CogLab on a CD [Paperback]

Greg Francis (Author), Ian Neath (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0534640672 | ISBN-13: 978-0534640675 | Publication Date: July 14, 2003 | Edition: 3

Do more than just think about cognition! Now available on CD-ROM or online, CogLab contains dozens of classic experiments designed to help students learn about cognitive concepts and how the mind works. Nothing is more powerful than letting your students see the effects of these experiments for themselves. CogLab gives both students and instructors the chance to participate as subjects in research experiments. Students can run the experiments, collect data, and save their data in one of three formats--a special CogLab format that allows them to view their data from within the program, an HTML format that allows them to print and save graphics and formatted text, and a text format that allows the data to be easily integrated into other programs. CogLab on CD-ROM gives students access to their own data, while CogLab online allows instructors to combine data across all of their students, to have class averages automatically calculated, and to make those averages available to students. Instructors who choose the CD-ROM version can download a program that will allow them to combine and calculate class averages. (For a complete list of differences between the online and CD-ROM versions, visit the CogLab Web site at http://coglab.wadsworth.com/.) CogLab is available online for use anywhere and anytime, or on CD-ROM for situations where Internet access is impractical. Correlations to CogLab are built into many of Wadsworth's Cognitive Psychology texts. Either version can be bundled with any Wadsworth Psychology text for a minimal charge.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"I have used Coglab and love it (as do my students)! I have had many students come to class and tell me that they have done the experiments multiple times because they found it so helpful and that they learned something new each time. I even had one student who told me his son preferred the experiments to playing video games! I do not think you can get a better endorsement than that!"

About the Author

Greg Francis is a professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University. He earned his Ph.D. in cognitive and neural systems from Boston University in 1993. His research investigates properties of neural networks and visual perception. He also was coauthor of the Coglab Reader,
Coglab on a CD, and Social Psychology Laboratory.

Ian Neath is currently a department chair at Memorial University in Nova Scotia, Canada. He received his Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Yale University in 1991. He regularly teaches both the undergraduate and graduate courses on human memory, as well as courses on introductory psychology, cognitive psychology, and simulation modeling. He has published many articles on memory in professional journals. In addition, he co-authored another Wadsworth textbook, HUMAN MEMORY: AN INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH, DATA, AND THEORY, 2nd edition, Coglab on a CD, Coglab Reader, and Social Psychology Laboratory.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing; 3 edition (July 14, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0534640672
• ISBN-13: 978-0534640675
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #359,018 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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