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Book SynopsisThe Sunday Times bestsellerA monumental, gripping book Outstanding' Sunday TimesWherever there is human judgement, there is noise.Noise may be the most important book I''ve read in more than a decade. A genuinely new idea soexceedingly important you will immediately put it into practice. A masterpiece'Angela Duckworth, author of GritAn absolutely brilliant investigation of a massive societal problem that has been hiding in plain sight'Steven Levitt, co-author of FreakonomicsFrom the world-leaders in strategic thinking and the multi-million copy bestselling authors of Thinking Fast and Slow and Nudge, the next big book to change the way you think. Imagine that two doctors in the same city give different diagnoses to identical patients or that two judges in the same court give different sentences to people who have committed matching crimes. Now imagine that the same doctor and the same judge make different decisions depending on whether it is morning or afternoon, or Monday rather thaTrade Review The Sunday Times bestseller (May 2021) ‘A tour de force of scholarship and clear writing’New York Times ‘This is a monumental, gripping book. It is also bracing … The three authors have transformed the way we think about the world. They have looked beneath and beyond the way we make decisions and organise our lives. A follow-up of sorts to Thinking, Fast and Slow, it is a further step down the road towards a more complex and realistic grasp of human affairs that is replacing the crude simplifications of the recent past. Outstanding’Sunday Times ‘As you’d expect from its authors, it is a rigorous approach to an important topic… There’s lots to surprise and entertain. Anyone who has found the literature on cognitive biases important will find this a valuable addition to their knowledge’ Danny Finkelstein, The Times ‘Noise is everywhere and is seriously disruptive. The authors have come up with a bold solution. The book is a satisfying journey through a big but not unsolvable problem, with plenty of fascinating case studies along the way. Humans are often bad at making decisions. But we can get better’Martha Gill, Evening Standard ‘The greatest source of ineffective policies are often not biases, corruption or ill-will, but three “I”: Intuition, Ignorance and Inertia. This book masterfully demonstrates why the three “I” are so pervasive, and what we can do to fight them. An essential, eye opening read’Esther Duflo, winner of a 2019 Nobel Prize ‘In Noise, the authors brilliantly apply their unique and novel insights into the flaws in human judgment to every sphere of human endeavour… Noise is a masterful achievement and a landmark in the field of psychology’Philip E. Tetlock, co-author of Superforecasting ‘An electrifying exploration of the human mind, this book will permanently change the way we think about the scale and scope of bias’David Lammy
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Philosophy of Time
Book SynopsisAs a growing area of research, the philosophy of time is increasingly relevant to different areas of philosophy and even other disciplines. This book describes and evaluates the most important debates in philosophy of time, under several subject areas: metaphysics, epistemology, physics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, cognitive science, rationality, and art.Questions this book investigates include the following. Can we know what time really is? Is time possible, especially given modern physics? Must there be time because we cannot think without it? What do we experience of time? How might philosophy of time be relevant to understanding the mindbody relationship or evidence in cognitive science? Can the philosophy of time help us understand biases toward the future and the fear of death? How is time relevant to artand is art relevant to philosophical debates about time? Finally, what exactly could time travel be? And could time travel satisfy emotions Table of ContentsPreface 1. Epistemology of Time 2. Metaphysics of Time I: Time and Change 3. Metaphysics of Time II: Change and Persistence in Objects 4. Philosophy of Physics 5. Philosophy of Language and Time 6. Philosophy of Mind and Time 7. Philosophy of Cognitive Science and Time 8. Rationality of Time 9. The Philosophy of Art and Time 10. Philosophy of Time Travel
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Rockridge Press The CBT Workbook for Mental Health:
Book SynopsisLive more positively with simple exercises based in cognitive behavioral therapyNot every mental health struggle involves a life-altering event or an official diagnosis, but that doesn?t mean it can?t take a toll on your life and happiness. The CBT Workbook for Mental Health shows you how to cultivate your sense of calm and confidence through the power of cognitive behavioral therapy. With expert advice, you?ll learn how to use CBT to bounce back from tough times?no matter how big or small. This CBT workbook features: Specific solutions?Build a range of coping skills with chapters devoted to common issues: relationships and communication, anxiety, anger, stress, guilt, shame, cravings, and self-esteem. Simple exercises?The prompts and exercises in this CBT workbook only take between 10 and 30 minutes, so you can find time to practice them even on your busiest days. CBT for everyone?Discover how CBT works and what makes it so popular, with a range of exercises that help improve general emotional wellness. Learn the skills to maintain your inner peace and emotional well-being every day with The CBT Workbook for Mental Health.
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Cambridge University Press Principles of Behavioral Neuroscience
Book SynopsisAn undergraduate textbook for a first course in brain and behavior. Omitting unnecessary detail, each chapter focuses on key concepts. The book features cutting-edge neuroscience approaches, compelling illustrations, and thought-provoking review questions.Trade Review'Horvitz and Jacobs have written a comprehensive text which covers both classical and recent findings. The book is clearly written and beautifully illustrated. This will be a great undergraduate text.' Professor Donald Pfaff, Rockefeller University'This book is for the scientifically curious, accessible to nonscientists and fascinating for all. Horvitz and Jacobs explore the science of the mind, brain, and behavior by first providing a basic understanding of how neurons work, and then cleverly illustrate functions of the nervous system – how they relate to daily life, and how they are altered in neurodevelopmental, neuropsychiatric, and neurodegenerative disorders.' Professor B. J. Casey, Yale University'This textbook achieves the remarkable feat of bridging the brain, mind, and behavior from animals to humans to patients in a way that is comprehensive, offering a clear understanding of the broader picture of the wide field of neuroscience, whilst also being rich in depth of detail and presenting many state-of-the-art research findings. It is a true delight to read and will be a real asset to any student or expert of neuroscience alike.' Dr. Karen D. Ersche, University of Cambridge'This textbook strikes a great balance between the big picture and the details that support the big picture. The authors have achieved their important goal of focusing on principles and concepts. Interesting images, key concepts, and reminders of the big picture will keep both introductory and advanced students engaged in the material.' Professor Angela J. Grippo, Northern Illinois University'This is a beautifully illustrated book that will be the spark for many a student's fascination with how the brain underpins behavior and cognition. Its great achievement is how it manages to collate such a wide range of material – from neurons and neurotransmission to memory and language, from early descriptions of mental processes to cutting-edge techniques to measure and manipulate brain activity – without ever compromising clarity.' Dr. Mark Walton, University of Oxford'A Behavioral Neuro textbook that is truly reader-friendly! Horvitz and Jacobs have exceeded their goal of thoroughly explaining brain and behavior without the extra encyclopedia-style detail. The consistently conversational tone and big-picture examples are as accessible as the colorful, modern figures. Students will be encouraged and engaged by this comprehensive yet legible text.' Professor Lisa Payne, Rutgers University'Principles of Behavioral Neuroscience sets a new standard for readability in a textbook. The authors tell a story in each chapter with compelling examples. The book introduces technical terms as they are needed, with clear definitions in understandable language. Students thus learn the concepts and vocabulary in a meaningful context. This makes it much easier for students on first learning, and much easier to remember. The learning is aided by beautiful illustrations that distill concepts and experimental findings down to the important intellectual point. The organization of the book is so clear that, if there is a topic that you want to add or cover in greater depth, the modification should be seamless. The authors are to be congratulated on creating a truly superb teaching device.' Professor Peter Balsam, Columbia University'Horvitz and Jacobs set the stage well in the first two chapters, providing the essentials of brain structure and neural function that allow students to explore the core biopsychological processes that are presented in later chapters (such as topics that range from the basics of movement and sensing the world to higher cognitive function). By stripping away non-essential details, the authors provide a readable and engaging text for students.' Professor Cindy J. Lahar, University of South Carolina–BeaufortTable of ContentsPreface; Online resources; 1. Nervous systems; 2. How neurons work; 3. Sensory systems; 4. Movement; 5. Sleep-waking and circadian rhythms; 6. Hunger; 7. Sex; 8. Brain development and plasticity; 9. Long-term learning and memory; 10. Attention and working memory; 11. Reward, reinforcement, and addiction; 12. Stress, fear and anxiety; 13. Neuropathology in neurology and psychiatry; 14. Higher cognitive function; Index.
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Taylor & Francis Naturalistic Decision Making Expertise Research and Applications Series
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Edinburgh University Press Cognitive Bias in Intelligence Analysis
Book SynopsisThis book critiques the reliance of Western intelligence agencies on the use of a method for intelligence analysis developed by the CIA in the 1990s, the Analysis of Competing Hypotheses (ACH).
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University of Minnesota Press Curiosity Studies: A New Ecology of Knowledge
Book SynopsisThe first English-language collection to establish curiosity studies as a unique field From science and technology to business and education, curiosity is often taken for granted as an unquestioned good. And yet, few people can define curiosity. Curiosity Studies marshals scholars from more than a dozen fields not only to define curiosity but also to grapple with its ethics as well as its role in technological advancement and global citizenship. While intriguing research on curiosity has occurred in numerous disciplines for decades, no rigorously cross-disciplinary study has existed—until now. Curiosity Studies stages an interdisciplinary conversation about what curiosity is and what resources it holds for human and ecological flourishing. These engaging essays are integrated into four clusters: scientific inquiry, educational practice, social relations, and transformative power. By exploring curiosity through the practice of scientific inquiry, the contours of human learning, the stakes of social difference, and the potential of radical imagination, these clusters focus and reinvigorate the study of this universal but slippery phenomenon: the desire to know. Against the assumption that curiosity is neutral, this volume insists that curiosity has a history and a political import and requires precision to define and operationalize. As various fields deepen its analysis, a new ecosystem for knowledge production can flourish, driven by real-world problems and a commitment to solve them in collaboration. By paying particular attention to pedagogy throughout, Curiosity Studies equips us to live critically and creatively in what might be called our new Age of Curiosity.Contributors: Danielle S. Bassett, U of Pennsylvania; Barbara M. Benedict, Trinity College; Susan Engel, Williams College; Ellen K. Feder, American U; Kristina T. Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Narendra Keval; Christina León, Princeton U; Tyson Lewis, U of North Texas; Amy Marvin, U of Oregon; Hilary M. Schor, U of Southern California; Seeta Sistla, Hampshire College; Heather Anne Swanson, Aarhus U.Table of ContentsContentsForewordPamela Grossman and John L. Jackson Jr.Introduction: What Is Curiosity Studies?Perry Zurn and Arjun Shankar Part I. Interrogating the Scientific Enterprise1. Exploring the Costs of Curiosity: An Environmental Scientist’s DilemmaSeeta Sistla2. Curious Ecologies of Knowledge: More-than-Human AnthropologyHeather Anne Swanson3. Curiosity, Ethics, and the Medical Management of Intersex AnatomiesEllen K. FederPart II. Relearning How We Learn4. A Network Science of the Practice of CuriosityDanielle S. Bassett5. Why Should This Be So? The Waxing and Waning of Children’s CuriositySusan Engel6. The Dude Abides, or, Why Curiosity Is Important for Education TodayTyson Lewis7. “The Campus is Sick”: Capitalist Curiosity and Student Mental HealthArjun ShankarPart III. Reimagining How We Relate8. Autism, Neurodiversity, and CuriosityKristina T. Johnson9. Obstacles to Curiosity and Concern: Exploring the Racist ImaginationNarendra Keval10. Curious Entanglements: Opacity and Ethical Relation in Latina/o AestheticsChristina León11. Transsexuality, the Curio, and the Transgender Tipping PointAmy MarvinPart IV. Deconstructing the Status Quo12. Peeping and Transgression: Curiosity and Collecting in English LiteratureBarbara M. Benedict13. Curiosity and Political ResistancePerry Zurn14. Curiosity at the End of the World: Women, Fiction, ElectricityHilary M. SchorConclusion: On Teaching CuriosityArjun Shankar and Perry Zurn AfterwordHelga NowotnyAcknowledgmentsContributorsIndex
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MIT Press Ltd The Storm of Creativity Simplicity Design
Book SynopsisThe stages of the creative process—from “unlearning” to beginning again—seen through examples from the practice of artists, architects, poets, and others. Although each instance of creativity is singular and specific, Kyna Leski tells us, the creative process is universal. Artists, architects, poets, inventors, scientists, and others all navigate the same stages of the process in order to discover something that does not yet exist. All of us must work our way through the empty page, the blank screen, writer's block, confusion, chaos, and doubt. In this book, Leski draws from her observations and experiences as a teacher, student, maker, writer, and architect to describe the workings of the creative process. Leski sees the creative process as being like a storm; it slowly begins to gather and take form until it overtakes us—if we are willing to let it. It is dynamic, continually in motion; it starts, stops, rages and abates, ebbs and flows.
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University of California Press The Future of the Self
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Thanks to its critical, balanced perspective and its thoroughness, this accessible yet scholarly volume on the future of the self is valuable to specialists and generalists alike." * Technical Communications *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments 1 Introduction Primary Terms: Personhood, Self, and Identity The Psychology of Personhood Perspectives on Personhood Non-Western Views of Self A Few More Ideas on the Self The Artificial Self Book Overview 2 The Philosophy of Self Historical Conceptions of Personhood and Self Three Additional Philosophical Conceptions of the Self Personal Identity Knowledge of the Self Free Will and Determinism The Extended-Mind Thesis 3 The Psychology of Self Varieties of Self: The Modern Approach Psychological Theories of Self Disorders of Self 4 Brain The Neuroscience of Self Is There a Specialized Brain System for Self? One or Many Neural Selves? Neural Models of the Self Problems with the Neuroscientific Study of Self Responses to Problems with the Neuroscientific Study of Self 5 Brain + Hardware Cyborgs Prosthetics Neural Prosthetics (Brain-Machine Interfaces or Brain-Computer Interfaces) Artificial Memories Robotics 6 Brain + Software Technology Cyberpsychology Varieties of Online Behavior Video Games 7 Avatars What Is an Avatar? Avatar Typologies Avatar Behavior in the Palace Avatar Embodiment Points of View The Proteus Effect Representing and Creating the Online Self Avatars at Play Avatars and Video Role-Playing Games Avatars and Identity Avatar Case Studies The Future of Avatars 8 Virtual Worlds Augmented Reality Virtual Worlds Virtual Spaces A Brief History of Virtual Worlds Presence and the Ultimate Display A Chronology of VR Systems Second Life Avatars, Virtual Worlds, and the Digital Self Benefits of VR and Virtual Worlds Problems with VR and Virtual Worlds The Future of the Virtual World 9 Software Selves What Is Life? Artificial Life Life and Consciousness Consciousness Artificial Consciousness Is Artificial Consciousness Possible? Some Ideas Artificial Intelligence Artificial Selves as Mindclones and Bemans Digital Identity, Personhood, and Rights Human Attitudes and Behaviors toward Artificial Selves Digital Immortality 10 Conclusion Changing the Self The Future of the Self The Far Future Summary and Main Issues References Index
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Oxford University Press The Meme Machine
Book SynopsisHumans are extraordinary creatures, with the unique ability among animals to imitate and so copy from one another ideas, habits, skills, behaviours, inventions, songs, and stories. These are all memes, a term first coined by Richard Dawkins in 1976 in his book The Selfish Gene. Memes, like genes, are replicators, and this enthralling book is an investigation of whether this link between genes and memes can lead to important discoveries about the nature of the inner self. Confronting the deepest questions about our inner selves, with all our emotions, memories, beliefs, and decisions, Susan Blackmore makes a compelling case for the theory that the inner self is merely an illusion created by the memes for the sake of replication.Trade ReviewAnyone who hopes or fears that memetics will become a science of culture will find this surefooted exploration of the prospects a major eye-opener. * Daniel Dennett *Any theory deserves to be given its best shot, and that is what Susan Blackmore has given the theory of the meme I am delighted to recommend her book. * Richard Dawkins *
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Oxford University Press Ilanguage An Introduction to Linguistics as
Book SynopsisThe book introduces the major branches of theoretical linguistics - phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics - in the context of cognitive science, with reference to fields such as vision, auditory perception, and philosophy of mind.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition This book is an engaging and pioneering introduction to Biolinguistic theory construction and scientific method. It's one of very few texts I've ever read that clarifies, with formal yet accessible linguistic analyses and argument, the Chomskyan shift in focus away from treating human language as some kind of non-psychological human-external entity to the study of human language as "I-language" - a cognitive system embedded within the mind/brain of each individual. * Professor Samuel Epstein, University of Michigan *Strikingly original and fully student-oriented, this book covers all the bases of modern linguistic theory from a single perspective: the workings of the human mind. Breaking with the traditional organization of a linguistics textbook, Isac and Reiss juxtapose an engaging presentation of linguistic analysis with exciting discussion of relevant aspects from cognitive science and philosophy. This is arguably the most stimulating introductory textbook around today, offering an approach that I now know was sorely missed. * Dr Jan-Wouter Zwart, University of Groningen *Table of ContentsPART I: THE OBJECT OF INQUIRY; PART II: LINGUISTIC REPRESENTATION AND COMPUTATION; PART III: UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR; PART IV: IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
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MIT Press Ltd The Evolution of the Sensitive Soul Learning and
Book SynopsisA new theory about the origins of consciousness that finds learning to be the driving force in the evolutionary transition to basic consciousness.What marked the evolutionary transition from organisms that lacked consciousness to those with consciousness—to minimal subjective experiencing, or, as Aristotle described it, “the sensitive soul”? In this book, Simona Ginsburg and Eva Jablonka propose a new theory about the origin of consciousness that finds learning to be the driving force in the transition to basic consciousness. Using a methodology similar to that used by scientists when they identified the transition from non-life to life, Ginsburg and Jablonka suggest a set of criteria, identify a marker for the transition to minimal consciousness, and explore the far-reaching biological, psychological, and philosophical implications.After presenting the historical, neurobiological, and philosophical foundations of their analysis, Ginsburg and Jablonka
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MIT Press The SelfEvidencing Agent
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Edinburgh University Press Research Methods for Memory Studies
Book SynopsisA practical guide to research methods in memory studies. It provides expert appraisals of a range of techniques and approaches in memory studies. It focuses on methods and methodology as a way to help bring unity and coherence to this field of study.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Methodological Premises and Purposes; Section One: Memory and Identity; 1. Autobiographical Memory; 2. Oral History and Remembering; Section Two: Qualities of Memory; 3. Experience and Memory; 4. Between Official and Vernacular Remembering; Section Three: Media and Memory; 5. Televised Remembering; 6. Vernacular Remembering; Section Four: Locations of Memory; 7. Memoryscapes and Multi-Sited Methods; 8. Ethnicity and Memory; Section Five: Disturbed Memory; 9. Painful Pasts; 10. Disrupted Childhoods; Section Six: Confessing and Witnessing; 11. Apologia; 12. Testimony.
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Taylor & Francis Psychological Development From Infancy Image to Intention 2 Psychology Library Editions Child Development
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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Psychology of Early Childhood Up to the Sixth Year of Age 16 Psychology Library Editions Child Development
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Vintage Publishing The Philosophical Baby: What Children's Minds
Book SynopsisFor most of us, having a baby is the most profound, intense, and fascinating experience of our lives. Now scientists and philosophers are starting to appreciate babies, too. The last decade has witnessed a revolution in our understanding of infants and young children. Scientists used to believe that babies were irrational, and that their thinking and experience were limited. Recently, they have discovered that babies learn more, create more, care more, and experience more than we could ever have imagined. And there is good reason to believe that babies are actually cleverer, more thoughtful, and even more conscious than adults.This new science holds answers to some of the deepest and oldest questions about what it means to be human. A new baby's captivated gaze at her mother's face lays the foundations for love and morality. A toddler's unstoppable explorations of his playpen hold the key to scientific discovery. A three-year-old's wild make-believe explains how we can imagine the future, write novels, and invent new technologies. Alison Gopnik - a leading psychologist and philosopher, as well as a mother - explains the groundbreaking new psychological, neuroscientific, and philosophical developments in our understanding of very young children, transforming our understanding of how babies see the world, and in turn promoting a deeper appreciation for the role of parents.Trade ReviewHer pages are packed with provocative observations and cunning insights. I'd highly recommend this fascinating book to any parent of a young child - and, indeed anyone who has ever been a baby -- Josh Lacey * Guardian *The Philosophical Baby has interesting things to tell us. They are clearly expressed and thought-provoking. And they do their work on the reader * Dailiy Mail *An astonishingly interesting book... [It] teaches us a tremendous amount about the human condition and how the mind is made -- Jonah Lehrer, author of How We DecideRichly provocative and endlessly insightful... This book is at once touching, eloquent and masterful in its fascinating revelations about what makes us human -- Frank J. Sulloway, author of Born to Rebel: Birth Order; Family Dynamics, and Creative LivesAbsorbing, smart and enjoyable... Parents and scientists will enjoy the insights but so will anyone who has thought about the question of what it means to be human -- Lisa Randall, author of Warped Passages: Unravelling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions
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Mino y Davila Editores La era del neuroTodo: Uso y abuso de las
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MIT Press Ltd Introduction to Modeling Cognitive Processes
Book SynopsisAn introduction to computational modeling for cognitive neuroscientists, covering both foundational work and recent developments. Cognitive neuroscientists need sophisticated conceptual tools to make sense of their field’s proliferation of novel theories, methods, and data. Computational modeling is such a tool, enabling researchers to turn theories into precise formulations. This book offers a mathematically gentle and theoretically unified introduction to modeling cognitive processes. Theoretical exercises of varying degrees of difficulty throughout help readers develop their modeling skills. After a general introduction to cognitive modeling and optimization, the book covers models of decision making; supervised learning algorithms, including Hebbian learning, delta rule, and backpropagation; the statistical model analysis methods of model parameter estimation and model evaluation; the three recent cognitive modeling approaches of reinforc
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MIT Press Ltd Action Mind and Brain An Introduction
Book SynopsisAn engaging and accessible introduction to the psychology and neuroscience of physical action.This engaging and accessible book offers the first introductory text on the psychology and neuroscience of physical action. Written by a leading researcher in the field, it covers the interplay of action, mind, and brain, showing that many core concepts in philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and technology grew out of questions about the control of everyday physical actions. It explains action not as a “one-way street from stimuli to response” but as a continual perception-action cycle. The informal writing style invites students to think through the evidence step by step, helping them develop general thinking stills as well as learn specific facts. Special emphasis is placed on the role of underrepresented groups. The book discusses the intellectual background of the field, from Plato to Kant, Dewey, and others; applications and methods; and the
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Taylor & Francis Analyzing Affective Societies
Book SynopsisIn recent years, research in the social sciences and cultural studies has increasingly paid attention to the generative power of emotions and affects; that is, to the questions of how far they shape social and cultural processes while being simultaneously shaped by them. However, the literature on the methodological implications of researching affects and emotions remains rather limited.As a collective outcome of the Collaborative Research Center (CRC) Affective Societies at Freie UniversitÃt Berlin, Analyzing Affective Societies introduces procedures and methodologies applied by researchers of the CRC for investigating societies as affective societies. Presenting scholarly research practices by means of concrete examples and case studies, the book does not contain any conclusive methodological advice, but rather engages in illustrative descriptions of the authorsâ research practices.Analyzing Affective Societies unveils different research approachTable of ContentsList of ContributorsAcknowledgements Antje Kahl: Introduction Jan Slaby, Rainer Mühlhoff, Philipp Wüschner: Concepts as Methodology–A Plea for Arrangement Thinking in the Study of Affect Part I. Textualities Anna L. Berg, Christian von Scheve, N. Yasemin Ural, Robert Walter-Jochum: Reading for Affect—A Methodological Proposal for Analyzing Affective Dynamics in Discourse Bilgin Ayata, Cilja Harders, Derya Özkaya, Dina Wahba: Interviews as Situated Affective Encounters—A Relational and Processual Approach for Empirical Research on Affect, Emotion and Politics Birgitt Röttger-Rössler, Gabriel Scheidecker, Anh Thu Anne Lam: Narrating Visualized Feelings—Photovoice as a Tool in Researching Affects and Emotions among School Students Part II. Audio-Visualities Kerstin Schankweiler, Philipp Wüschner: Images that Move—Analyzing Affect with Aby Warburg Hermann Kappelhoff, Hauke Lehmann: The Temporal Composition of Affects in Audiovisual Media Margreth Lünenborg, Tanja Maier: Analyzing Affective Media Practices by the Use of Video Analysis Hubert Knoblauch, Michael Wetzels, Meike Haken: Videography of Emotions and Affectivity in Social Situations Part III. Performativities Ingrid Kummels, Thomas John: Investigating Affective Media Practices in a Transnational Setting Jonas Bens: The Ethnography of Affect in Discourse Practice—Performing Sentiment in the Time Machine Doris Kolesch, Matthias Warstat: Affective Dynamics in the Theatre: Towards a Relational and Poly-Perspectival Performance Analysis Anne Fleig: Shared and Divided Feelings in Translingual Texts of Emine Sevgi Özdamar—Performativity and Affective Relationality of Language, Writing and Belonging Part IV. Reflexivities Edda Heyken, Anita von Poser, Eric Hahn, Thi Main Huong Nguyen, Jörg-Christian Lanca, Thi Minh Tam Ta: Researching Affects in the Clinic and Beyond—Multi-perspectivity, Ethnography, and Mental Health-Care Intervention Dominik Mattes, Omar Kasmani, Hansjörg Dilger: ‘All Eyes Closed’—Dis/sensing in Comparative Fieldwork on Affective-Religious Experiences Thomas Stodulka, Samia Dinkelaker, Ferdiansyah Thajib: Fieldwork, Ethnography, and the Empirical Affect Montage Elgen Sauerborn: Investigating Emotions by Using Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software—A Methodological Approach
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Cambridge University Press Understanding WellBeing in the Oldest Old
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Cambridge University Press Social Development as Preference Management
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Cambridge University Press Language Culture and Mind Natural Constructions and Social Kinds 10 Language Culture and Cognition Series Number 10
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Handbook of CulturalHistorical Psychology
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Cambridge University Press Measuring Intelligence Facts and Fallacies
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Cambridge University Press Seeing Wittgenstein Anew
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Taylor & Francis Inc Collective Memory of Political Events Social
Book SynopsisResearch in collective memory is a relatively new area capturing the interest of scholars in social psychology, memory, sociology, and anthropology. The core idea is that collective attitudes and behaviors are created and shared through common experiences and communication among a cohort of people. For example, people born between 1940 and 1960 are often defined via the JFK assassination and the Vietnam War. Their parents typically experienced lesser impact from these events. Papers about collective memory have appeared in the literature under different guises for the last hundred years. Freud''s Civilization and Its Discontents, Jung''s ideas on the collective unconscious, and McDougall''s speculation on the group mind posited that identity and action could be viewed as resulting from the shared development of a culture. Halbwachs, a French social psychologist (1877-1945) who was the first to write in detail about the nature of collective memory, argued that basic memoTrade Review"This astonishingly international volume marks the coming-of-age of a new approach to the study of memory, in which the memories of entire nations and cultures are treated as social phenomena in their own right. Converging evidence for the value of this approach is provided by contributors from a remarkably wide range of countries -- Spain, Chile, Belgium, Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands, Great Britain, the US. There is a great deal here that most American memory researchers do not yet know, but they will have to learn it soon."—Ulric NeisserCornell UniversityTable of ContentsContents: J.W. PennebakerIntroduction. Part I:The Life of Collective Memories.J.W. Pennebaker, B.L. Banasik, On the Creation and Maintenance of Collective Memories: History as Social Psychology. M.A. Conway, The Inventory of Experience: Memory and Identity. H. Schuman, R.F. Belli, K. Bischoping, The Generational Basis of Historical Knowledge. J. Igartua, D. Paez, Art and Remembering Traumatic Collective Events: The Case of the Spanish Civil War. N.H. Frijda, Commemorating. Part II:Social and Emotional Processes of Collective Memories.B. Rimé, V. Christophe, How Individual Emotional Episodes Feed Collective Memory. D. Paez, N. Basabe, J.L. Gonzalez, Social Processes and Collective Memory: A Cross-Cultural Approach to Remembering Political Events. G.D. Gaskell, D.B. Wright, Group Differences in Memory for a Political Event. C. Finkenauer, L. Gisle, O. Luminet, When Individual Memories Are Socially Shaped: Flashbulb Memories of Sociopolitical Events. G. Bellelli, M.A.C. Amatulli, Nostalgia, Immigration, and Collective Memory. Part III:The Construction, Distortion, and Forgetting of Collective Experiences.E. Lira, Remembering: Passing Back Through the Heart. L. Íñiguez, J. Valencia, F. Vázquez, The Construction of Remembering and Forgetfulness: Memories and Histories of the Spanish Civil War. J. Marques, D. Paez, A.F. Serra, Social Sharing, Emotional Climate, and the Transgenerational Transmission of Memories: The Portuguese Colonial War. R.F. Baumeister, S. Hastings, Distortions of Collective Memory: How Groups Flatter and Deceive Themselves.
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Cambridge University Press Plasticity in Sensory Systems
Book SynopsisThis broad exploration of research in plasticity in sensory systems focuses on visual and auditory systems. Topics include visual and visuomotor learning, sensory adaptations as a result of visual loss in childhood, plasticity in the adult visual system, plasticity across the senses, and new techniques in vision recovery, rehabilitation, and sensory substitution.Table of Contents1. Plasticity in sensory systems Jennifer Steeves and Laurence R. Harris; Part I. Visual and Visuomotor Plasticity: 2. The distributed nature of visual object learning Hans Op De Beeck; 3. Motor adaptation and proprioceptive recalibration Danielle Salomonczyk, Erin Cressman and Denise Henriques; 4. Deficits and adaptation of eye-hand coordination during visually guided reaching movements in people with amblyopia Ewa Niechwiej-Szwedo, Herbert C. Goltz and Agnes Wong; Part II. Plasticity in Childhood from Abnormal Early Visual Experience and Blindness: 5. Human visual plasticity: lessons from children treated for congenital cataracts Daphne Maurer and Terri Lewis; 6. Living with one eye: plasticity in visual and auditory systems Krista Kelly, Stefania Moro and Jennifer Steeves; 7. Building the brain in the dark: functional and specific crossmodal reorganization in the occipital cortex of blind individuals Oliver Collignon, Guila Dormal and Franco Lepore; 8. Crossmodal plasticity in early blindness Josef Rauschecker; Part III. Plasticity in Adulthood and Vision Rehabilitation: 9. Visual plasticity of the adult brain Robert Hess and Benjamin Thompson; 10. Beyond the critical period: acquiring stereopsis in adulthood Susan Barry; 11. Plasticity and restoration after visual system damage: clinical applications of the 'residual vision activation theory' Carolin Gall and Bernhard Sabel; 12. Applying plasticity to visual rehabilitation in adulthood Shachar Maidenbaum and Amir Amedi.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Handbook of Applied Perception Research 2 Volume Hardback Set
Book SynopsisThe Cambridge Handbook of Applied Perception Research covers core areas of research in perception with an emphasis on its application to real-world environments. Topics include multisensory processing of information, time perception, sustained attention, and signal detection, as well as pedagogical issues surrounding the training of applied perception researchers. In addition to familiar topics, such as perceptual learning, the Handbook focuses on emerging areas of importance, such as human-robot coordination, haptic interfaces, and issues facing societies in the twenty-first century (such as terrorism and threat detection, medical errors, and the broader implications of automation). Organized into sections representing major areas of theoretical and practical importance for the application of perception psychology to human performance and the design and operation of human-technology interdependence, it also addresses the challenges to basic research, including the problem of quantifyi
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Handbook of the Neuroscience of Creativity
Book SynopsisHistorically, the brain bases of creativity have been of great interest to scholars and the public alike. However, recent technological innovations in the neurosciences, coupled with theoretical and methodological advances in creativity assessment, have enabled humans to gain unprecedented insights into the contributions of the brain to creative thought. This unique volume brings together contributions by the very best scholars to offer a comprehensive overview of cutting edge research on this important and fascinating topic. The chapters discuss creativity''s relationship with intelligence, motivation, psychopathology and pharmacology, as well as the contributions of general psychological processes to creativity, such as attention, memory, imagination, and language. This book also includes specific and novel approaches to understanding creativity involving musicians, polymaths, animal models, and psychedelic experiences. The chapters are meant to give the reader a solid grasp of the dTrade Review'This wide-ranging text delves into areas where neuroscience and creativity intermingle. Editors Jung and Vartanian bring together 30 scholarly essays that leverage the diverse approaches of 45 experts in the field. Entries include an introduction and fundamental concepts, pharmacology and psychopathology, attention and imagination, memory and language, cognitive control and executive functions, reasoning and intelligence, individual differences, and artistic and aesthetic processes. This handbook is a convenient, contemporary, authoritative source for instructors, researchers, and students. Entries are engaging and represent myriad areas of interest in this new and growing field of inquiry. It is also a fine complement to an earlier book edited by Vartanian, Neuroscience of Creativity (CH, Apr'14, 51-4733). Useful tables and figures accompany the text where appropriate throughout. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals.' N. Nero, Choice'If your tastes favor basic neural and cognitive mechanisms of creativity, then you would be hard-pressed to find a better compendium than this one.' Aaron Kozbelt, Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative CultureTable of ContentsIntroduction Rex E. Jung and Oshin Vartanian; Part I. Fundamental Concepts: 1. Creative ideas and the creative process: good news and bad news for the neuroscience of creativity Dean Keith Simonton; 2. Homeostasis and the control of creative drive Alice W. Flaherty; 3. Laterality and creativity: a false trail? Michael C. Corballis; 4. The neural basis and evolution of divergent and convergent thought Liane Gabora; Part II. Pharmacology and Psychopathology: 5. Stress, pharmacology, and creativity David Q. Beversdorf; 6. Functional neuroimaging of psychedelic experience: an overview of psychological and neural effects and their relevance to research on creativity, daydreaming, and dreaming Kieran C. R. Fox, Cameron C. Parro and Kalina Christoff; 7. A heated debate: time to address the underpinnings of the association between creativity and psychopathology? Simon Kyaga; 8. Creativity and psychopathology: a relationship of shared neurocognitive vulnerabilities Shelley H. Carson; Part III. Attention and Imagination: 9. Attention and creativity Darya L. Zabelina; 10. Internally directed attention in creative cognition Mathias Benedek; 11. The forest versus the trees: creativity, cognition and imagination Anna Abraham; 12. A common mode of processing governing divergent thinking and future imagination Reece P. Roberts and Donna Rose Addis; Part IV. Memory and Language: 13. Going the extra creative mile: the role of semantic distance in creativity theory, research, and measurement Yoed N. Kenett; 14. Episodic memory and cognitive control: contributions to creative idea production Roger E. Beaty and Daniel L. Schacter; 15. Free association, divergent thinking and creativity: cognitive and neural perspectives Tali Marron and Miriam Faust; 16. Figurative language comprehension and laterality in Autism Spectrum Disorder Ronit Saban-Bezalel and Nira Mashal; Part V. Cognitive Control and Executive Functions: 17. The costs and benefits of cognitive control for creativity Evangelia G. Chrysikou; 18. Creativity and cognitive control in the cognitive and affective domains Andreas Fink, Corinna Perchtold and Christian Rominger; 19. Associative and controlled cognition in divergent thinking: theoretical, experimental, neuroimaging evidence, and new directions Emmanuelle Volle; Part VI. Reasoning and Intelligence: 20. Creativity in the distance: the neurocognition of semantically distant relational thinking and reasoning Adam Green; 21. Network dynamics theory of human intelligence Aki Nikolaidis and Aron K. Barbey; 22. Training to be creative: the interplay between cognition, skill learning, and motivation Indre V. Viskontas; 23. Intelligence and creativity from the neuroscience perspective Emanuel Jauk; Part VII. Individual Differences: 24. The genetics of creativity: the underdog of behavior genetics? Davide Piffer; 25. Structural studies of creativity measured by divergent thinking Hikaru Takeuchi and Ryuta Kawashima; 26. Openness to experience: insights from personality neuroscience Oshin Vartanian; 27. Creativity and the aging brain Kenneth M. Heilman and Ira S. Fleischer; Part VIII. Artistic and Eesthetic Processes: 28. The neuroscience of musical creativity David Bashwiner; 29. Artistic and aesthetic production: progress and limitations Malinda J. McPherson; 30. Polymathy: the resurrection of renaissance man and the renaissance brain Claudia Garcia-Vega and Vincent Walsh.
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Cambridge University Press The Wonders of Language
Book SynopsisIan Roberts offers a stimulating introduction to our greatest gift as a species: our capacity for articulate language. We are mostly as blissfully unaware of the intricacies of the structure of language as fish are of the water they swim in. We live in a mental ocean of nouns, verbs, quantifiers, morphemes, vowels and other rich, strange and deeply fascinating linguistic objects. This book introduces the reader to this amazing world. Offering a thought-provoking and accessible introduction to the main discoveries and theories about language, the book is aimed at general readers and undergraduates who are curious about linguistics and language. Written in a lively and direct style, technical terms are carefully introduced and explained and the book includes a full glossary. The book covers all the central areas of linguistics, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics, as well as historical linguistics, sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. How to make noises - phonetics; 2. How to organise noises - phonology; 3. How to build a word - morphology; 4. How to say absolutely anything you want to - syntax; 5. How to build a world - semantics; 6. How to influence people - pragmatics; 7. How to find lost languages - historical linguistics; 8. How to influence the right people - sociolinguistics; 9. How to lose a language and how to learn a language - psycholinguistics; 10. How to build a language - language typology and universals.
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Cambridge University Press Does Your Family Make You Smarter
Book SynopsisDoes your family make you smarter? James R. Flynn presents an exciting new method for estimating the effects of family on a range of cognitive abilities. Rather than using twin and adoption studies, he analyses IQ tables that have been hidden in manuals over the last 65 years, and shows that family environment can confer a significant advantage or disadvantage to your level of intelligence. Wading into the nature vs. nurture debate, Flynn banishes the pessimistic notion that by the age of seventeen, people''s cognitive abilities are solely determined by their genes. He argues that intelligence is also influenced by human autonomy - genetics and family notwithstanding, we all have the capacity to choose to enhance our cognitive performance. He concludes by reconciling this new understanding of individual differences with his earlier research on intergenerational trends (the ''Flynn effect'') culminating in a general theory of intelligence.Trade Review'Another superb piece of work by the best mind in the business. The analysis of data is penetrating, the elaboration of its meaning highly illuminating, and the discourse on theories of intelligence is a feast for the mind.' Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr'Another amazing analysis of IQ data by James Flynn! As author of the Stanford-Binet 5, I have admired Flynn's work for many years. I highly recommend his new book that shines new light on the life-course of intelligence.' Gale H. Roid, author of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, 5th edition'James Flynn takes up one of the most important questions in the social sciences - what is left of human autonomy in the genomic age? - and lays out the optimistic case with full acknowledgment of the technical difficulties his argument must surmount. This is the way that we are going to make progress: by engaging an evolving state of knowledge with logic and data, transparently clear prose, and unfailing civility.' Charles Murray, co-author of The Bell Curve'Few intellectuals have grappled honestly with the problems surrounding the causes and effects of intelligence, and fewer still have done so with as much incisiveness and originality as James Flynn.' Steven Pinker, Harvard University, Massachusetts'Professor Flynn has a remarkable ability to explain complex concepts in a way so rational and logical that it seems, after the event, we should be kicking ourselves for overlooking the obvious. His chapter on the Raven's Progressive Matrices is brilliant.' John Rust, Director of The Psychometrics Centre, University of Cambridge, and co-author of Raven's Progressive Matrices'James Flynn, as much as anyone, can take credit for ushering in the age of enlightenment in our understanding of the nature of human intelligence. In this latest chapter, we learn how our families can either advantage or disadvantage us, and how our choices can either foster or impede our intellectual performance.' Joshua Aronson, New York University'This is a brilliant book that anyone will want to read who is even remotely interested in intelligence and what variables affect it. Its take-home message is extremely powerful for people of any age - that they have serious control over their intelligence through the environments they select …' Robert J. Sternberg, PsycCRITIQUESTable of ContentsPart I. Human Autonomy: 1. Twins and autonomy; 2. Justice and freedom; 3. The great debate; 4. Slow and quick decay of family effects; 5. Reconciliation with twins and adoptions; 6. The fairness factor; Part II. Intelligence: 7. The Raven's revolution; 8. Learning from astronomy; 9. The meta-theory of intelligence; 10. Scientific theories of intelligence; 11. Psychology and Cardinal Bellarmine; Appendices.
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Cambridge University Press Spatial Biases in Perception and Cognition
Book SynopsisOur experience of the world is influenced by numerous spatial biases, most of which influence us without our being aware of them. These biases are related to illusions and asymmetries in our perception of space, relationships between space and other qualities, dynamics of moving objects, dynamics of scene configuration, and dynamics related to perception and action. Consideration of these biases provides insight into how we perceive, remember, and navigate space, as well as how we interact with objects and people in space. This volume introduces and reviews numerous spatial biases, and provides descriptions and examples of each bias. The contributors discuss historical and current theories for many biases, and for some biases, provide new explanatory theories. Providing a ''one-stop shop'' for information on such a key aspect of our experience in the world, this volume will interest anyone curious about our understanding of space.Trade Review'Beyond the presentation of new theories and models, the book shows impressive depth and breadth. … Rare is the opportunity to read such an impressive compilation that proves both descriptive and prescriptive, provides novel and compelling theories and models to account for a range of biases, and successfully moves between relatively basic and applied research and application. For these reasons, I strongly recommend this book for students and scientists seeking a comprehensive and well-unified discussion of spatial biases in perception and cognition.' Tad T. Brunye, Perception'For specialists in this field, this book should be a valuable resource …' K. S. Milar, Choice'Spatial Biases in Perception and Cognition is a collection of reviews from a wide array of contributors about a very broad range of topics … This book is well suited for senior undergraduate and graduate courses in psychology or cognitive science, or for students of all ages interested in spatial relations and spatial abilities.' Austen Smith, PerceptionTable of ContentsPart I. Anisotropies and Illusions: 1. Perceptual biases in elementary geometry Michael Morgan; 2. Perceptual anisotropies in visual space J. Antonio Aznar-Casanova; 3. Situated influences on spatial-numerical associations Krzysztof Cipora, Katarzyna Patro and Hans-Christoph Nürk; 4. S-R compatibility with physical and representational locations: the Simon, SMARC, and STEARC effects Carlo Umiltà, Mario Bonato and Elena Rusconi; 5. Unraveling the paradox of spatial pitch Ophelia Deroy, Irune Fernandez-Preito, Jordi Navarra and Charles Spence; 6. Representational biases in space and language Alexander Kranjec; Part II. Dynamics of Objects: 7. Mislocalizations at the onset position of moving stimuli Jochen Müsseler and Dirk Kerzel; 8. Influences on representational momentum Timothy L. Hubbard; 9. The flash-lag effect Timothy L. Hubbard; 10. Perceptual and motor biases in reference to gravity Myrka Zago; 11. Auditory biases in visual motion perception Wataru Teramoto, Souta Hidaka and Yoichi Sugita; 12. Adaptive biases in visual and auditory looming perception John G. Neuhoff; Part III. Dynamics in Scenes: 13. Expanding space: does imagination affect boundary extension for visual scenes? Helene Intraub; 14. Spatial contraries and mirrors Ivana Bianchi and Ugo Savardi; 15. Aesthetics and preferences in scene and spatial composition Timothy L. Hubbard; 16. Spatial biases in thought and judgment: reference theory Barbara Tversky; 17. Categorical influences on spatial bias Nora Newcombe; Part IV. Perception and Action: 18. Spatial bias after brain damage: the case of visual neglect Pom Charras, Juan Lupianez and Paolo Bartolomeo; 19. Natural regularities and coupled predictive perceptual and cognitive biases: why we evolved to systematically experience spatial illusions Michael McBeath; 20. Two 'inhibitions of return' bias orienting differently Raymond M. Klein and Ralph S. Redden; 21. Spatial biases from action Jessica K. Witt; 22. Spatial biases in navigation and wayfinding Jan M. Wiener and Tobias Meilinger; 23. Grounding social cognition in space Caterina Suitner and Thomas W. Schubert; 24. Forms of bias in cognitive science: moving beyond perception, action, and cognition J. Scott Jordan, Vincent Cialdella, Dan S. Schloesser and Jiuyang Bai.
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Cambridge University Press The Attending Mind
Book SynopsisAn ancient metaphor likens attention to an archer pulling her bow - the self directing her mind through attention. Yet both the existence of such a self, and the impact of attention on the mind, have been debated for millennia. Advancements in science mean that we now have a better understanding of what attention is and how it works, but philosophers and scientists remain divided as to its impact on the mind. This book takes a strong stance: attention is the key to the self, consciousness, perception, action, and knowledge. While it claims that we cannot perceive novel stimuli without attention, it argues that we can act on and experience the world without attention. It thus provides a new way of thinking about the mind - as something that can either shape itself through attention or engage with the world as it is given, relying on its habits and skills.Trade Review'In this concise, lucid book … Jennings offers a reconciliation between agent-centered freedom and compatibilism. Philosophical psychology is enriched by this valuable exploration.' J. R. Shook, ChoiceTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The philosophical landscape on attention; 3. Attention, mental causation, and the self; 4. Attention, perception, and knowledge; 5. Attention, consciousness, and habitual behavior; 6. Attention, action, and responsibility; 7. Conclusion; Appendix A. Mental causation and its problems; Appendix B. The conceptual history of top-down attention; Appendix C. Top-down attention and the brain; Appendix D. Working memory and attention.
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Cambridge University Press The Cognitive Neuroscience of Bilingualism
Book SynopsisThis book offers an introduction to the bilingual brain. It is a useful resource for researchers and students, bringing together various theories and research approaches in the cognitive neuroscience of bilingualism and a state-of-the-art overview of empirical findings on this topic from various perspectives.Trade Review'Our field was awaiting for a long time such a comprehensive volume that covers the whole topic of the cognitive neuroscience of bilingualism: From neurons to words and to cognitive functions. An outstanding work that should become a must-read for students and researchers.' Jubin Abutalebi, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Italy'Like no other book on bilingualism, this is a complete and up-to-date captivating book on the intricacies of the bilingual brain. An extraordinary resource for students and researchers interested in the interplay between the bilingual cognitive mind and the structural bilingual brain.' Roberto R. Heredia, Texas A&M International University, USA'This book is a must-read for anyone interested in cognitive neuroscience of bilingualism. Readers will acquire a thorough understanding of the fundamental concepts necessary to grasp the topic. The chapters outline clear learning objectives, ensuring a comprehensive learning experience. The material is presented in an accessible and engaging style that keeps the reader's attention. Despite its scientific rigor, the book is a delight to read, comparable to a well-written novel.' Alina Leminen, Laurea University of Applied Sciences, Finland'Accessible to non-specialists, this book presents a comprehensive review of the key issues in bilingual brain research. The multidisciplinary perspectives and methodologies are well described and explained, along with clear illustrations of new topics covering language and the environment, culture, child-adult learning differences, and many more, all in simple and concise terms.' Ping Li, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, ChinaTable of Contents1. Theories and methods in the cognitive neuroscience of bilingualism: an introduction; 2. Neural representations and language processing in the bilingual brain; 3. Bilingualism, language development, and brain plasticity; 4. Aphasia and the bilingual brain; 5. Cross-linguistic effects of bilingualism; 6. Bilingual lexical and conceptual memory; 7. Cognitive and neurocognitive effects of bilingualism; 8. Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Creativity and Reason in Cognitive Development
Book SynopsisThis book explores the development of cognitive skills related to reasoning and creativity, two strands that can intertwine to work together at times but may also be at odds. Spontaneity and freedom from constraint, characteristic of the thinking of young children, may be essential to creativity, which has prompted many to question how much we lose as we progress through childhood. Research and common sense tell us that effort, practice, and study are necessary for the highest levels of creative accomplishment, yet such intentional exertions seem antithetical to these hallmarks of creativity. In this revised and expanded second edition, leading scholars shed new light on creativity''s complex relationship to the acquisition of domain-based skills and the development of more general logical reasoning skills. Creativity and Reason in Cognitive Development will be an essential reference for researchers, psychologists, and teachers seeking to better understand the most up-to-date work in tTable of Contents1. Creativity, reason, and cognitive development: ten years later John Baer and James C. Kaufman; Part I. Creativity and Reason in Childhood and the Schools: 2. Creativity in young children's thought Susan A. Gelman and Gail M. Gottfried; 3. Early experiences and creativity: an ecological perspective Cynthia Paris and Diane Crossan Lawler; 4. Imaginative play Sandra W. Russ and Olena Zyga; 5. Revisiting the relationship among schooling, learning, and creativity Ronald A. Beghetto and Jonathan A. Plucker; 6. Higher-level thinking in gifted education Joyce VanTassel-Baska; 7. A young artist's story: advancing knowledge and the development of artistic talent and creativity in children Susan M. Rostan; Part II. Creativity and Reason in Cognition and Neuroscience: 8. The role of domain knowledge in creative problem solving Richard E. Mayer; 9. Processes, strategies, and knowledge in creative thought: multiple interacting systems Michael D. Mumford, Tristan McIntosh, Tyler Mulhearn, Logan Steele and Logan Watts; 10. Dynamic processes within associative memory stores: piecing together the neural basis of creative cognition Adam S. Bristol and Indre V. Viskontas; 11. Creativity and constraint: friends, not foes Catrinel Haught; 12. Creative genius, knowledge, and reason: the lives and works of eminent creators Dean Keith Simonton; 13. Attention, cognitive flexibility, and creativity: insights from the brain Oshin Vartanian; Part III. Creativity and Reason: Interactions and Related Constructs: 14. Opening up creativity: the lenses of axis and focus Mia Keinänen, Kimberly M. Sheridan and Howard Gardner; 15. Creativity and reason: friends or foes? Jacques-Henri Guignard and Todd Lubart; 16. Creative self-beliefs: their nature, development, and correlates Maciej Karwowski and Baptiste Barbot; 17. Individual differences in intelligence, personality, and creativity Adrian Furnham; 18. An update on 'does culture always matter: for creativity, yes, for deductive reasoning, no!' Weihua Niu, Sophia Braha and John X. Zhang.
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Cambridge University Press New Perspectives on Human Development
Book SynopsisThis book provides upper level undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty with a valuable resource that addresses fundamental questions of cognitive, social, and language development, applying original empirical data to old questions and providing a new direction for future research in the field.Table of ContentsList of contributors; Preface; 1. Developmental processes, levels of analysis, and ways of knowing: new perspectives on human development Nancy Budwig, Elliot Turiel and Philip David Zelazo; Part I. Cognitive Development: 2. Constructive artificial neural-network models for cognitive development Thomas R. Shultz; 3. Rethinking the emergence and development of racial bias: a perceptual to social hypothesis Kang Lee, Paul C. Quinn and Gail Heyman; 4. The differentiation of executive function over development: insights from developmental cognitive neuroscience Nicole Bardikoff and Mark Sabbagh; 5. Organismic causal models 'from within' clarify developmental change and stages Juan Pascual-Leone and Janice Johnson; 6. Developmental evolution: rethinking stability and variation in biological systems Robert Lickliter; 7. NOC NOC, who's there? A new ontological category (NOC) for social robots Peter H. Kahn, Jr and Solace Shen; 8. Understanding the ecologies of human learning and the challenge for education science Carol D. Lee; Part II. Social Development: 9. Privilege and critical race perspectives' intersectional contributions to a systems theory of human development Margaret Beale Spencer; 10. Cultural neuroscience of the developing brain in adolescence Joan Chiao; 11. A domains-of-socialization perspective on children's social development Joan Grusec; 12. Gender development: a constructivist-ecological perspective Lynn S. Liben; 13. Racialized learning ecologies: understanding race as a key feature of learning and developmental processes in school Maxine McKinney de Royston and Na'ilah Nasir; 14. Social intelligence in a multicultural world: what is it? Who needs it? How does it develop? Richard Shweder; 15. Development in the moral domain: coordination and the need to consider other domains of social reasoning Elliot Turiel and Matthew Gingo; 16. Resistance to dehumanization: a developmental process Niobe Way and Leoandra Onnie Rogers; 17. Mother-child conversations about children's moral wrongdoing: a constructivist perspective on moral socialization Cecilia Wainryb and Holly Recchia; Part III. Language and Communicative Development: 18. The evolution of linguistic communication: Piagetian insights Eva Jablonka; 19. Scaffolding cognitive novelties in early childhood: intuitive psychology as mind designer Radu Bogdan; 20. Embrace complexity! Multiple factors contributing to cognitive, social and communicative development Annette Karmiloff-Smith; 21. The cultural basis of language and thought in development Katherine Nelson; 22. Children's co-construction of sentence and discourse structures in early childhood: implications for development Amy Kyratzis; 23. Developing with diversity into the third decade of life and beyond Colette Daiute.
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Cambridge University Press Interpreting Figurative Meaning
Book SynopsisInterpreting Figurative Meaning critically evaluates the recent empirical work from psycholinguistics and neuroscience examining the successes and difficulties associated with interpreting figurative language. There is now a huge, often contradictory literature on how people understand figures of speech. Gibbs and Colston argue that there may not be a single theory or model that adequately explains both the processes and products of figurative meaning experience. Experimental research may ultimately be unable to simply adjudicate between current models in psychology, linguistics and philosophy of how figurative meaning is interpreted. Alternatively, the authors advance a broad theoretical framework, motivated by ideas from ''dynamical systems theory'', that describes the multiple, interacting influences which shape people''s experiences of figurative meaning in discourse. This book details past research and theory, offers a critical assessment of this work and sets the stage for a new vision of figurative experience in human life.Trade Review"...present a state-of-the-art view of what experiments have shown (or not shown) about how humans comprehend and process figurative language such as metaphor, metonymy, irony, sarcasm, proverbs, and idioms.... A valuable guide to the last 20-odd years of research on figurative language, this is a book for those who do not have the time to digest the primary literature in its entirety.... Recommended..." --S.A. Dooley, University of Texas at Brownsville, Choice"...The new book Interpreting Figurative Meaning by Raymond Gibbs Jr. and Herbert Colston provides a useful look at the research on how we understand figurative language.... The writing style of the book is highly entertaining. The tone of the book is quite jovial, with many entertaining transcripts and examples to tie together concepts.... the book is an exhaustive review of the research on figurative language, including great detail describing experiments that have examined the different figures of speech that are considered figurative language.... It provides a one-stop reference of no less than 10 of the most popular viewpoints applied to figurative language. We predict that the book will appeal to both the experienced language researcher and the newcomer." --Dr. Shelia Kennison, Oklahoma State University and Rachel Messer, PsyCRITIQUESTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Identifying figurative language; 3. Models of figurative language comprehension; 4. Interpreting specific figures of speech; 5. Indeterminacy of figurative experience; 6. Factors shaping figurative language understanding; 7. Broadening the scope of figurative language studies.
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Cambridge University Press Field and Laboratory Methods in Animal Cognition
Book SynopsisWould you ask a honeybee to point at a screen and recognise a facial expression? Or ask an elephant to climb a tree? While humans and non-human species may inhabit the same world, it''s likely that our perceptual worlds differ significantly. Emphasising Uexküll''s concept of ''umwelt'', this volume offers practical advice on how animal cognition can be successfully tested while avoiding anthropomorphic conclusions. The chapters describe the capabilities of a range of animals - from ants, to lizards to chimpanzees - revealing how to successfully investigate animal cognition across a variety of taxa. The book features contributions from leading cognition researchers, each offering a series of examples and practical tips drawn from their own experience. Together, the authors synthesise information on current field and laboratory methods, providing researchers and graduate students with methodological advice on how to formulate research questions, design experiments and adapt studies to diTrade Review'Field and Laboratory Methods in Animal Cognition, edited by Bueno-Guerra and Amici, manages also to implicitly teach some of the fundamentals of cognition in the way it showcases methods. By illuminating how similar cognitive principles need to be tested differently across species, the existence of the volume itself proves the importance of the 'Umwelt' concept it champions. With a star-studded lineup of authors, the book serves as a snapshot of who is doing what and how in the field of comparative cognition.' Alison L. Greggor, The Quarterly Review of BiologyTable of ContentsForeword Josep Call; Introduction: the concept of umwelt in experimental animal cognition Nereida Bueno-Guerra and Federica Amici; 1. Ants – individual and social cognition Zhanna Reznikova; 2. Bats – using sound to reveal cognition Yossi Yovel and Stefan Greif; 3. Bees – the experimental umwelt of honeybees Randolf Menzel; 4. Carib grackles – field and lab work on a tame, opportunistic island icterid Simon Ducatez, Sarah E. Overington, Jean-Nicolas Audet, Marine Battesti and Louis Lefebvre; 5. Chicken – cognition in the poultry yard Cinzia Chiandetti and Giorgio Vallortigara; 6. Chimpanzees – investigating cognition in the wild Roman M. Wittig and Catherine Crockford; 7. Dolphins and whales – taking cognitive research out of the tanks and into the wild Volker B. Deecke; 8. Elephants – studying cognition in the African Savannah Lucy A. Bates; 9. Fish – how to ask them the right questions Catarina Vila Pouca and Culum Brown; 10. Hermit crabs – information gathering by the hermit crab, pagurus bernhardus Robert W. Elwood; 11. Hyenas – testing cognition in the umwelt of the spotted hyena Lily Johnson-Ulrich, Kenna D. S. Lehman, Julie W. Turner and Kay E. Holekamp; 12. Lizards – measuring cognition in lizards: practical challenges and the influence of ecology and social behaviour Martin J. Whiting and Daniel W. A. Noble; 13. Meerkats – identifying cognitive mechanisms underlying meerkat coordination and communication: experimental designs in their natural habitat Marta Manser; 14. Octopuses – mind in the waters Jennifer A. Mather and Michael J. Kuba; 15. Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) – cognitive and communicative abilities Irene M. Pepperberg; 16. Sharks – elasmobranch cognition Tristan L. Guttridge, Kara E. Yopak and Vera Schluessel; 17. Spiders – hints for testing cognition and learning in jumping spiders Elizabeth M. Jakob, Skye M. Long and Margaret Bruce; 18. Tortoises – cold-blooded cognition: how to get a tortoise out of its shell Anna Wilkinson and Ewen Glass; Epilogue Nereida Bueno-Guerra.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Handbook of Cognition and Education
Book SynopsisThis Handbook reviews a wealth of research in cognitive and educational psychology that investigates how to enhance learning and instruction to aid students struggling to learn and to advise teachers on how best to support student learning. The Handbook includes features that inform readers about how to improve instruction and student achievement based on scientific evidence across different domains, including science, mathematics, reading and writing. Each chapter supplies a description of the learning goal, a balanced presentation of the current evidence about the efficacy of various approaches to obtaining that learning goal, and a discussion of important future directions for research in this area. It is the ideal resource for researchers continuing their study of this field or for those only now beginning to explore how to improve student achievement.Trade Review'What does cognitive psychology have to offer for those who want to make instruction and education more effective? This Handbook provides expert and up-to-date analyses of the many strands in this complex interdisciplinary field. Edited by two of the most dynamic and respected researchers working in the area, the Handbook should be very useful for those working in this burgeoning field and for those hoping to join the field.' Hal Pashler, University of California, San Diego'Cognitive factors are critical in determining the effectiveness of our teaching. With a stellar cast of researchers within its pages, The Cambridge Handbook of Cognition and Education edited by Dunlosky and Rawson, two leaders in our field, provides comprehensive coverage. This Handbook will remain current for many years. It deserves pride of place in any library committed to educational excellence.' John Sweller, Emeritus Professor of Educational Psychology, University of New South Wales, Australia'This volume imparts a magnificent overview of current research on many topics bridging between cognitive psychology and education. The chapters provide authoritative summaries of central issues written by leaders in the field. The book will be of great interest to researchers and educators - and should be widely read.' Henry L. Roediger, III, James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor, Washington University, St LouisTable of ContentsHow cognitive psychology can inform evidence-based education reform: an overview of The Cambridge Handbook of Cognition and Education John Dunlosky and Katherine A. Rawson; Part I. Foundations: 1. How the learning sciences can inform cognitive psychology Keith Sawyer and John Dunlosky; 2. Quackery in educational research Daniel H. Robinson and Joel R. Levin; Part II. Science and Math: 3. Teaching critical thinking as if our future depends on it, because it does Diane F. Halpern and Heather A. Butler; 4. Improving students' scientific thinking David Klahr, Corinne Zimmerman and Bryan J. Matlen; 5. Spatial skills, reasoning, and mathematics Nora S. Newcombe, Julie L. Booth and Elizabeth Gunderson; 6. Iterative development of conceptual and procedural knowledge in mathematics learning and instruction Bethany Rittle-Johnson; 7. Development of fraction understanding Pooja G. Sidney, Clarissa A. Thompson and John E. Opfer; 8. Learning how to solve problems by studying examples Tamara van Gog, Nikol Rummel and Alexander Renkl; 9. Harnessing our hands to teach mathematics: how gesture can be used as a teaching tool in the classroom Elizabeth M. Wakefield and Susan Goldin-Meadow; Part III. Reading and Writing: 10. Fundamental components of reading comprehension Anne E. Cook and Edward J. O'Brien; 11. Writing as a learning activity Perry D. Klein and Aartje van Dijk; 12. Bilingualism and education: connecting cognitive science research to language learning Gigi Luk and Judith F. Kroll; 13. Note-taking Stephen T. Peverly and Amie D. Wolf; 14. Multiple text comprehension Jean-François Rouet, M. Anne Britt and Anna Potocki; 15. Interventions to promote reading for understanding: current evidence and future directions Elizabeth A. Stevens and Sharon Vaughn; Part IV. General Learning Strategies: 16. When does interleaving practice improve learning? Paulo F. Carvalho and Robert L. Goldstone; 17. Correcting student errors and misconceptions Elizabeth J. Marsh and Emmaline E. Drew; 18. How multimedia can improve learning and instruction Richard E. Mayer; 19. Multiple-choice and short-answer quizzing on equal footing in the classroom: potential indirect effects of testing Mark A. McDaniel and Jeri L. Little; 20. Collaborative learning: the benefits and costs Timothy J. Nokes-Malach, Cristina D. Zepeda, Elizabeth Richey and Soniya Gadgil; 21. Self-explaining: learning about principles and their application Alexander Renkl and Alexander Eitel; 22. Enhancing the quality of student learning using distributed practice Melody Wiseheart, Carolina E. Küpper-Tetzel, Tina Weston, Alice S. N. Kim, Irina V. Kapler and Vanessa Foot; Part V. Metacognition: 23. Self-regulation in computer-assisted learning systems Roger Azevedo, Nicholas V. Mudrick, Michelle Taub and Amanda E. Bradbury; 24. Improving students' metacomprehension accuracy Thomas D. Griffin, Marta K. Mielicki and Jennifer Wiley; 25. Calibration and self-regulated learning: making the connections Douglas J. Hacker and Linda Bol; 26. Teachers' judgments of student learning of mathematics Keith W. Thiede, Steven Oswalt, Jonathan L. Brendefur, Michele B. Carney and Richard D. Osguthorpe; 27. Learning strategies and self-regulated learning Philip H. Winne and Zahia Marzouk.
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Cambridge University Press Sustaining Early Childhood Learning Gains
Book SynopsisHow gains from early childhood experiences are initiated, increased, sustained, and affect life-course development are fundamental to science and society. They also have increasing policy relevance, given public investments in early learning programs and the need to measure their effectiveness in promoting well-being. With contributions from leading researchers across many disciplines, this book emphasizes key interventions and practices over the first decade of life and the elements and strategies through which gains can be enhanced by schools, families, communities, and public institutions. Three critical themes are addressed: firstly, the importance of documenting and understanding the impact of investments in early childhood and school-age years. Secondly, increased priority on elements and principles for scaling effective programs and practices to benefit all children. Thirdly, a focus on multiple levels of strategies for sustaining gains and promoting long-term effects, ranging fTrade Review'This book has it all. The content is first rate and the authors offer a plethora of effective recommendations that will strengthen programs and practices. The authors themselves are a who's who list of scientists with vast experience in knowing what works. The book clearly shows that good early childhood policy and effective school reform go hand in hand.' Arne Duncan, Former Secretary, United States Department of Education'This research reinforces why we're taking significant strides to expand early education, which is fundamentally about giving every child in every neighborhood their best chance to succeed. Reynolds and Temple show us that these significant investments in our children will help level the playing field, further close the achievement gap, and build stronger communities for generations to come.' Rahm Emanuel, Mayor, City of Chicago'This volume focuses on one of the most crucial issues facing us today: how to build upon and sustain the gains from early intervention. The editors and authors are clear that we need a multi-year commitment to continuity and quality. The work presented here provides powerful justification for this comprehensive investment.' Samuel J. Meisels, Founding Executive Director, Buffett Early Childhood Institute, University of Nebraska'The research is ripe with insights and directives gleaned from years of investments, programming, and evaluations. This is well-timed and well-aimed as public and private investments in early childhood seek to spur an increasingly greater impact. It is an invaluable volume for practitioners, policymakers, and all those who care about increasing opportunities for young children.' Rip Rapson, President and CEO, The Kresge Foundation'Investing in children's early learning is an investment in our shared future. This book provides important research and insights into how to sustain those early gains through the K-3 years and beyond. This is a valuable resource for practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and philanthropists.' Kate Wolford, President, McKnight FoundationTable of ContentsForeword Karen Hanson; Introduction and overview; 1. Increasing and sustaining gains in early learning Arthur J. Reynolds and Judy A. Temple; Part I. Program Dosage and Quality: 2. Synthesis of preschool dosage: how quantity, quality and content impact child outcomes Barbara A. Wasik and Emily K. Snell; 3. Teacher influences and program effectiveness in early childhood education Gregory Camilli; 4. Boosting school readiness with preschool curricula Greg J. Duncan, Jade M. Jenkins and Tutrang Nguyen; 5. What can we learn from state-of-the-art early childhood education programs? Beth Meloy, Madelyn Gardner, Marjorie Wechsler and David Kirp; Part II. Preschool-to-3rd Grade Continuity: 6. Patterns of experiences across head start and kindergarten classrooms that promote children's development Andrew J. Mashburn and Rita Yelverton; 7. Quality and continuity in young children's educational experiences Deborah J. Stipek; 8. Child-parent center preschool to 3rd grade: a school reform model to increase and sustain gains Arthur J. Reynolds; 9. State policies that support children's literacy through PreK-3rd grade education Laura Bornfreund and Abbie Lieberman; Part III. School and Family Processes of Impacts Over Time: 10. School-related and family processes leading to long-term intervention effects Arthur J. Reynolds, Suh-Ruu Ou, Christina F. Mondi and Momoko Hayakawa; 11. Lessons on sustaining gains from the life-course study of Perry Preschool Lawrence J. Schweinhart; 12. Sustaining gains from early childhood intervention: the Abecedarian program Frances A. Campbell, Yi Pan and Margaret Burchinal; 13. Differential effects of high-quality early care: lessons from the Infant Health and Development program Juan C. Chaparro, Aaron J. Sojourner and Nathan Huey; Part IV. Synthesis and Guiding Principles: 14. Enhancing children's outcomes since 'Eager to Learn' Barbara A. Bowman; 15. Reframing policy and practice deliberations: twelve hallmarks of strategies to attain and sustain early childhood gains Craig T. Ramey and Sharon Landesman Ramey.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Aging
Book SynopsisDecades of research have demonstrated that normal aging is accompanied by cognitive change. Much of this change has been conceptualized as a decline in function. However, age-related changes are not universal, and decrements in older adult performance may be moderated by experience, genetics, and environmental factors. Cognitive aging research to date has also largely emphasized biological changes in the brain, with less evaluation of the range of external contributors to behavioral manifestations of age-related decrements in performance. This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of cutting-edge cognitive aging research through the lens of a life course perspective that takes into account both behavioral and neural changes. Focusing on the fundamental principles that characterize a life course approach - genetics, early life experiences, motivation, emotion, social contexts, and lifestyle interventions - this handbook is an essential resource for researchers in cognition, aging, Trade Review'A go-to resource for both novice and expert researchers, this timely handbook takes a life course perspective on cognitive aging - from biology to culture. Expert chapters synthesize new evidence in core cognitive domains, review novel approaches to interventions and lifespan trajectories, and offer fresh perspectives on emotional, social, and lifestyle influences on the aging mind.' Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz'The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Aging is a comprehensive compendium of cutting-edge perspectives by a veritable who's who of experts in the field. This informative and innovative volume will be an invaluable resource for years to come.' Margie E. Lachman, Minnie and Harold Fierman Professor of Psychology, Brandeis University'This handbook, which provides a comprehensive review by leading researchers of age-related changes in cognitive functioning, is unique in assessing the emerging role of experiential, environmental, social, emotional, and other life-course factors in cognitive aging. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in human aging.' Moshe Naveh-Benjamin, University of Missouri'This comprehensive international handbook of theories and mechanisms of cognitive aging adopts a life course perspective and provides detailed coverage of domain-specific models, social and emotional contexts, early-life influences and biological predispositions, and later-life interventions. This extensive overview will appeal most to graduate students and researchers ...' E. R. Paterson, ChoiceTable of ContentsPart I. Overview of Models of Cognitive Aging: 1. Introduction and overview; 2. Cognitive reserve; 3. How age-related changes in the brain affect cognition; 4. Neuroadaptive trajectories of healthy mindspan: from genes to neural networks; 5. Cognitive aging: role of neurotransmitter systems; 6. How arousal-related neurotransmitter systems compensate for age-related decline; Part I summary; Part II. Overview of Models of Cognitive Aging: 7. Aging effects on brain and cognition: what do we learn from a strategy perspective?; 8. Inhibitory theory: assumptions, findings, and relevance to interventions; 9. From perception to action: bottom-up and top-down influences on age differences in attention; 10. Age-related sensory deficits and their consequences; 11. Episodic memory decline in aging; 12. Age differences in decision making; 13. Emotion and memory; 14. Time perception from seconds to lifetimes: how perceived time affects adult development; Part II summary; Part III. Aging in a Social Context: 15. Memory and aging in social contexts; 16. Emotion regulation in adulthood and old age: a cognitive aging perspective on strategy use and effectiveness; 17. Changes in social and emotional well-being over the life span; 18. Aging and cognitive functioning: the impact of goals and motivation; 19. Social relationships and cognitive development in adulthood; 20. Emotion recognition and aging of the social brain; 21. Narrative and identity: the importance of our personal past in later life; 22. Stereotype threat and the cognitive performance of older adults; Part III summary; Part IV. Early Life and Biological Factors: 23. Prenatal influences on cognitive aging; 24. Associations between activity participation across the life course and cognitive aging; 25. Cognitive aging and culture: older brain predictions about different environments; 26. Current perspectives on aging and bilingualism across the life span; 27. Grit and successful aging; 28. Control and cognition: contextual and individual differences in cognitive aging; 29. Cognition and well-being across adulthood and old age; 30. The genetics of cognitive abilities; 31. Blood biomarkers of cognitive health and neurodegenerative disease; Part IV summary; Part V. Later Life and Interventions: 32. Cerebrovascular disease, aging, and depression: clinical features, pathophysiology, and treatment; 33. The role of nutrition in cognitive decline; 34. Sleep's role in cognitive aging; 35. Examination of the relationship between accelerometer-derived metrics of physical activity and cognition among older adults; 36. Far transfer and cognitive training: examination of two hypotheses on mechanisms; 37. Maximizing the impact of cognitive engagement interventions for older adults; 38. Mobility and cognitive decline in older adults with cognitive impairment; 39. Current and emerging technologies for supporting successful aging; Part V summary.
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Cambridge University Press Formulaic Language and Linguistic Change
Book SynopsisA substantial proportion of our everyday language is ''formulaic'', that is, it consists of oft-repeated chunks. From pause fillers such as you know, to phrases such as Many thanks!, Is this seat taken? or strong tea, they form a phenomenon central in language. This important new book investigates formulaic language from the point of view of language change. Employing a novel quantitative and data-led approach, it traces and analyses change in phraseology across 20th Century German as used in Switzerland. Drawing on nearly 20 million words of textual evidence, it shows that social and cultural change in the speech community is the predominant motivator of change, though other factors are also at play. The book demonstrates a close link between language change and the culture of the speech community, arguing that this has repercussions for the study of language in general, as well as the study of society and history.Trade Review'I anticipate this book will become an instant classic, often cited: for its remarkably comprehensive and innovative categorizations and definitions of the phenomenon, and for its presentation of a strong piece of research which employs clever methods and takes us a large step forward in knowledge. The literature review on formulaic language is a definite useful tool for anyone seeking to gain deep understanding of the phenomenon.' David Wood, Carleton University, Ottawa'A rigorous, well-written and well-focused book clearly demonstrating how changes in formulaic language are linked to changes in the cultural context. Its new proposed methodology for the automatic extraction of formulaic expressions from a large body of data, as well as the wealth of useful references provided, will be immensely valuable to researchers and specialists, as well as students.' Maria Fernandez-Parra, Swansea UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Formulaic language; 2. Cultural context and diachrony; 3. The data, the community and a data-led identification of MWEs; 4. MWEs in written German; 5. Culture as motivator of change; 6. Cultural motivation in context; Conclusions; Appendix A. Filter entries; Appendix B. Rater guidelines on semantic unity.
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Cambridge University Press Deep Learning in a Disorienting World
Book SynopsisMuch has been written about the escalating intolerance of worldviews other than one''s own. Reasoned arguments based on facts and data seem to have little impact in our increasingly post-truth culture dominated by social media, fake news, tribalism, and identity politics. Recent advances in the study of human cognition, however, offer insights on how to counter these troubling social trends. In this book, psychologist Jon F. Wergin calls upon recent research in learning theory, social psychology, politics, and the arts to show how a deep learning mindset can be developed in both oneself and others. Deep learning is an acceptance that our understanding of the world around us is only temporary and is subject to constant scrutiny. Someone who is committed to learning deeply does not simply react to experiences, but engages fully with that experience, knowing that the inevitable disquietude is what leads to efficacy in the world.Trade Review'In a provocative and imaginative review of multiple traditions and paradigms, Jon F. Wergin builds a convincing case that deep learning - constantly challenging our existing ways of thinking and being - is a survival necessity of adult life. Through a skillful weaving of personal examples with theoretical analysis, he shows how this mindset can be practiced in a way that inspires others.' Stephen Brookfield, John Ireland Endowed Chair, University of St. Thomas, MinnesotaTable of Contents1. Why deep learning is so important … and so hard; 2. How we learn: a short primer; 3. Mindful learning; 4. Constructive disorientation; 5. Critical reflection; 6. The importance of others; 7. The influence of politics on deep learning; 8. Constructive disorientation through the arts; 9. The art of maintaining essential tensions; 10. Cultivating a deep learning mindset.
£68.40
Cambridge University Press Economic Life in the Real World
Book SynopsisThis clearly written and engaging book brings together anthropology, psychology and economics to show how these three human science disciplines address fundamental questions related to the psychology of economic life in human societies - questions that matter for people from every society and every background. Based around vivid examples drawn from field research in China and Taiwan, the author encourages anthropologists to take the psychological dimensions of economic life more seriously, but also invites psychologists and economists to pay much more attention than they currently do to cultural and historical variables. In the end, this intrinsically radical book challenges us to step away from disciplinary assumptions and to reflect more deeply on what really matters to us in our collective social and economic life.Trade Review'Exploring new horizons in the moral psychology of economic life, Charles Stafford's novel book is bound to inspire social scientists as well as the concerned public in multiple ways.' Yunxiang Yan, University of California'The ambitious aim of this short book is to construct a robust framework for analyzing economic practices. Toward that end, Stafford brings together insights developed in the fields of anthropology, economics, and psychology. With examples drawn from long-term fieldwork in rural Taiwan and China, he uses clear, jargon-free prose to sketch a view of 'the economy not only as a domain of logical deliberation but also as one of emotions - and certainly as one of ethics' (p. xii).' Ethnos (Journal of Anthropology)'This intriguing book focuses on the 'moral aspects of economic Agency' (ix) and seeks to 'bring anthropology, psychology and economics into some kind of conversation' (115) … Writing mostly to colleagues in the guild, Charles Stafford draws from diverse sources of inspiration and grounds his argument in a series of case studies from different parts of rural China and Taiwan, his long-standing field sites … Overall the book is a delight. Readers with even slightly open minds may be convinced, and the seriousness with which Stafford considers the arguments of his opponents, allies, and interlocutors is a model for us all.' American EthnologistTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Introduction; 2. Decisions; 3. Substantivist economic psychology; 4. Plans; 5. Self-education as the end of economic life; 6. The politics of cognition; 7. Number and structure; Acknowledgements.
£70.30
Cambridge University Press Behavioral Network Science
£108.00
Cambridge University Press Understanding Intelligence
Book SynopsisHave you ever wondered why psychologists still can''t agree on what intelligence is? Or felt dismayed by debates around individual differences? Criticising the pitfalls of IQ testing, this book explains the true nature of intelligent systems, and their evolution from cells to brains to culture and human minds. Understanding Intelligence debunks many of the myths and misunderstandings surrounding intelligence. It takes a new look at the nature of the environment and the development of ''talent'' and achievement. This brings fresh and radical implications for promoting intelligence and creativity, and prompts readers to reconsider their own possibilities and aspirations. Providing a broad context to the subject, the author also unmasks the ideological distortions of intelligence in racism and eugenics, and the suppressed expectations across social classes and genders. This book is a must-read for anyone curious about our own intelligence.Trade Review'Ken Richardson has written a masterful book about intelligence. In contrast to what leading behavioural geneticists and psychometrically oriented psychologists see as the moderately or highly heritable trait of general intelligence (IQ), Richardson explains why psychometric and behavioural genetic arguments fail, and how intelligence should be seen as a socially acquired characteristic. A longstanding expert on intelligence, he writes in a manner that can be understood by both academic and general readers. I strongly recommend this book as an accessible and important counterweight to mainstream descriptions of intelligence in the fields of psychology and behavioural genetics, and in the media.' Jay Joseph, Psy.D., psychologist and author, Oakland, California, USA'Ken Richardson's Understanding Intelligence is a timely and important addition to Cambridge University Press's groundbreaking Understanding Life series. Richardson provides a "natural history of intelligence", and no facet of that complex topic goes untouched – adaptive evolution, embryology, endocrinology, circadian rhythms, neural networks, cooperative hunting. In our current moment, where scholars and politicians alike are calling for gene-guided education and appealing to innate differences as the cause of racial disparities, Richardson debunks myth after myth about cognitive ability: that the brain is best conceptualised as a machine, that IQ tests measure intelligence, that different racial groups have naturally different intellectual aptitudes, that the genome is a programme for cognitive development. The esteemed psychologist, in exchange, offers a vision of intelligence as a dynamic, interactive, developing, adaptive system – a system that allows every person to intellectually flourish, if only they are given the opportunity.' James Tabery, Professor of Philosophy, University of Utah, USA'For decades, Ken Richardson has been a leading voice within the critical approaches to intelligence in psychology. He patiently and determinedly interrogated the often taken for granted assumptions – and myths – about the meaning of intelligence, about how it can be measured and tested, about its heritability or its applicability as a measure of intellectual ability in the school or the workplace. Understanding Intelligence provides a thoroughly researched and persuasively argued up-to-date overview of this important work. It is sure to become an indispensable resource for both academics and practitioners, and indeed for anyone interested in one of psychology's most controversial, and flawed, concepts.' Jovan Byford, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, The Open University, UKTable of Contents1. Testing, testing; 2. In the genes?; 3. Intelligent systems; 4. Intelligence evolving; 5. Intelligent development; 6. Intelligent machine?; 7. Becoming human; 8. Individual differences; 9. Promoting intelligence.
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