Cognitive Illusions Intriguing Phenomena in Thinking, Judgment, and Memory
Cognitive Illusions: Intriguing Phenomena in Thinking, Judgment, and Memory by Rüdiger Pohl, published by Routledge in 2022, is a comprehensive exploration of various psychological effects that influence our everyday thinking, judgment, and memory. This third edition spans 478 pages and presents contributions from leading international researchers who examine the nature of cognitive illusions, questioning whether they indicate flaws in human information processing or are simply by-products of adaptive cognitive mechanisms.
Readers will find detailed discussions of 26 different cognitive illusions, each chapter providing an overview of empirical research, potential explanations, and individual differences. The edition includes new chapters on topics such as negativity bias, metacognition, and responses to fake news, along with practical experiments suitable for classroom demonstrations. This book serves as a valuable resource for those interested in psychology, particularly in the areas of cognitive psychology and cognition.
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Cognitive Illusions explores a wide range of fascinating psychological effects in the way we think, judge and remember in our everyday lives. In this volume, Rüdiger F. Pohl brings together leading international researchers to define what cognitive illusions are and discuss their theoretical status: are such illusions proof of a faulty human information-processing system, or do they only represent by-products of otherwise adaptive cognitive mechanisms?
The book describes and discusses 26 different cognitive illusions, with each chapter giving a profound overview of the respective empirical research including potential explanations, individual differences, and relevant applied perspectives. This edition has been thoroughly updated throughout, featuring new chapters on negativity bias, metacognition, and how we respond to fake news, along with detailed descriptions of experiments that can be used as classroom demonstration in every chapter.
Demonstrating just how diverse cognitive illusions can be, it is a must read for all students and researchers of cognitive illusions, specifically, those focusing on thinking, reasoning, decision-making, and memory.
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