The evolution of a cognitive psychologist: A journey from simple behaviors to complex mental acts

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-27

  Bower, Gordon H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative networks; Chunking; Cognitive revolution; Human memory; Knowledge representation; Memory organization; Mental models; Narrative focus; Skilled reading; Story grammars

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; LITERATURE; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

AUTOBIOGRAPHY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MEMORY; MENTAL PROCESSES; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41549153843     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.59.103006.093722     Document Type: Article

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