the typical order of topics, starting with the bigger picture, and to my mind this works well. The text is full of contemporary real-world examples to engage the reader, backed up with recent research evidence, as well as many ‘try it yourself’ activities. The authors also situate cognitive research within broader issues, such as the replication crisis, open science, and decolonisation. The final chapter is a stimulating discussion of issues and opportunities facing cognitive research in the third decade of the 21st century. - Philip Fine, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Buckingham, UK