Psychiatry and Psychology

Cognitive Psychology

Branch of psychology that explores the operation of mental processes related to perceiving, attending, thinking, language, and memory, mainly through inferences from behavior. (APA Dictionary of Psychology. https://dictionary.apa.org/cognitive-psychology, accessed 3/22/2021).

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Abstract

Branch of psychology that explores the operation of mental processes related to perceiving, attending, thinking, language, and memory, mainly through inferences from behavior. (APA Dictionary of Psychology. https://dictionary.apa.org/cognitive-psychology, accessed 3/22/2021).

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  • Psychology, Cognitive

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12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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2022

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  • Psychology (2000-2021)

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  1. F04.096w.628w.017w
  2. F04.096w.628w.255w.750w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cognitive Psychology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000090182. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000090182
  2. Cognitive Psychology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_psychology
  3. Cognitive Psychology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23373