In this review, we are pitting two theories against each other: the more accepted theory, the
number sense theory, suggesting that a sense of number is innate and non-symbolic …

According to a widely used theoretical perspective, our everyday experiences lead us to
become natural experts at perceiving and recognising human faces. However, there has …

Is it possible to learn something without being aware of it? How does emotion influence the
way we think? How can we improve our memory? Fundamentals of Cognition, third edition …

With the increasing sophistication and ubiquity of the Internet, behavioral research is on the
cusp of a revolution that will do for population sampling what the computer did for stimulus …

It has been difficult to determine how cognitive systems change over the grand time scale of
an entire life, as few cognitive systems are well enough understood; observable in infants …

Photo-ID is widely used in security settings, despite research showing that viewers find it
very difficult to match unfamiliar faces. Here we test participants with specialist experience …

Is the human mind/brain composed of a set of highly specialized components, each carrying
out a specific aspect of human cognition, or is it more of a general-purpose device, in which …

The fully updated eighth edition of Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook provides
comprehensive yet accessible coverage of all the key areas in the field ranging from visual …

Impressions from faces are made remarkably quickly and they can underpin behaviour in a
wide variety of social contexts. Over the last decade many studies have sought to trace the …

The concept of holistic processing is a cornerstone of face recognition research, yet central
questions related to holistic processing remain unanswered, and debates have thus far …