Cognition and cognitive psychology Books

Book SynopsisThis thought-provoking monograph makes a multidisciplinary case for bilingualism as a possible enhancer of executive function, particularly cognitive control. Its central focus is the cognitive operations of the bilingual brain in processing two languages and whether they afford the brain a greater edge on neuroplasticity—in short, a cognitive advantage. Major issues and controversies in the debate are analyzed from cognitive neuroscience, psycholinguistic, and integrative perspectives, with attention paid to commonly and rarely studied domains at work in bilingual processing. The author also pinpoints future areas for improved research such as recognizing the diversity of bilingualism, not simply in languages spoken but also in social context, as seen among immigrants and refugees. Included in the coverage: The evolution of bilingualism. What goes on in a bilingual mind? The core cognitive mechanisms. Cognitive advantage of bilingualism and its criticisms. Neuroscience of bilingualism. Bilingualism, context, and control. Attention, vision, and control in bilinguals. With its cogent takes on ongoing questions and emerging issues, Bilingualism and Cognitive Control is of immediate interest to bilingual researchers and practitioners interested in understanding the behavioral aspects and neurobiology of bilingualism and the dynamic character of the bilingual/multilingual/second language learner’s mind, as well as the growing number of advanced undergraduate and graduate students interested in the psychology/psycholinguistics of bilingualism, bilingual cognitive psychology, cognitive science, and cognitive neuroscience. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction This chapter will introduce the main theoretical and conceptual structure of the book and will offer a summary of the different chapters that follow. This chapter will introduce the reader to the main theme of the book and the various issues that are addressed. This chapter will also present the main theory of the book which will be fleshed out later. Chapter 2. How the brain becomes bilingual: Evolution, adaptation and sustenance This chapter will deal with the evolution of bilingualism in human language use from anthropological, neuroscience and cognitive perspectives. The chapter will show that during evolution and migration the brain adopted bilingualism for economic, cultural as well as cognitive reasons. The chapter will also discuss theories and facts related to language evolution from an evolutionary psychological perspective. The main purpose will be to show that current links between the practice of widespread bilingualism in different cultures and its cognitive consequences on the brain functions have evolutionary advantages. Chapter 3. The psycholinguistic basis of bilingualism This chapter will flesh out the various important psycholinguistic facts pertaining to bilingual language use to show that the extent and duration of language use leads to noticeable changes in other cognitive abilities. Data from both children and adult bilingualism will be discussed pertaining to the links between language switching and cognitive underpinnings. Chapter 4. The multimodal basis of bilingual cognition Recent evidence suggests that both linguistic and non-linguistic information interact dynamically to produce cognition. This chapter will present and discuss findings that indicate that bilinguals use both verbal and visual cues to process languages and participate in communication. Chapter 5. Action control and cognition: The role of bilingualism This chapter will defend the thesis that language use is primarily a work of cognitive action that humans constantly exert on their environment to produce successful cognition. For bilinguals, this is more complex since they have to tackle duality often and reduce conflict. The chapter will discuss important theories of attention and executive control that have influenced discussion on bilingualism and cognitive control. The chapter will approach the cognitive architecture of bilingual language use from the point of theories of action control. Both behavioral and neuroscience data will be presented. The chapter will show that both the psychological and psycholinguistic nature of action control influences the executive control system of the brain significantly and which in turn is manifested differently for monolinguals and bilinguals Chapter 6: Tasks, theories, interpretations and controversies: The case of bilingual cognitive advantage This chapter will offer a comprehensive account of different current theories and proposals on the possible influences of bilingualism on cognitive control. The chapter will discuss different tasks and methods that researchers have used to study both the psycholinguistic and cognitive aspects of bilingual language control and controversies. The chapter will show that observed advantages or null results on the issue of bilingual cognitive advantage is largely task dependent and is influenced by factors pertaining to individual cognitive profiles. This chapter will also deal with the various sides of the current controversies that relate to replication issues and issues related to factors that have not been controlled by researchers. The chapter will look into the issue of linguistic and cultural differences between bilingual samples that have been compared. Chapter 7: The linguistic and non-linguistic interface in bilinguals The chapter will try to show that psycholinguistic findings on bilingual language use itself show different aspects of cognitive control mechanisms. The chapter will discuss different important models of bilingual language processing and how these models assume cognitive control. Much current research shows that bilingual parallel language activation is constrained by inhibitory control and monitoring. The chapter will provide evidence for the theory that bilingual language processing strategies themselves demonstrate the complex nature of attention control independent of their performance on non-linguistic attention and executive control tasks. Chapter 8: The neural basis of bilingual executive control The chapter will show that although there have been some replication failures of behavioral tasks that map bilingual cognitive control, much cognitive neuroscience work with different neuroimaging tools show that bilingual brains control action and attention differently. The chapter will present such neural evidence with regard to different tasks used and different bilingual population to demonstrate how the bilingual brain handles duality. Chapter 9: Bilingual cognitive control: Embodiment and contextual influences Since bilingual communication is embedded within a linguistic and cultural environment, contextual influences modulate how bilinguals manage their two languages which in turn influence executive control. This chapter will explore more of this aspect and will show that depending on the socio-linguistic and cultural environment executive control is modulated in bilinguals. Current analysis of bilingual cognitive advantage does not consider interpretations from embodied cognition as far as contextual influences matter. Chapter 10: Conclusion This final chapter will summarize the themes discussed in all the other chapters and will attempt to provide a holistic overview of current knowledge and future research.

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Book SynopsisThis eminently useful guide presents an up-to-date framework for Rational-Emotive Cognitive-Behavioral Coaching (RE-CBC), from basic concepts, techniques, and applications to evidence of how and why this versatile method works. It details how RE-CBC synthesizes the rational thinking, cognitive disputing, and semantic training traditions of RE and CB therapies into coaching strategies for solving problems or furthering personal development. The book’s sections on process and techniques demonstrate the flexibility of the method as used in a variety of settings toward a gamut of purposes, illustrating Albert Ellis’ central goal of long-term happiness through rational living. And specialized chapters offer applications of RE-CBC to familiar coaching domains (life, health, family, motivation) as well as to the complex worlds of business and organizations. Included in the coverage: · Coaching for rational living: rational-emotive, cognitive-behavioral perspectives. · Psychological blockers to successful coaching outcomes. · Enhancing positive psychology coaching practice. · Assessment, case formulation, and intervention models. · A step-based framework for coaching practice. · Plus: applications of Rational-Emotive Cognitive-Behavioral Coaching, including motivational, parent/family, workplace stress management, organizational change, school success, and sports performance. Coaching for Rational Living is a robust practice-building resource for coaches, psychologists, counselors, and health professionals, particularly mental health practitioners who use rational-emotive and cognitive-behavioral therapy and coaching. Table of ContentsPart I: Foundations of Rational-Emotive, Cognitive-Behavioral Coaching.- Coaching for Rational Living: Rational-Emotive, Cognitive-Behavioral Perspectives.- Albert Ellis Coaches Problems of Everyday Living.- Rationality in Coaching.- Psychological Blockers to Successful Coaching Outcomes.- Enhancing Positive Psychology Coaching Practice.- Part II: Processes and Techniques of Rational-Emotive, Cognitive-Behavioral Coaching.- Coach-Coachee Alliance.- Assessment, case formulation and intervention models.- A Step-based Framework for Coaching Practice.- Brief Coaching.- Technology and Coaching.- Part III: Applications of Rational-Emotive, Cognitive-Behavioral Coaching.- Life Coaching.- Motivational Coaching.- Resilience Coaching.- Workplace Stress Management Coaching.- Coaching High Workplace Performance.- Managerial Coaching and Rational Leadership.- Executive Coaching.- Coaching for Organizational.- Couples Coaching.- School Coaching.- Parent and Family Coaching.- Health Coaching.- Sport Coaching.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in the social psychology of nonverbal communication. It explores topics including social skill, empathy, adaptive advantage, emotion-reading and emotion-hiding; and examines personal charisma, memory and communicating with robots. Together, the authors present diverse, cutting-edge research on nonverbal social intelligence as an adaptive strategy for survival and success. The collection provides an effective demonstration of the interdisciplinary nature of this topic, and it’s relevance to researchers across the social sciences and beyond. Table of Contents1. Social intelligence: What it is and why we need it more than ever before; Robert J. Sternberg, Avery Siying Li.2. Nonverbal receiving ability as emotional and cognitive empathy: Conceptualization and measurement; Ross Buck, Brett Graham, Ryan Allred, Roeland Hancock.3. Empathy and rapport as spontaneous communication: At the intersection of the traditional social and behavioral sciences, and the new affective and communication sciences; Ross Buck, Stephen Stifano, Brett Graham, Ryan Allred.4. Factors that facilitate or impair kinesic and vocalic nonverbal behaviors during interpersonal deception; Judee K. Burgoon, Lauren M. Hamel, J. Pete Blair, Nathan W. Twyman.5. Nonverbal communication: Evolution and today; Mark G. Frank and Anne Solbu.6. Nonverbal steps to the origin of language; David B. Givens.7. A new look at person memory; Terrence G. Horgan.8. Communicating with robots: What we do wrong and what we do right in Artificial Social Intelligence, and what we need to do better; Arvid Kappas, Rebecca Stower, Eric J. Vanman.9. Reading faces: Ability to recognize true and false emotion; Aleksandra Kostić, Derek Chadee, Jasmina Nedeljković.10. Hidden tears and scrambled joy: On the adaptive costs of unguarded nonverbal social signals; Dennis Küster.11. Interpersonal accuracy and interaction outcomes: Why and how reading others correctly has adaptive advantages in social interactions; Tristan Palese, Marianne Schmid Mast.12. Skill in social situations: The essence of savoir-faire; Ronald E. Riggio, Leslie G. Eaton, David C. Funder.13. Inter- and intrapersonal downsides of accurately perceiving others’ emotions; Katja Schlegel.14. Trait impressions from faces demonstrate preserved social intelligence in older adulthood; Leslie A. Zebrowitz, Robert G. Franklin.15. Postscript: Social intelligence as the social construction of reality: An augmented Agenda for social-intelligence research; Robert J. Sternberg.

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Book SynopsisThis book takes a sociocultural, developmental and dialogical perspective to explore the constructive and interconnected nature of remembering and imagining. Conceived as cognitive-affective processes, both emerge at the border of the person and his or her socio-cultural world. Memory is approached as a functional adaption to the environment using the resources of the past in preparation for action in the present. Imagination is tightly related to memory in that both aim to escape the confines of the concrete here-and-now situation; however, while memory is primarily oriented to the past, imagination looks to the future. Both are embedded in the exchanges with the social and cultural milieu, and thus theorizing them has relied on key ideas from Lev Vygotsky, Frederic Bartlett and Mikhail Bakhtin. Thus, this book aims to integrate theories of remembering and imagining, through rich empirical studies in diverse cultural settings and concerning the development of self and identity. These two groups of studies compose the subparts that organize the book. Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1: Introduction - Memory and imagination as meaning-making processes: A hint for a continuous dialogue Maria C.D.P. Lyra – Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil Brady Wagoner - Aalborg University (AAU), Denmark Alicia Barreiro - Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, National Scientific and Technical Research Council and University of Buenos Aires, Argentina Subpart 1: Imagination and remembering in cultural settings Chapter 1. 2: The dynamics between remembering and imagining in school transitions: A study on fictional narratives Graciana Azevedo – Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil Maria Claudia Oliveira – Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Brazil Giuseppina Marsico – Salerno University, Italy /Aalborg University (AAU), Denmark Chapter 1. 3: Imagining and remembering in an educational context: An exploratory study Karina Moutinho – Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil Taciana Feitosa – Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil Candy E. Marques-Laurendon – Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil Chapter 1. 4.: The microgenetic analysis of remembering and imagining in the process of learning scientific concepts João T. R. Silva – Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE),campus Caruaru, Brazil Maria C.D.P. Lyra – Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil Brady Wagoner - Aalborg University (AAU), Denmark Chapter 1. 5.: Remembering and forgetting: A crossroad between personal and collective experience Alicia Barreiro - Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, National Scientific and Technical Research Council and University of Buenos Aires, Argentina Inga Endsleff - Aalborg University (AAU), Denmark Chapter 1. 5.: Remembering and forgetting: A crossroad between personal and collective experience Marina A. Pinheiro - Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil Jandson Ferreira da Silva – Instituto Federal do Ceará, Brazil Luca Tateo - University of Oslo, Norway and Federal University of Bahia, Brazil Subpart 2: Self-development and Identity Construction Chapter 2. 7.: Constructing continuity after ruptures: The role of “anticipatory recognition” in children’s self development Monica Roncancio-Moreno - Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Colombia Elsa de Mattos - Universidade Católica do Salvador, Bahia/Brasil Chapter 2. 8.: Dynamics between past, present and future: the role of constructive imagination in a musician-teacher’s life trajectory Angela Branco – Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Brazil Tatiana Valerio – Instituto Federal de Pernambuco, Campus Belo Jardim, Brazil Chapter 2. 9.: Being in the world; the ACT of making and striking out personal self-constructions Elisa Krause-Kjær - associate researcher at Aalborg University Denmark and psychologist at Educational Psychological Services (EPS), Denmark Chapter 2. 10.: Co-constructing the past and the future in times of uncertainty. Students’ positions during the Brazilian teachers’ strike in 2012 Gabriel Fortes Cavalcanti de Macêdo - Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil Ignacio Brescó de Luna (Aalborg University) – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, España

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Book SynopsisThis book examines what seems to be the basic challenge in neuroscience today: understanding how experience generated by the human brain is related to the physical world we live in. The 25 short chapters present the argument and evidence that brains address this problem on a wholly trial and error basis. The goal is to encourage neuroscientists, computer scientists, philosophers, and other interested readers to consider this concept of neural function and its implications, not least of which is the conclusion that brains don’t “compute.”Trade Review“I highly recommend this volume for behavioral, cognitive, and evolutionary neuroscientists.” (Paul Tibbetts, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 97 (2), June, 2022)Table of ContentsPreface PART I. TWO REALITIES Chapter 1. Solving Problems Chapter 2. Objective and Subjective Reality PART II. Computation Chapter 3. Algorithms Chapter 4. Coding for Computers PART III. ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS Chapter 5. Neural Networks Chapter 6. The Resurrection of Neural Networks Chapter 7. Reinforcement Learning Part IV. perception Chapter 8. What We Perceive Chapter 9. Lines and Intervals Chapter 10. Angles Chapter 11. Lightness and Darkness Chapter 12. Empirical Ranking Chapter 13. Color Chapter 14. Colorimetry Chapter 15. Motion Speed Chapter 16. Motion Direction Chapter 17. Size Chapter 18. Stereopsis PART V. Linking OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE Chapter 19. Stimuli and Behavior Chapter 20. Associations Chapter 21. Mechanisms Chapter 22. Reflexes PART VI. THEORIES Chapter 23. Feature Detection Chapter 24. Statistical Inference Chapter 25. Information Theory PART VII. SELF AWARENESS Chapter 26. Awareness Chapter 27. Summing Up

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Book SynopsisSeveral Python programming books feature tools designed for experimental psychologists. What sets this book apart is its focus on eye-tracking.Eye-tracking is a widely used research technique in psychology and neuroscience labs. Research grade eye-trackers are typically faster, more accurate, and of course, more expensive than the ones seen in consumer goods or usability labs. Not surprisingly, a successful eye-tracking study usually requires sophisticated computer programming. Easy syntax and flexibility make Python a perfect choice for this task, especially for psychology researchers with little or no computer programming experience.This book offers detailed coverage of the Pylink library, a Python interface for the gold standard EyeLink ® eye-trackers, with many step-by-step example scripts. This book is a useful reference for eye-tracking researchers, but you can also use it as a textbook for graduate-level programming courses.Table of ContentsPreface 5Chapter 1 A gentle introduction to Python 7Install Python 7Python modules 8Python shell 9Script editors 11Data types 12Numbers 12Strings 12List 14Tuple 15Sets 16Dictionary 16Booleans 17Operators 17Data type conversion 18Control flow 19if statement 19for statement 20while statement 21More on looping 22List comprehension 22Functions 23Output 25Output formatting 25Files 26Modules 28Choose a library to create your “video games” 29Where to go from here 29Chapter 2 Building experiments with PsychoPy 31Install PsychoPy 31PsychoPy Coder 321Open a window 34Screen units 34Monitor 36Window types 37Gamma 37Vertical blanking 38Call on flip 39Screen capture 39Visual stimuli 40Shapes 40GratingStim 42TextStim 43Font and font files 44Right-to-left text 44Wrap width 45Non-ASCII characters 45Aperture 45Mouse and keyboard 47Mouse 47Keyboard 48Register keyboard events with the event module 49Register keyboard events with the ioHub module 49Register keyboard events with PsychHID 50Trial control 51A real example: Simon effect 54Chapter 3 Building experiments with Pygame 59Install Pygame 60Display 61Events 63Draw 65Text 66Image and sound 68A real example: Posner cueing task 69Chapter 4 Getting to know Pylink 76A brief introduction to eye-tracking 76Install Pylink 78An overview of an eye-tracking experiment 78Connect to the tracker 80Open a camera setup / calibration screen 812Configure the tracker 81Open an EDF file 82Calibration 82Data recording 82Retrieve the EDF data file 83Disconnect from the tracker 83A real example: Free viewing 83Calibration graphics 86Idle mode 86EyeLink Host commands 86Preamble text in EDF 87Record status message 87Drift-check/drift-correction 87Logging messages 88Chapter 5 Preparing scripts for analysis and visualization in Data Viewer 90Trial segmentation 91Trial variables 93Interest Areas 95Background graphics 97Size of the screen 97Image 97Video 98Simple drawing 99Draw list file 101Target position 102Examples in PsychoPy 102The Stroop task 102Custom graphics for calibration 106The DISPLAY_COORDS message 107The TRIALID and TRIAL_RESULT messages 107Record status message 107Background graphics: the IMGLOAD message 107Trial variables messages 107Messages marking critical trial events 108Video playback 108Pursuit task 113Chapter 6 Retrieving gaze data over the link 119Samples and events 119Retrieving sample data 1213Commands for sample retrieval 121Example in PsychoPy: Gaze-contingent window 124Retrieving eye events 127Commands for event retrieval 127Example in PsychoPy: Fixation trigger 133Recording playback 136Chapter 7 Advanced Pylink Functions 141Drawing to the Host PC 141Option 1: Using the draw commands 141Option 2: Sending images to the Host 142Option 3: The bitmapBackdrop command 143Send TTL via the Host PC 145Broadcasting 148Calibration and custom CoreGraphics 151Chapter 8 Data analysis and visualization in Python 163EyeLink EDF data file 163Samples 163Events 164Other useful information in the EDF data file 165EDF2ASC Converter 166Extract data from the ASC files 169Parse the ASC file with the string function split() 169Parse ASC files with regular expressions 174Data visualization 176Gaze trace plots 177Heat maps 180Scan path 183Interest area-based visualization 183Chapter 9 Miscellaneous 185Predefined constants in Pylink 185Frequently used EyeLink Host commands 185References 187

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Book SynopsisThis book reflects on the various ways in which intelligence can manifest itself in the wide range of diverse contexts in which people live. Intelligence is often viewed as being tantamount to a score or set of scores on a decontextualized standardized intelligence test. But intelligence always acts within a sociocultural context. Indeed, early theorists defined intelligence in terms of adaptation to the environment in which one lives. The tradition of decontextualization is old, dating back to the very beginning of the 20th century with the development of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scales. This tradition is not only old, however, but obsolete. Because people live in different sociocultural as well as physical environments, intelligence can take somewhat different forms in different places and even at different times. The chapters in this edited volume show that intelligence viewed in the abstract is a somewhat vacuous concept - it needs to be contextualized in terms of people’s physical and sociocultural surroundings.Table of ContentsPreface.1. Introduction. Robert J. SternbergPart I. Intelligence and cultural evolution2. Intelligence as Ecological and Cultural Adaptation. John W. Berry3. Adaptive Intelligence and Cultural Evolution. Chi-yue Chiu, Hiu-sze Chan, Sau-lai Lee, and Jennifer Yuk-Yue TongPart II. Culture and society in the history of research on human intelligence4. A Brief History of IQ Testing: Fixed vs. Malleable Intelligence. Alan S. Kaufman, Dowon Choi, Hansika Kapoor, James C. Kaufman5. The Idea of a Peculiarly Female Intelligence: A Brief History of Bias Masked as Science. Gerd Gigerenzer6. Intelligence and Wisdom in Chinese Intellectual History and in Modern Day Taiwan. Shih-ying Yang, Kimberly Y. H. Chang, and Shin-yi HuangPart III. Socio-cultural influences in human intelligence7. The Status of Intelligence as a Panhuman Construct in Cross-Cultural Psychology. Johnny R. J. Fontaine and Ype H. Poortinga8. Cultural intelligence: From Intelligence in Context and across Cultures to Intercultural Contexts. Kok Yee Ng, Soon Ang, Thomas Rockstuhl 9. Cultural change in Africa under the Pressure of HIV/AIDS: The Role of Natively Developed Intelligence. Mei Tan, Elena L. GrigorenkoPart IV. Context, assessment, and intellectual performance10. Taking an Intelligence Test: Does the Context Matter? Adrian Furnham11. A Contextual Approach to Research on Intelligence and Complex Task Performance. David Z. HambrickPart V. Social issues and the science of human intelligence12. Mindsets of Intelligence: Their Development, Consequences, and Relation to Group-based Inequality. Lin Bian13. Re-Envisioning Intelligence in Cultural Context. Lisa Suzuki, Taymy Josefa Caso, Aysegul Yucel14. Challenges for Intelligence Today: Combatting Misinformation and Fake News. Stephen J. Ceci, Wendy M. Williams Part VI. The future of the science of human intelligence and its implications for society15. Human intelligence in the Time of the Anthropocene. David D. Preiss16. Time Bomb: How the Western Conception of Intelligence Is Taking Down Humanity. Robert J. SternbergPart VII. Conclusion17. Conclusion: Intelligence Does Not Inhere within the Individual but rather in Person x Task x Situation Interactions. Robert J. Sternberg, David D. Preiss

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Book SynopsisRevisualising Intersectionality offers transdisciplinary interrogations of the supposed visual evidentiality of categories of human similarity and difference. This open-access book incorporates insights from social and cognitive science as well as psychology and philosophy to explain how we visually perceive physical differences and how cognition is fallible, processual, and dependent on who is looking in a specific context. Revisualising Intersectionality also puts into conversation visual culture studies and artistic research with approaches such as gender, queer, and trans studies as well as postcolonial and decolonial theory to complicate simplified notions of identity politics and cultural representation. The book proposes a revision of intersectionality research to challenge the predominance of categories of visible difference such as race and gender as analytical lenses. Table of Contents1 Introduction: Revisualising Intersectionality 2 Where Difference Begins 3 Revisualising Intersectionality: Conversations 4 The Ends of Visibility 5 Conclusion: Revising Intersectionality

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Book Synopsis Recent years have seen a rise in interdisciplinary approaches to the study of the mind. However, relatively little emphasis has been placed on attention, its functions, and phenomenology. As a result, there are a multitude of definitions and explanatory frameworks that describe what attention is, what it does, and how it works. This volume proposes that one way to discuss attention is by utilizing an integrative multidisciplinary framework that takes into consideration aspects of attention as a means of accessing the world and as a mediator of experience. It brings together contributions from cognitive science, philosophy, and psychology in order to shed light on these aspects of attention. By including both theoretical and empirical approaches to attention, this volume will provide (1) an innovative framework for examining attention as something that mediates experience and (2) new perspectives on foundational and defi nitional issues of what attention is and how it contributes to our ability to access the world. By drawing together different disciplines, this volume broadens the concept of attention. It opens up a new way of looking at attention as an active process through which the world is disclosed for us.

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Book SynopsisEssays in Memory of Jan-Georg DeutschThe volume observes some of the principles that drove Prof. Jan-Georg Deutsch's research: highlighting present-day politics for the way they shape historical remembrance, learning from people on the ground through fieldwork and oral history, and bringing various parts of the African continent into discussion with one another. From Cape Town to Charlottesville, many societies are grappling with historical consciousness and the production of public memory. In particular, how and why societies remember and forget, what should serve as symbols of collective memory, and whether there exists space for multiple memory cultures are questions being vigorously debated once again. These discussions present particular challenges not only to official memory bound to ideological constructions of nationhood but also to the teaching of history and its links to social justice movements. The volume re-centres Africa and African history in memory studies, with each chapter drawing parallels to comparable cases in Africa and the world. An underlying assumption is that what can be learned from the politics of historical memory in Africa will have relevance for contemporary politics globally and for understanding how memories can be mobilised for political ends.

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Book SynopsisPlagen Sie manchmal Ängste oder schlaflose Nächte, in denen Ihnen alle möglichen Gedanken durch den Kopf gehen? Leiden Sie unter Ängsten, Depressionen oder Zwängen? Dieses Übungsbuch vermittelt Ihnen die Techniken der Kognitiven Verhaltenstherapie und hilft Ihnen auch ohne begleitende Therapie, Ihren Gedanken, Bewertungen und Überzeugungen auf die Spur zu kommen. Das Buch ist gespickt mit Fallbeispielen, Checklisten und Arbeitsblättern. Es begleitet Sie dabei, sich von weniger hilfreichen Überzeugungen zu lösen und so eingefahrene Verhaltensmuster zu verändern. Und auf einmal erscheinen Ihnen Ihre Einstellungen in einem ganz neuen Licht.Table of ContentsÜber die Autoren 9 Einleitung 21 Teil I: Grundlegende Prinzipien 27 Kapitel 1: Die Grundlagen der Kognitiven Verhaltenstherapie 29 Kapitel 2: Problematische Gedankenmuster erkennen 43 Kapitel 3: Negative Gedanken in Angriff nehmen 59 Kapitel 4: Experimente durchführen 73 Kapitel 5: Wo sind Sie denn mit dem Kopf? Die Konzentration steuern 81 Teil II: Probleme erkennen und sich selbst Ziele setzen 97 Kapitel 6: Mit den Gefühlen auf Du und Du 99 Kapitel 7: Problematische Taktiken ins Visier nehmen 119 Kapitel 8: Ziele ins Auge fassen 141 Teil III: Kognitive Verhaltenstherapie in die Praxis umsetzen 155 Kapitel 9: Der Angst den Garaus machen 157 Kapitel 10: Sich gegen Suchtverhalten und Suchthaltungen wehren 177 Kapitel 11: Freundschaft mit Ihrem Körper schließen 197 Kapitel 12: Depressionen den Todesstoß versetzen 215 Kapitel 13: Besessenheit und Zwänge überwinden 223 Kapitel 14: Geringes Selbstwertgefühl aufpäppeln 239 Kapitel 15: Zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen pflegen 257 Teil IV: An die Zukunft denken 269 Kapitel 16: Jahrelange Überzeugungen prüfen und ändern 271 Kapitel 17: Neue Grundüberzeugungen verinnerlichen 291 Kapitel 18: Die persönliche Entwicklung vorantreiben 307 Kapitel 19: Genesungshindernisse aus dem Weg räumen 319 Kapitel 20: Positiv leben 335 Teil V: Der Top-Ten-Teil 349 Kapitel 21: Zehn Tipps für die Zusammenarbeit mit den Profis 351 Kapitel 22: Zehn Tipps für guten Schlaf 359 Kapitel 23: Zehn Gründe, nie aufzugeben 365 Abbildungsverzeichnis 371 Verzeichnis der Arbeitsblätter 373 Stichwortverzeichnis 379

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Book SynopsisSelektive Aufmerksamkeit ist die Fähigkeit, relevante Informationen auszuwählen und nicht relevante oder störende zu ignorieren. Diese selektive Aufmerksamkeit spielt sowohl bei der Interaktionen mit anderen Menschen, der Bewegung in der Umwelt, der Nutzung von technischen Geräten, der Planung von zielgerichteten Handlungen wie auch bei der Kontrolle von Denkprozessen eine zentrale Rolle in der menschlichen Kognition.Ein wesentliches Merkmal dieses Buches liegt darin, dass verschiedene Phänomene der selektiven Aufmerksamkeit dargestellt werden und dass das in den einzelnen Kapiteln entwickelte Wissen auf Alltagssituationen im täglichen Leben bezogen werden kann. Auch kann es zur Lösung von Problemstellungen in diversen spezifischen Bereichen, z.B. im Bereich der Ergonomie angewandt werden.Zielgruppen für dieses Werk sind Studierende und praktisch Tätige in den Kognitionswissenschaften, Neurowissenschaften, Medizin, Mensch-Maschine-Schnittstelle, Software-Ergonomie, Sportwissenschaften, Ingenieurwissenschaften.Zum Inhalt: Basierend auf experimentellen Methoden werden die aus der aktuellen Forschung resultierenden Erklärungsansätze vorgestellt und diskutiert. Ein besonderes Augenmerk liegt dabei auf der Integration von kognitionspsychologischen Befunden und Modellen mit neurokognitiven Ansätzen. Dieser integrative Ansatz dient dazu, neurokortikale Korrelate von Aufmerksamkeitsphänomenen im Sinne der Aktivität spezifischer Gehirnmodule bzw. kortikaler Netzwerke zu beschreiben.Für das Verständnis des Buches unentbehrliche methodische Ansätze und theoretische Grundlagen werden im Haupttext gesondert in Textboxen herausgestellt. Für eilige Leser und für einen raschen und kurzen Überblick sind die wichtigsten Kernaussagen jeweils am Kapitelende zusammengefasstTable of ContentsGrundlagen.- Perzeptive selektive Aufmerksamkeit.- Visuelle selektive Aufmerksamkeit.- Modalitätsübergreifende Aufmerksamkeitsorientierung.- Visuelle Suche.- Die Rolle von top-down-Prozessen in Popout-Suchen.- Temporale Mechanismen der selektiven Aufmerksamkeit.- Limitationen der selektiven visuellen Aufmerksamkeit.- Neurokognitive Mechanismen der selektiven visuellen Aufmerksamkeit.- Neurokognitive Studien der selektiven Aufmerksamkeit.- Aufmerksamkeitsnetzwerke im Gehirn.- Integrative Erklärungsansätze behavioraler und neuronaler Befunde.- Handlungssteuernde Aufmerksamkeit (Aufmerksamkeit und Handlung).- Aufmerksamkeit, Automatizität und exekutive Kontrolle.- Neurokognitive Mechanismen der exekutiven Kontrolle.

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Book SynopsisWie funktioniert Sprache? Was spielt sich beim Denken in unserem Kopf ab? Wie lösen wir Probleme? Und in welchem Verhältnis stehen Denken und Sprache zueinander? Das Buch liefert Antworten und verschafft einen fundierten Überblick. In Einbezug historischer Experimente und aktueller Forschungsergebnisse werden grundlegende Konzepte und Theorien zu Sprache und Denken vermittelt.Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisDas vorliegende essential beschäftigt sich mit der Nutzung des Smartphones und gibt Antworten darauf, warum wir immer mehr Zeit mit diesen Geräten verbringen. Es wird beschrieben, welche Gruppen besonders von einer übermäßigen Smartphone-Nutzung betroffen sind. Zusätzlich wird der Frage nachgegangen, ob digitale Welten tatsächlich unser Gehirn verändern. Außerdem: Wie sieht eine gesunde Smartphone-Nutzung in der Familie und am Arbeitsplatz aus? Das Buch hält Tipps für einen möglichst stressfreien Umgang mit digitalen Welten bereit, damit wir wieder lernen, im Hier und Jetzt zu leben.Trade Review“Eine knappe und verständliche Zusammenfassung der aktuellen wissenschaftlichen Forschungsergebnisse zum Thema Smartphone und Smartphone-Sucht finen Sie in diesem Buch unseres Interview-Partners. Außerdem enthält es einen "Schnelltest Smartphone-Sucht."” (Klasse2000, 2018)Table of ContentsVom Homo Sapiens zum Homo Digitalis.- Smartphone-Sucht verstehen.- Smartphone-Nutzung und das Gehirn.- Smartphone-Nutzung in der Kindheit und Familie.- Smartphone und E-Mails bei der Arbeit.

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Book SynopsisErfreuliche Flow- und Glücksgefühle entstehen, wenn sich der Mensch ungebremst seinen Zielen widmen kann. Häufig jedoch kommen Störfaktoren bei der Umsetzung seiner Ideen dazwischen - er fühlt sich blockiert. Das vorliegende Werk arbeitet mittels eines anschaulichen Fahrplans heraus, an welchen Stellen des psychischen Systems genau Blockaden der Kreativität entstehen, wie sie bezeichnet werden und wie sie durch passende Gegenmaßnahmen wie Anregungen zur Selbstreflexion, Übungen und Coaching-Tools entfernt werden können, damit die kreative Energie wieder fließt.Table of ContentsAusgebremste Kreativität.- Merkmale der kreativen Persönlichkeit.- Die zwölf Stationen des psychischen Systems.-Analyse der jeweiligen Störfaktoren.- Verhaltensbezogene Kreativitätstechniken.- Coaching-Tools.- Aphorismen von Künstlern zum Thema.

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Book SynopsisDas Buch liefert einen Überblick über den aktuellen Wissenstand zum Thema Gedächtnis. Es richtet sich vor allem an Studierende und Lehrende der Psychologie, der Kognitions- und Neurowissenschaften und an psychologieinteressierte Laien. Inhaltlich liegt der Schwerpunkt auf Gedächtnissystemen und -prozessen. Es werden zentrale experimentelle Techniken zur Untersuchung der Einspeicherung, der Aufrechterhaltung und des Abrufes von Gedächtniseinträgen vorgestellt. Weiterhin wird den Leserinnen und Lesern vermittelt, wie solche Gedächtniseinträge im Gehirn implementiert sind. Die Inhalte spiegeln dabei eine ausgewogene Mischung zwischen den "Klassikern“ der Gedächtnisforschung und modernen Erkenntnissen aus den Kognitiven Neurowissenschaften wider. Exkurse in alltagsrelevante Anwendungsbereiche runden den ganzheitlichen Eindruck ab.Table of ContentsÜbersicht.- Transiente Gedächtnissysteme (sensorisches Gedächtnis und Kurzzeitgedächtnis).- Langzeitgedächtnissysteme.- Gedächtnisprozesse.- Auf der Suche nach der Gedächtnisspur.- Anwendungsorientierte Befunde aus der Gedächtnisforschung.

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Book Synopsis1. Einführung.- Teil I: Wissensrepräsentation mit Logik.- Teil II: Kognition und Modellierung.- Ausgewählte Anwendungen.

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