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The purpose of this contribution to the Counterpoints series is to compare and contrast different conceptions of working memory. This book presents three dominant views of working memory.

Our understanding of the nature and processing of figurative language is central to several important issues in cognitive science, including the relationship of language and thought, how we process language, and how we comprehend abstract meaning. Points on these and related questions are raised and argued by internationally recognized experts in the area of figurative language.

What is creativity, and where does it come from? Creativity and Development explores the connections and tensions among creativity research and developmental psychology, two fields that, for a long time, have largely progressed independently of each other.

This new volume in the Counterpoints series not only summarizes and addresses the validity (or invalidity) of research into gender differences, it also questions the ideology behind this research, and its consequences.

This is the first volume in the Counterpoints series. The relationships between perception and mental imagery have given rise to one of the most vigorously debated areas in psychology. Research in this area has generated an abundance of theory together with contrasting positions and heated discussion.

This volume considers the extent to which the use of sign language affects the course and character of cognitive development. The understanding of the relationship between language and cognition has occupied psychologists and linguists for centuries, and may be enhanced by the study of signing.

A debate on lexical acquisition by some of the most prominent and influential psychologists in the area of language development. In the final commentary chapter, an exchange between competing colleagues sharpens differences and, in some cases, brings consensus.

Gives an overview of the results from laboratory research on action memory and on memory for activities in social contexts. This work presents results on memory for intended actions. It puts these results in relation to the information and to the brain modules which are necessary for successful control of actions.

This volume considers the extent to which the use of sign language affects the course and character of cognitive development. The understanding of the relationship between language and cognition has occupied psychologists and linguists for centuries, and may be enhanced by the study of signing.

'Cognition and Emotion', in the 'Counterpoints' series, provides readers with a debate over the precise relationship between 'fast and messy' emotional processes and 'slow and analytic' cognitive processes. The links between emotion and memory, learning, perception, categorization, social judgments, and behaviour are addressed.

Over the last twenty years, theories and research relating to visuospatial cognition have been of central interest to a broad range of psychologists. This second volume in the Counterpoints series considers visuospatial cognition from the perspectives of three of the most recognized and respected investigators in the field, Michel Denis, Margaret Intons-Peterson, and Philip Johnson-Laird.