A market need for a single-volume, up-to-date and international synthesis of cognitive psychology in Handbook format Aims to be affordable to individuals - most competing titles are primarily expensive and are predominantly library purchases i.e. Elsevier and Wiley titles Perfect for psychology students and researchers wanting an authoritative state-of-the-art overview of the discipline. Orchestrated in a way as to be appealing to those with no background in cognitive psychology Contains contributions from the world-leading scholars. Up-to-date in terms of research practice; authorial in tone; will be a benchmark reference work for many years to come. Covers traditional aspects of cognitive psychology (memory, attention, perception etc) and newer, 'hot' areas too (cognitive neuroscience, computational & mathematical modeling).