Neuropsychology owes much to the pioneering efforts of
researchers in cognitive psychology. Theory and methods derived
from the cognitive sciences have provided an important foundation
for neuropsychology. The Attention and Performance
series has been at the vanguard of cognitive psychology, both
chronicling major developments in cognitive science that emerged
over the past half century, and catalyzing new directions in
cognitive theory, method, and application. Most students of
psychology can probably recall some time during their undergraduate
or graduate studies, pulling from university library shelves,
one of the earlier volumes of this series, as they prepared
a term paper, thesis, or research project. The 17th volume of
Attention and Performance of this edited series was
the product of the proceedings of the International Association
for the Study of Attention and Performance, held in Haifa, Israel,
30 years after the first edition in 1966. Reviewing the topics
covered in the earlier editions, one is struck by the extent
to which this series has both mirrored current direction and
anticipated shifts in the paradigms of cognitive science.
Introduction to the special section: the extended mind and the foundations of cognitive science
