Major Research Areas
Perception
- General perception
- Psychophysics
- Attention
- Pattern recognition
- Object recognition
- Time sensation
- Form Perception
Categorization
- Category induction and acquisition
- Categorical judgement and classification
- Category representation and structure
- Similarity (psychology)
Memory
- Aging and memory
- Autobiographical memory
- Constructive memory
- Emotion and memory
- Episodic memory
- Eyewitness memory
- False memories
- Flashbulb memory
- List of memory biases
- Long-term memory
- Semantic memory
- Short-term memory
- Spaced repetition
- Source monitoring
- Working memory
Knowledge representation
- Mental imagery
- Propositional encoding
- Imagery versus proposition debate
- Dual-coding theories
- Media psychology
Numerical cognition
Language
- Grammar and linguistics
- Phonetics and phonology
- Language acquisition
Thinking
- Choice (see also: Choice theory)
- Concept formation
- Decision making
- Logic, formal and natural reasoning
- Problem solving
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