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In the last ten years the neuroscience of language has matured as a field. Ten years ago, neuroimaging was just being explored for neurolinguistic questions, whereas today it constitutes a routine component. At the same time there have been significant developments in...
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Academic Press
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2008-04-29
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This selection of reviews gives an up-to-date picture of memory research. Great progress has been made in identifying the memory trace at the molecular and cellular level and individual reviews address the major mechanisms by which changes in synaptic strength can...
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Elsevier Science
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2008-04-28
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This book is a succinct introduction to the orienting of attention. Richard Wright and Lawrence Ward describe the covert orienting literature clearly and concisely, illustrating it with numerous high-quality images, specifically designed to make the challenging...
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Oxford University Press
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2008-04-16
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Memory and Emotion: Interdisciplinary Perspectives is a collection of original articles that explores cutting-edge research in memory and emotion, discussing findings, methodological techniques, and theoretical advances in one of the fastest-growing areas in psychology....
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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New Perspectives in Cognitive Psychology
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Minds and Machines: Connectionism and Psychological Modeling examines different kinds of models and investigates some of the basic properties of connectionism in the context of synthetic psychology, including detailed accounts of how the internal structure of...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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This state-of-the-art handbook provides an authoritative overview of the field of perception, with special emphasis on new developments and trends. Surveys the entire field of perception, including vision, hearing, taste, olfaction, and cutaneous sensibility. Ideal for...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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Blackwell Handbooks of Experimental Psychology
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This is the first text on language in communication written from a social psychological perspective that sets issues in their broader biological, sociological and cultural contexts.
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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Connectionism is a "hands on" introduction to connectionist modeling through practical exercises in different types of connectionist architectures. explores three different types of connectionist architectures – distributed associative memory, perceptron, and...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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Involuntary memory was identified by the pioneering memory researcher Hermann Ebbinghaus more than a century ago, but it was not until very recently that cognitive psychologists began to study this memory phenomenon. This book is the first to examine key topics and...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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New Perspectives in Cognitive Psychology
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The first edition of this successful reader brought together key readings in the area of developmental cognitive neuroscience for students. Now updated in order to keep up with this fast moving field, the volume includes new readings illustrating recent developments...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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As technology has opened new windows into the brain, it has clarified what happens there when people make decisions about money. This clarity has produced a new science called neuroeconomics, which addresses diverse questions, such as why people save, buy stocks, steal,...
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Oxford University Press
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2008-03-12
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It is now widely recognized that research on human health requires more than a focus on human biology and disease entities. Lifestyles, attitudes, stress, education, income--all are now understood to contribute to the spread of disease, the effectiveness of curative...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2008-03-11
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When we interact with animals, we intuitively read thoughts and feelings into their expressions and actions - it is easy to suppose that they have minds like ours. And as technology grows more sophisticated, we might soon find ourselves interpreting the behaviour of...
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OUP Oxford
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2008-02-28
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Working memory--the ability to keep important information in mind while comprehending, thinking, and acting--varies considerably from person to person and changes dramatically during each person's life. Understanding such individual and developmental differences is...
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Oxford University Press
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2008-02-13
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Neuroergnomics can be defined as the study of brain and behavior at work. It combines two disciplines -- neuroscience, the study of brain function, and human factors, the study of how to match technology with the capabilities and limitations of people so they can work...
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Oxford University Press
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2008-02-13
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As a manifestation of a 'cognitive turn' observable in all social sciences, Cognitive Economics is concerned with the beliefs and mental operations held by actors placed within a dynamical and strategic environment. It appears as a synthesis of an educative research...
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Springer
Parution :
2007-10-25
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The view of memory use as skilled performance embraces the interactive nature of memory and higher order cognition. In considering the contexts in which memory is used, this book helps to answer such questions as:
- If asked where I live, how do I decide on a street...
Editeur :
Academic Press
Parution :
2007-10-03
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