444 • Subject IndexWason four-card problem, 364–368
controversy surrounding, 367–368
evolutionary approach to, 366–367
falsification principle and, 364
permission schema and, 365–366
regulations and, 364–365
Water-jug problem, 330–331
Water-pouring problem, 287, 288
Weapons focus, 227–228
Web resources, 20
Well-defined problems, 326
Wernicke’s aphasia, 33
Wernicke’s area, 33
What pathway, 72, 74
Where pathway, 72, 74
Who Am I? (film), 166Whole report method, 121
Word frequency, 300, 303
Word frequency effect, 301
Word length effect, 133, 134
Word recognition, 78
Words, 297–304
components of, 297
images associated with, 287
perception of, 57, 297–300
understanding of, 300–303
See also Sentences
Word superiority effect, 300, 324
Working memory, 130–142
attention and, 136, 137, 141
brain damage and, 136, 138–139
central executive in, 132, 136, 140, 141cognitive processes and, 141–142
definition of, 131–132
episodic buffer in, 136–137
ERP study on, 140–141
long-term memory and, 137
overview of components, 132
phonological loop in, 132, 133–134
physiology of, 137–141
problem solving and, 351–353
resources related to, 144, 290
review questions on, 137, 142
short-term memory vs., 132
summary points about, 143
visuospatial sketch pad in, 132,
134–136
See also Short-term memory33559_17_subject_index_p435-446.indd 44433559_17_subject_index_p435-446.indd 444 14/04/10 5:19 PM14/04/10 5:19 PM
Copyright 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part.