Relevant journals including the following, all but one of which are available to students electronically:
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology: A - Human Experimental Psychology; Journal of Memory and Language; Cognitive Science; Journal of Experimental Psychology : Human Perception and Performance; Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
Online citation indexes (Web of Science, PsycInfo)
Superlab experiment-generation software for creating and running experiments.

Be registered on any Psychology Award

Eysenck, M., & Keane, M. (2005). Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook. Hove, UK: Psychology Press.
Ellis, A., & Young, A. (1996). Human Cognitive Neuropsychology. Hove, UK: Psychology Press.
Manktelow, K. (1999). Reasoning and Thinking. Hove, UK: Psychology Press.
Harley, T. (2007). The Psychology of Language. Hove, UK: Psychology Press.

Summative assessment
one two-hour exam comprising -
short answer questions (learning outcomes 1 and 3)
a problem solving activity (learning outcome 3)
one or more longer essay question (learning outcomes 2 and 4)
Formative learning
Each workshop will include a short test of understanding of the content of the previous two lectures. Workshop activities will also require students to express, discuss and evaluate their emerging understanding of course content, both with peers and with tutors.

This module will give students the opportunity to learn about theories, debates, and findings, and to develop practical research skills in the following core areas of cognitive psychology: perception, memory, language production and comprehension, thinking and reasoning. In considering these four areas students will be introduced to key meta-theoretical constructs (e.g., information processing, modularity, attention, automaticity, cognitive capacity, activation-strength, association, planning, problem solving). Through practical experience the module will also introduce students to important research strategies used by cognitive psychologists such as computer-controlled experimentation, collection and analysis of reaction-time data, and collection and analysis of think-aloud protocols.

Students will develop their understanding through: (1) Participating in 11, 1.5 hour lectures that will provide a general overview of themes covered in the module. (2) Participating in five, fortnightly, two hour seminars. During these students will engage in a number of practical exercises to (a) provide hands on experience with, and therefore foster understanding of, some of the methods used in cognitive research, (b) to introduce new themes and concepts not addressed in lectures, and (c) to encourage active engagement of module content. Workshop, and related homework, activities will also be focussed on development of literature search, comprehension and summarisation skills. During and after laboratory classes students will complete a workbook. This will not be directly assessed, but will represent an essential revision aid when preparing for the exam.
Your non-contact learning time should be divided roughly as follows: developing understanding of the core concepts introduced in lectures - 20 hours; developing a breadth of understanding that goes beyond lecture content, starting with readings from the reading list - 63.5 hours; engaging in various problem-solving activities associated with workshops - 20 hours; revision in preparation for the exam - 20 hours