Cognition and cognitive psychology Books

Book SynopsisIn the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts present themselves career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, and their major theoretical and practical contributions.Alan Baddeley has an international reputation as an eminent scholar and pioneer in the field of human memory, and is principally known for the theory of working memory, devised with Graham Hitch. This model continues to be valuable today in recognising the functions of short-term memory. This volume includes a specially written introduction by Alan Baddeley which gives an overview of the start of his career and his entry into the field of Psychology. Throughout the book he also provides introductions to the selection of works included and contextualises them in relation to changes in the field during this time. Exploring Working Memory includes the author's most influential publicatioTable of ContentsPermissions acknowledgements, Introduction, PART 1 How many kinds of memory?, 1. Short-term memory for word sequences as a function of acoustic, semantic and formal similarity (Baddeley, 1966), 2.Simultaneous acoustic and semantic coding in short-term memory (Baddeley & Ecob, 1970), 3. Amnesia and the distinction between long- and short-term memory (Baddeley & Warrington, 1970) PART 2 A multicomponent model 4. Working memory (Baddeley & Hitch, 1974), 5. The recency effect: implicit learning with explicit retrieval? (Baddeley & Hitch, 1993), 6. The concept of working memory: a view of its current state and probable future development (Baddeley, 1981) PART 3 The phonological loop 7. Word length and the structure of short-term memory (Baddeley, Thomson & Buchanan, 1975), 8. Exploring the articulatory loop (Baddeley, Lewis & Vallar, 1984), 9. When long-term learning depends on short-term storage (Baddeley, Papagno & Vallar, 1988), 10. The phonological loop as a language learning device (Baddeley, Gathercole & Papagno, 1998) PART 4 The visuo-spatial sketchpad 11. Reaction time and short-term visual memory (Phillips & Baddeley, 1971), 12. Spatial working memory (Baddeley & Lieberman, 1980), 13. Interference with visual short-term memory (Logie, Zucco & Baddeley, 1990), PART 5 The central executive, 14. The central executive: a concept and some misconceptions (Baddeley, 1998), 15. Exploring the central executive (Baddeley, 1996), 16. Dementia and working memory (Baddeley, Logie, Bressi, Della Sala & Spinnler, 1986), PART 6 The episodic buffer 17. The episodic buffer: a new component of working memory? (Baddeley, 2000), 18. Binding in visual working memory: The role of the episodic buffer (Baddeley, Allen & Hitch, 2011), 19. Working memory: theories, models, and controversies (Baddeley, 2012)

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Book SynopsisThis book presents the latest developments of Systems Thinking in Practice to the analysis and design of complex sociotechnical systems. The Event Analysis of Systemic Teamwork (EAST) method is applied to micro, meso and macro systems. Written by experts in the field, this text covers a diverse range of domains, including: automation, aviation, energy grid distribution, military command and control, road and rail transportation, sports, and urban planning. Extensions to the EAST method are presented along with future directions for the approach. Illustrates a contemporary review of the status of Distributed Cognition (DCOG) Presents examples of the application of Event Analysis of Systemic Teamwork (EAST) method Presents examples of the application of Event Analysis of Systemic Teamwork (EAST) method Discusses the metrics for the examination of social, task, and information networks ProvidesTable of ContentsIntroduction to Distributed Cognition. The EAST Method. DCOG in Air Traffic Control. DCOG in the Cockpit. DCOG on the Battlefield. DCOG in Command and Control. DCOG in Energy Distribution. DCOG in Maritime. DCOG in Rail Transportation. DCOG in Road Transportation. DCOG in Sports Science. DCOG in Cyber-Security. The Implications of Distributed Cognition for STS Design.

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Book SynopsisDespite the many attempts to disentangle the relationship between morality and emotion, as is clear from the myriad of approaches that try to understand the nature and importance of their connection, the extent of this synergy remains rather controversial. The multidisciplinary framework of the present volume was specifically designed to challenge self-containing disciplinary views, encouraging a more integrative analysis that covers various methodological angles and theoretical perspectives. Contributions include discussions on the interrelation between moral philosophy, emotion and identity, namely the clash between grand ethical theories and the practicality of human life; philosophical considerations on akrasia or the so called weakness of will, and the factors behind it; anthropological reflections on empathy and prosocial behavior; accounts from artificial intelligence and evolutionary game theory; and literary and artistic dissections of emotional responses to the reprTable of ContentsIntroduction Emotions, Morality, and Identity: An Empirical Approach Weakness of Will and Self-control: The role of Emotions in Impulsive Behaviour Emotions and Akratic Feelings: Insights into Morality Through Emotions Morality and Empathy vs Empathy and Morality: A Quest for the Source of Goodness in Phylogenetic and Ontogenetic Contexts Moral Feelings from Rocky Fictional Ground Software sans Emotions but with Ethical Discernment Emotional Rescue and, Au Ralenti: Some Stories About Images Sing to Me: the Language of Music Conclusion

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Book SynopsisICPA provides a forum for researchers and academics who share a common interest in ecological psychology to come together, present new research, and foster ideas towards the advancement of the field. This volume is the fourteenth in the Studies in Perception and Action book series, and highlights research presented at the 19th International Conference of Perception and Action (ICPA) in the summer of 2017. Since 1991, this edited book series has appeared in conjunction with the biennial ICPA meeting. The short papers and empirical articles presented in this book represent the contributions of researchers and laboratories from across the globe. The reader will find new, cutting-edge research on a wide variety of topics in perception and action. This volume will especially appeal to those that are interested in James J. Gibson''s ecological approach to psychology, as well as, more broadly, students and researchers of visual and haptic perception, perceptual development, human movement Table of ContentsPreface Meeting History Scientific Committee Contributors Chapter 1: Action and Coordination 1. Different Muscle Synergies Required for the Reconstructions of Muscle Activation Patterns During Point-to-Point Movements With and Without a Rod Raoul M. Bongers, Tim A. Valk, and Leonora J. Mouton 2. Hysteresis Effects When Grasping an Object With Simple Hand Prosthesis Raoul M. Bongers, A. Heerschop, and C.K. van der Sluis 3. Accented Metronome Inhibits Phase Wandering in Auditory-Motor Coordination of Whole-Body Rhythmic Movement Takahide Etani, Akito Miura, Masahiro Okano, Haruka Tanosaki, Masahiro Shinya, and Kazutoshi Kudo 4. Information in Complex Biomechanical Actions: A Linear Discriminant Algorithm Alfredo Higueras-Herbada, David Travieso, Jorge Ibanez-Gijon, and David M. Jacobs 5. The Effect of Spatial Orientation on Auditory-Motor Coordination in Dance-Like Whole-body Movement Akito Miura, Takahide Etani, Kou Mikuni, and Kazutoshi Kudo 6. A Coupled Oscillator Model for Acceleration of a Paired Tapping Through Mutual Timing Adjustment for Synchronization Masahiro Okano, Wataru Kurebayashi, Masahiro Shinya, and Kautoshi Kudo 7. Manipulating the Drawing Direction and the Diameter Tendency of the Archimedean Spiral to Verify the Hysteresis Effect on Movement Pattern Transition Joseph Chang-Chih Shih and Melvin Chih-Mei Yang Chapter 2: Interpersonal Coordination 1. Age and Gender Differences in Intercepting a Moving Traffic Gap in a Virtual Environment H.C. Chung, G.J. Choi, M. Azam, D.M. Kang, and K.C. Cho 2. Sensory Substitution and Walking Toward Targets: An Experiment with Blind Participants Lorena Lobo, Alfredo Higueras-Herbada, David Travieso, David M. Jacobs, Matthew Rodger, and Cathy M. Craig 3. Similarities in Perceptual-Motor Regulation for Stepping onto a Curb and the Long-jump Run Up Steven van Andel, Michael H. Cole, and Gert-Jan Pepping Chapter 3: Perception and Perceptual-Motor Learning 1. Auditory Motor Entrainment to Complex Frequency Rations Cecile J. Bouvet, Manuel Varlet, Simone Dalla Bella, Peter E. Keller, and Benoit G. Bardy 2. An Ecological Perspective on Distrance Perception in an Optical Tunnel Seokhun Kim, Claudia Carello, and Steven J. Harrison 3. Music-Induced Movement Entrainment Increases Movement Stability P. Nijhuis, L. Damm, V. Begel, S. Dalla Bella, and B.G. Bardy 4. The Influence of the Environment on Children's Play Masashi Sumiya Chapter 4: Perception of Affordances 1. Perception of Affordances in Children and Adults while Crossing the Road Between Moving Vehicles M. Azam, G.J. Choi, W.D. Kim, J.H. Lee, and H.C. Chung 2. Affordance for Reaching Behavior: Rats Change Limb Preferences while Reaching for Food Felipe Cabrera and Salvador Ortega 3. Testing the Functional Fidelity of a Panoramic Image in the Perception of Spaciousness Makoto Inagami 4. Schizophrenia as a Self-Disorder and Impaired Capacity to Perceive Affordances Hak Boon Kim, Juhun Kim, Emese Foldesi, and Nam-Gyoon Kim 5. Embodied Perception with Extended Body: Visuo-Motor Coupling during Driving through Aperture Kazutoshi Kudo, Ryo Torigoe, Masakazu Nemoto, Masahiro Shinya, Mamoru Sawada, and Hiroyuki Mishima 6. The Impact of Constraints on Visual Exploratory Behavior in Football Thomas McGuckian, Georgia Askew, Daniel Greenwood, Daniel Chalkley, Michael Cole, and Gert-Jan Pepping 7. The Need for an Affordance-Based Evaluation Framework for Architectural Design Mohsen Mohammadi, Gert-Jan Pepping, Mahmoud Reza Saghafi, and Hamid Nadimi 8. Carrying Their Own Weight: Dogs Perceive Dynamically Changing Affordances for Reaching Jeffrey B. Wagman, Matthew D. Langley, and Valeri Farmer-Dougan 9. Perception of Maximal Volleyball Overhand Serve-Ability: Effects of Athletic Experience Jyun Siang Wang, Meng-Fan Kou, Ting-Yi Wu, Yu-Sian Su, and Chih-Hui Chang Chapter 5: Postural Control and Coordination 1. Mapping Individual Postural Signatures A. Coste, P. Slowinski, K. Tsaneva-Atanasova, Benoit G. Bardy, and Ludovic Marin 2. Time-to-Collision Estimates during Congruent Visuo-Vestibular Stimulations J. Landrieu, J. Abdur-Rahim, T. Sarrazin, and B.G. Bardy 3. The Effects of Moving Room Frequency on Posture Control and Motion Sickness Ting-Yi Wu, Wei-Jhong Zeng, Hui-Ching Hsu, Meng-Fan Kou, and Chih-Hui Chang 4. Intrinsic Dynamics in the Acquisition Process for the Turning-Over Movement in Infancy Naoki Yamamoto Author Index Keyword Index

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Book Synopsis*Winner of the Parapsychological Association Book Award 2021*Outlining the scientific evidence behind psi research, Dark Cognition expertly reveals that such anomalous phenomena clearly exist, highlighting that the prevailing view of consciousness, purely as a phenomenon of the brain, fails to account for the empirical findings.David Vernon provides essential coverage of information and evidence for a variety of anomalous psi phenomena, calling for a paradigm shift in how we view consciousness: from seeing it as something solely reliant on the brain to something that is enigmatic, fundamental and all pervasive. The book examines the nature of psi research showing that, despite claims to the contrary, it is clearly a scientific endeavour. It explores evidence from telepathy and scopaesthesia, clairvoyance and remote viewing, precognition, psychokinesis, fields of consciousness, energy healing, out of body experiences, near-death experienceTrade Review"David Vernon’s book Dark Cognition is an impressive overview of research in parapsychology. There could be no better guide to the basic issues in this field and the scientific literature on these subjects. Not only does Vernon masterfully summarise and discuss what is known, but just as importantly, points out what is not known. The questions at the end of each chapter should lead to many thoughtful discussions. I strongly recommend this book."— Rupert Sheldrake, PhD, biologist and author of The Science Delusion."Dark Cognition is an accurate and comprehensive overview of the scientific evidence, scholarly debates, and implications of psychic phenomena. Anyone interested in this perennially fascinating and controversial topic will benefit by studying David Vernon's book."— Dean Radin, PhD, Chief Scientist, Institute of Noetic Sciences."Dark Cognition brings together some of the main research areas within the field of parapsychology. The book covers an interesting range of topics, addressing many issues with a seriousness and clarity that makes them accessible to the non-specialist. David Vernon makes a good job of showing how important these findings are for any theory of consciousness." —Renaud Evrard, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Lorraine and President of the Parapsychological Association."David Vernon’s book Dark Cognition is an impressive overview of research in parapsychology. There could be no better guide to the basic issues in this field and the scientific literature on these subjects. Not only does Vernon masterfully summarise and discuss what is known, but just as importantly, points out what is not known. The questions at the end of each chapter should lead to many thoughtful discussions. I strongly recommend this book."— Rupert Sheldrake, PhD, biologist and author of The Science Delusion."Dark Cognition is an accurate and comprehensive overview of the scientific evidence, scholarly debates, and implications of psychic phenomena. Anyone interested in this perennially fascinating and controversial topic will benefit by studying David Vernon's book."— Dean Radin, PhD, Chief Scientist, Institute of Noetic Sciences."Dark Cognition brings together some of the main research areas within the field of parapsychology. The book covers an interesting range of topics, addressing many issues with a seriousness and clarity that makes them accessible to the non-specialist. David Vernon makes a good job of showing how important these findings are for any theory of consciousness." —Renaud Evrard, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Lorraine and President of the Parapsychological Association."As a serious, thorough and fair-minded presentation of psi, Dark Cognition should prove a formidable resource in persuading a new generation of open-minded students to reject the old paradigm and adopt a new one." — Michael Prescott, reviewed in Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 2021, 86(2)Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Psi as science 3. Telepathy and scopaesthesia4. Clairvoyance and remote viewing5. Precognition6. Psychokinesis7. Fields of consciousness8. Energy healing9. Out of body experiences10. Near death experiences11. Post death phenomena12. Implications for consciousness

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This groundbreaking collection is the first to focus specifically on LGBT* people and dementia. It brings together original chapters from leading academics, practitioners and LGBT* individuals affected by dementia. Multi-disciplinary and international in scope, it includes authors from the UK, USA, Canada and Australia and from a range of fields, including sociology, social work, psychology, health care and socio-legal studies.Taking an intersectional approach i.e. considering the plurality of experiences and the multiple, interacting relational positions of everyday life LGBT Individuals Living with Dementia addresses topics relating to concepts, practice and rights. Part One addresses theoretical and conceptual questions; Part Two discusses practical concerns in the delivery of health and social care provision to LGBT* people living with dementia; and Part Three explores socio-legal issues relating to LGBT* people living with dementia. This collection will a

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Book SynopsisThe philosophy of perception investigates the nature of our sensory experiences and their relation to reality. In the second edition of this popular book, William Fish introduces the subject thematically, setting out the major theories of perception together with their motivations and attendant problems. While providing historical background to debates in the field, this comprehensive overview focuses on recent presentations and defenses of the different theories, and looks beyond visual perception to take into account the role of other senses.The second edition organizes the contents into two main parts: the first deals with philosophical theories of perception, and the second covers key topics and issues in perception as they are discussed in philosophy, cognitive science, and psychology. Two completely new chapters have been added one on color and color vision; and a second on the interaction between sense modalities and other chapters have been significantly updated to Trade Review"I have been using the first edition of William Fish’s Philosophy of Perception very successfully in my philosophy of perception courses. The second edition has all the virtues of the first: presenting a balanced account of the principal theories in the field, uncovering potentially problematic assumptions, and raising issues for further discussion – all written in an admirably clear and engaging style. The new edition contains discussions of recent work at the intersection of the philosophy and the science of perception, including chapters on color and color vision, interaction between sense modalities, and cross-modal illusions. Highly recommended."Frances Egan, Rutgers UniversityTable of Contents1. Introduction Part I: Philosophical Theories of Visual Perception 2. Sense Datum Theories 3. The Representational Principle and Intentional Theories 4. Adverbialism and Qualia Theories 5. Naïve Realism Part II: The Philosophy of Perception and the Sciences of the Mind 6. The Philosophy of Perception and Vision Science 7. Color, Color Vision, and Color Science 8. Perception and the Nonvisual Sense Modalities 9. Multimodality

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Book SynopsisThe Aging Mind offers an accessible introduction to what research has revealed about how our bodies and brains age, and how these changes affect our everyday experiences and lives. This second edition is fully updated with contemporary studies and neuroscientific findings, to offer an engaging exploration of 25 facets of the physical and mental aging processes.Written by eminent gerontologist Patrick Rabbitt, who interprets research through his own personal daily experiences, it explores what aging really is and how to accept and manage it. It explores why our sensory and cognitive experiences change as we get older, and what these developments mean for our overall physical and emotional well-being. Key topics explored include memory, intelligence, attention, sleep, vision and hearing, taste and smell, touch and balance, anxiety, depression and perception of the passage of time. It also discusses how far we can keep and develop the skills we have mastered over our liTable of ContentsChapter 1 Talking About Old AgePart I What is Aging?Chapter 2 Why and How Do We Age?Chapter 3 How Fast Do We Change?Chapter 4 How Well do We Understand What is Happening to Us?Chapter 5 Biological Signs of Brain AgingPart II MemoryChapter 6 What is Memory For?Chapter 7 Remembering and Planning to Do ThingsChapter 8 Who Said That?Chapter 9 Losing and Finding Words and NamesChapter 10 Remembering the Beginnings of Our LivesChapter 11 Remembering the Rest of Our LivesPart III SensesChapter 12 SeeingChapter 13 HearingChapter 14 Taste and SmellChapter 15 Fumbling and StumblingPart IV Intelligence, Skills and WisdomChapter 16 General SmartsChapter 17 Keeping the Skills We Have LearnedChapter 18 Reading Others’ MindsPart V Living with AgingChapter 19 Those Old Blues: Depression and AnxietyChapter 20 The Speed of ThoughtChapter 21 Paying AttentionChapter 22 Good Times and Bad TimesChapter 23 SleepChapter 24 Time PassingPart VI Aging WellChapter 25 What Can We Do About All This?

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Book SynopsisAn Introduction to Cognitive Psychology: Processes and Disorders provides a comprehensive, yet accessible, overview of the field for undergraduate students. The fourth edition has been thoroughly revised throughout to provide a comprehensive introduction to the core topics of cognition, including memory, perception, thinking, and language. Uniquely, alongside coverage of normal cognitive function, the book also includes chapters on clinical disorders such as agnosia, amnesia, and aphasia, providing a more balanced insight into the nature of cognition and its related disorders.Key features: Completely revised and updated throughout to provide a comprehensive overview of current thinking in the field Accessibly written by experienced textbook authors and academic experts, including Michael Eysenck and Sophie Scott A new chapter on Problem Solving, written by Fernand Gobet, a leading authority in the field Trade Review Now in its fourth edition, this textbook provides a comprehensive and very accessible introduction to human cognition—from perception through attention, memory, thinking, language, and emotion. Uniquely, together with describing normal cognitive processes, it covers corresponding disorders of cognition. It is exceptionally clearly written and up to date, well suited to college and university introductory courses on cognition. Indeed, it is a great place to begin for anyone with an interest in how the mind works! — Colin M. MacLeod, PhD FRSC, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Waterlo This book offers a superbly edited overview of the basics of cognitive psychology from the different perspectives of a variety of experts. It also stands out against traditional textbooks in this area in that it provides an engaging and unique approach by including a comprehensive review of the disorders associated with each area of cognitive psychology. This is something I think students will fully appreciate and find helpful and relevant." — Steve Charlton, Douglas College and Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada In this revised 4th Edition, David Groome and his expert contributors have created a comprehensive and clearly-presented textbook. The four separate chapters on ‘disorders’ are an excellent feature of the book. — Vicki Bruce, Professor of Psychology and former Head of the School of Psychology at Newcastle University 'Now in its fourth edition, this textbook provides a comprehensive and very accessible introduction to human cognition—from perception through attention, memory, thinking, language, and emotion. Uniquely, together with describing normal cognitive processes, it covers corresponding disorders of cognition. It is exceptionally clearly written and up to date, well suited to college and university introductory courses on cognition. Indeed, it is a great place to begin for anyone with an interest in how the mind works!' Colin M. MacLeod, PhD FRSC, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo 'This book offers a superbly edited overview of the basics of cognitive psychology from the different perspectives of a variety of experts. It also stands out against traditional textbooks in this area in that it provides an engaging and unique approach by including a comprehensive review of the disorders associated with each area of cognitive psychology. This is something I think students will fully appreciate and find helpful and relevant.' Steve Charlton, Douglas College and Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada 'In this revised 4th Edition, David Groome and his expert contributors have created a comprehensive and clearly-presented textbook. The four separate chapters on ‘disorders’ are an excellent feature of the book.' Vicki Bruce, Professor of Psychology and former Head of the School of Psychology at Newcastle University Table of ContentsCh1 Introduction to cognitive psychology (David Groome) Ch2 Perception (Graham Edgar, Helen Edgar, & Graham Pike) Ch3 Attention (Graham Edgar, Helen Edgar, & Elizabeth Styles) Ch4 Disorders of perception and attention (Tom Manly & Hayley Ness) Ch5 Short-term memory (David Groome & Robin Law) Ch6 Long-term memory (David Groome & Robin Law) Ch7 Disorders of memory (David Groome) Ch8 Thinking and problem-solving (Fernand Gobet) Ch9 Disorders of thinking and problem-solving (Fernand Gobet & Nicola Brace) Ch10 Language (Sophie Scott) Ch11 Disorders of language (Sophie Scott) Ch12 Cognition and emotion (Michael Eysenck)

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the fundamentals of popular music performance for students in contemporary music institutions. Drawing on the insights of performance practice research, it discusses the unwritten rules of performances in popular music, what it takes to create a memorable performance, and live popular music as a creative industry. The authors offer a practical overview of topics ranging from rehearsals to stagecraft, and what to do when things go wrong. Chapters on promotion, recordings, and the music industry place performance in the context of building a career. Performing Popular Music introduces aspiring musicians to the elements of crafting compelling performances and succeeding in the world of today's popular music.Trade Review"Cashman and Garrido’s accessible book provides an absolutely first rate overview of all things related to the global live music industry. Based on their own extensive experience and interviews with live music stakeholders, the authors take the reader on a progressive journey through a multitude of factors related to this overlooked industry, ranging from experiencing live performance, to ‘types’ of performance, to advice on rehearsal and practice, to contracts and logistics, to earning a living from and monetising the industry. Written in jargon free language and crammed full of useful advice, the book is an ideal starting point for both the undergraduate student or any practitioner interested in musical performance Although not a research text in the traditional sense, the book does provide many areas for consideration, such as methods of stage communication, attracting audiences, rehearsal methodologies, stage showmanship and the mechanics of ‘experience’, all of which are fascinating points of discussion and analysis. I would imagine this book would be a really useful course text for all institutions teaching popular music performance and I certainly recommend it."—Paul Carr, Professor of Popular Music, University of South Wales"Never has the value of an engaged performance become more evident than during the social isolation enforced on much of the world during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Musicians quickly adapted where they could to the online environment, where the virtual barrier of the computer screen meant that knowledge and skill in creating an evocative and affective performance were never more crucial. And while the live music industry itself struggled, understanding the workings of the industry and knowing how to monetise performances became all the more essential. The release of Cashman and Garrido’s overview of the live music industry and how to successfully navigate it predates the pandemic by only months, and it is testament to the book's thoroughness and breadth that it is as relevant to the live music industry now as it was then, if not more. Covering topics from performance and stagecraft, from preparation to delivery, technology and the business of music, it is packed with useful and accessible information for not only the aspiring contemporary music student, but any music practitioner seeking to hone their skillset. I highly recommend it as a set text for any higher education institution in which popular music performance is studied."—Donna Weston, Associate Professor and Head of Popular Music, Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University, Australia"Written in a relaxed, informal manner and drawing upon the experiences of the authors and a number of industry professionals, the book not only explores the mindsets of popular musicians when it comes to creating successful performances, but also those of jazz and classical musicians too. Touching upon areas such as individual and group rehearsal techniques, constructing dynamically effective setlists, engaging a band manager and navigating the various roles of musicians within ensembles, the various challenges and necessary skillsets are all outlined very well. ... The last chapter of the book could be considered compulsory reading for those looking to undertake a career in music. Those who are finding their feet in the industry will find this book informative and insightful, whilst those with more experience will enjoy the philosophical and psychological nuggets of wisdom with regard to live performance."—Jenna Doyle, IASPM JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction Section 1 - Creating Memorable Performances 1. What Makes a Performance Memorable? 2. Creating Memorable Live Performances 3. The Role of Personal Practice in Preparing for Your Performance 4. Rehearsing in a Group 5. Your Audience 6. Working as a Musician Section 2 - Making the Money: The Business of the Live Music Industry 7. The Players in the Live Music Industry 8. Earning an Income in the Live Music Industry 9. Planning Your Product 10. Technology and Live Performance 11. Getting the Gigs: Promotion, Travel, Contracts, and Talking Business 12. The Unwritten Rules of Music Performance Conclusion GlossaryBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisScience and Magic in the Modern World is a unique text that explores the role of magical thinking in everyday life. It provides an excellent psychological look at the subconscious belief in magic in both popular culture and society, as well as experimental research that considers human consciousness as a derivative of belief in the supernatural, thus showing that our feelings, emotions, attitudes and other psychological processes follow the laws of magic. This book synthesises the science of ânaturalâ phenomena and the magic of the âsupernaturalâ to present an interesting look at the juxtaposition of the inner and outer selves. Fusing research into psychological disorders, subconscious feelings, as well as the rising presence of artificial intelligence, this book demonstrates how an engagement with magical thinking can enhance oneâs creativity and cognitive skills.Science and Magic in the Modern World is an invaluable resource for those studying consciousness,Trade ReviewEugene Subbotsky is one of the most forward-thinking intellectuals of our time. In this provocative and far-reaching text, he draws upon 40 years of research on magical thinking in both children and adults to develop his thesis: that magic and magical thinking are inseparable from our daily and worldly existence. He uses this thesis to explain concepts ranging from video game addiction to schizophrenia, from art history to advertising, and from placebo effects to suicide bombers. This book will cause readers to reconsider any notions that magic is but a fleeting childhood pastime. Professor Jacqueline D. Woolley, The University of Texas, USA Eugene Subbotsky has written a thoroughly engaging and thought-provoking book on magic and the supernatural. He combines psychology, neuroscience and philosophy to demonstrate how magic, the supernatural and magical beliefs play a surprisingly important role in many unexpected areas of our lives. Science and Magic in the Modern World, challenges many popular misconceptions about magic, and it will transform your thoughts and beliefs about magic. This book deals with challenging and complex theoretical issues, but its style and writing make it a thoroughly enjoyable reading experience. Dr. Gustav Kuhn, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction [1][2]Part I. Magic in the MindChapter 1. The Magic Crystal of Rene Magritte: Art as a Window in the SupernaturalChapter 2. The Invisible reality: Consciousness as a Gaze in the Magical WorldChapter 3. The Barrier for Robots. Subjective Experience as a Magical PhenomenonPart II. The Supernatural in Science and ReligionChapter 4. Miracles in Law: Magical Underpinning of Physical UniverseChapter 5. The Pull of Eternity: Hope for Immortality as the Belief in theSupernaturalChapter 6. Religion and the Belief in the SupernaturalPart III. Magical thinking in Politics, Economics and EducationChapter 7. Under the Spell: The Case of RussiaChapter 8. Watching the Impossible: Educational Effects of Magical ThinkingChapter 9. Games with the Supernatural: Magical Reality in Everyday LifeEpilogue: Imagining the UnimaginableBibliography

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Book SynopsisThe empirical study of consciousness is in constant progress. New ideas and approaches arise, methods are being debated and refined, and experimental research over the last two decades has produced a rich body of data, acquired in the aim to better understand consciousness and its neural underpinnings. This volume synthesises this data, focusing on how to understand the relations and transitions between consciousness and unconsciousness alongside exploring and distinguishing conscious experience of sensory stimuli and unconscious states. Bringing together leading academics and promising young scientists from across the fields of psychology and neuroscience, Transitions between Consciousness and Unconsciousness discusses controversial topics and ideas, providing an overview of current research trends and opinions, as well as perspectives on theoretical and methodological questions.This is an essential volume for consciousness researchers and studentTable of ContentsForeword by Guido HesselmannChapter 1 - The breaking continuous flash suppression paradigm: Review, evaluation, and outlook. By Timo Stein.Chapter 2 - What’s up with high-level processing during continuous flash suppression? By Pieter Moors.Chapter 3 - Unconscious Visual Processing: How a Neuro-functional Hierarchy Can Guide Future Research. By Bruno Breitmeyer & Guido Hesselmann.Chapter 4 - The unconscious processing of social information. By Apoorva Rajiv Madipakkam & Marcus Rothkirch.Chapter 5 - Studying the benefits and costs of conscious perception with the liminal-prime paradigm. By Dominique Lamy, Eyal A. Ophir, & Maayan Avneon.Chapter 6 - From aliens to invisible limbs: The transitions that never make it into conscious experience. By Jaan Aru.

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Book SynopsisPerception of expression distinguishes our cognitive activity in a pervasive, significant and peculiar way, and manifests itself paradigmatically in the vast world of artistic production.Art and Expression examines the cognitive processes involved in artistic production, aesthetic reception, understanding and enjoyment. Using a phenomenological theoretical and methodological framework, developed by Rudolf Arnheim and other important scholars interested in expressive media, Alberto Argenton considers a wide range of artistic works, which span the whole arc of the history of western graphic and pictorial art. Argenton analyses the representational strategies of a dynamic and expressive character that can be reduced to basic aspects of perception, like obliqueness, amodal completion, and the bilateral function of contour, giving new directions relative to the functioning of cognitive activity.Art and Expression is a monument to the fruitful collaboration of Table of ContentsEditor’s IntroductionIan Verstegen Introduction to the Italian Edition Part One: Expression and the Dynamics of Perception Chapter 1. Expression and Expressive Qualities 1.1. The study of Expression in Psychology 1.1.1. The Deficiency Disease 1.1.2. The Phenomenological Method 1.1.2.1. Inter-observation 1.2. For a Definition of Expression 1.2.1. Expression and Physiognomic Perception 1.2.2. The Genetic and Phenomenal Primacy of Expressive Qualities 1.2.3. Emotive Determinism 1.2.4. The Lexicon of Expression 1.2.5. The Essential Traits of Expression 1.2.6. Isomorphism and Figurative Thought References Chapter 2. The Dynamics of Perception and Expressive Qualities 2.1. The Construct of Dynamics 2.2. Arnheim’s Conception of the Dynamics of Visual Perception 2.2.1. Vectors, Forces, Tensions, and Dynamics of Perception 2.2.1.1. Physical Forces and Perceptual Forces 2.2.2. Dynamics is the Vehicle of Expression 2.2.2.1. An Example Taken from Art 2.3. Dynamics, Expression and Graphic and Pictorial Language 2.3.1. A Comparison of Two Paintings 2.4. The Two ‘Guiding Values’ of Art and Behaviour 2.5. Representational Strategies of the Graphic-Pictorial Medium References Part Two: Thematic Studies Chapter 3. The Swing Effect: A Little-studied Perceptual Phenomenon 3.1. Pictorial Perception and Line Drawing 3.2. Contour Rivalry 3.2.1. The Visual Tug-of-War 3.3. Perceptual Conditions of the Swing Effect 3.3.1. Differences between the Swing Effect and other Cases of Percept Alternation 3.4. The Dynamic Aspects of the Swing Effect 3.5. The Presence of the Swing Effect in Graphic and Pictorial Representation 3.5.1. Trademarks 3.5.2. Symbols 3.5.3. Decoration 3.5.4. Enamels and Painting on Glass 3.5.5. Cubism and Pablo Picasso 3.5.6. A Unique Case: Sano di Pietro 3.6. The Nature and Properties of the Swing Effect References Chapter 4. Amodal Completion and Pictorial Representation 4.1. Amodal Completion 4.2. Perceptual Completion 4.3. The Structural Conditions, Laws and Psychological Principles of Completion 4.4. Amodal Completion between Seeing and Thinking 4.5. Amodal Completion, Dynamics and Expression 4.6. "Completion by Frame" 4.7. Amodal Completion and Cognition References Chapter 5. The Dynamics of Obliqueness: Windmills and Timepieces 5.1. Obliqueness in Perception and in Pictorial Representation 5.1.1. The Local Use of Obliqueness 5.2. Two Studies on Local Obliqueness 5.3. The Study of the Pictorial Representation of Windmills 5.3.1. Windmills 5.3.2. The Pictorial Genre 5.3.3. Stylistic Characterization 5.3.4. The Premises of the Research 5.3.4.1. Windmill Illusion 5.4. Hypothesis, Aims and Structure of the Research 5.4.1. Research Results 5.4.1.1. The 1400s, 1500s and the Flemish Tradition 5.4.1.2. The 1600s and Dutch Landscape Painting 5.4.1.3. The 1700s 5.4.1.4. The 1800s 5.4.1.5. The Early 1900s: Piet Mondrian 5.5. Research into the Pictorial Representation of Timepieces 5.5.1. Timepiece Advertising 5.6. Hypothesis, Aims and Structure of the Research 5.6.1. Research Results 5.7. Obliqueness and Visual Thinking References Indexes Authors Index Subject Index

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Book SynopsisChildren face an overwhelming amount of information and a range of different choices every day, and so there has never been a more important time to understand how children learn to make judgments and decisions in our modern world. Individual Differences in Judgment and Decision-Making presents cutting-edge developmental research to advance our knowledge and understanding of how these competencies emerge.Focusing on the role of individual differences, the text provides a complementary theoretical approach to understanding the development of judgment and decision-making skills, and how and why these competencies vary within and between different periods of development. Sampling a diverse set of developmental paradigms and measures, as well as considering typical and atypically developing samples, this volume provokes thinking about how we can support our children and youth to help them make better choices. Drawing on the expertise of a range of internationTable of Contents Introduction: Development of judgment and decision-making skills meets the study of individual differences - Toplak and Weller; 1. The When and What of Adolescents' Risky Choice- Van Duijvenvoorde, Blankenstein, Crone and Figner 2. Losses loom lasrger than gains when predicting behavioral risk outcomes- Weller, Kim and Leve 3. Decision-making under risk in adolescents- Primi, Donati, Chiesi and Panno 4. Gist is sophisticated yet simple- Weldon, Corbin, Garavito and Reyna 5. Temporal discounting and associations with cognitive abilities and adhd-related difficulties in a developmental sample- Toplak, Hosseini and Basile 6. Reflective thought and actively open-minded thinking- Baron, Gurcay and Metz 7. Individual differences in decision-making competence in different age groups- Bruine de Bruin and Parker 8. Perspective-taking abilities across the lifespan- Giroux, Coburn, Connolly and Bernstein 9. The link between math and logic in adolescence- Morsanyi, Kahl and Rooney 10. Mullet, Hofmans and Schlottmann; afterword- Levin

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Book SynopsisWe live in a world of stories; yet few of us pause to ask what stories actually are, why we consume them so avidly, and what they do for story makers and their audiences. This book focuses on the experiences that good stories generate: feelings of purposeful involvement, elevation, temporary loss of self, vicarious emotion, and relief of tension. The author examines what drives writers to create stories and why readers fall under their spell; why some children grow up to be writers; and how the capacity for creating and comprehending stories develops from infancy right through into old age.Entranced by Story applies recent research on brain function to literary examples ranging from the Iliad and Wuthering Heights to Harold and the Purple Crayon, providing a groundbreaking exploration of the biological and neurological basis of the literary experience. Blending research, theory, and biographical anecdote, the author shows how it is the uniquTrade Review"This is an individual book, although very much ‘on trend’, by an individualist: Hugh Crago has spent his career on the periphery of academic disciplines, pushing at boundaries and making unusual links, and so what we have here is a product of a lifetime of originality. It is coherent, logical, and inspiring - positively glittering with ideas. The mix of theory, science, literary reference, anecdote and empiricism is difficult to resist." -- Peter Hunt, University of Cardiff, UK (Emeritus) "Even though many of its examples and detailed analyses are drawn from English literature, and unfamiliar to me, I still read this book with great pleasure and profit. It is not necessary to know the quoted works in detail in order to follow Crago’s argument, especially as his style is graceful and accessible. Reading the book is like listening to an experienced and entertaining guide. Clearly, this is the sort of book that is driven by the author’s authentic interest. Such a book can’t be written as some sort of a commissioned piece. In this respect, the book is not merely a repository of ideas on literary content and themes, but in itself constitutes an elegant example of the richness opened up by a passionate, committed quest for meaning in human culture. I heartily recommend this book, particularly since it might be overlooked compared to the run-of-the-mill literature that professionals must constantly scan. Its advantage is that it opens up a wide vista, and beckons us towards a perspective on human existence that is both far-reaching and enduring." -- Wolfgang Loth, in Zeitschrift für Systemische Therapie und Beratung (September 2015): 135-136."This is a book of extraordinary scope and ambition. Hugh Crago aims for nothing less than a ‘unified theory of Story’ (230) integrating left and right hemispheres, author and reader, genre and aging. He is intrigued with something that seems beyond the purview of modern literary criticism: shared entrancement, the sensation experienced both by the inspired and compelled author and by the identifying reader who merges Story to their childhood experience. Crago is brilliant, erudite, knowledgeable about authors and readers, a commanding storyteller himself, and a meticulous editor." --Ralf Thiede, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Children’s Literature Association Quarterly 40, 1 (Spring, 2015): 85-88.)"Crago’s ground-breaking book has all that one expects of a visionary work: it teems with fresh ideas, sheds new light on the long-debated questions of creativity or readerly entrancement and contains bold political statements about the marginalisation of Old Brain narratives, ‘naïve’ readers and psychologism in literary criticism. More importantly, it does fulfill its central aim of grasping the essence of story without depriving that story of its magic … Crago’s non-fiction story about story is to entrance, inspire and provide a stimulating starting point for further research." --Mateusz Mareki, University of Wrocklaw, Poland, International Research in Children’s Literature, May 2015: 97 "I can find no other book in the same genre as Entranced by Story. Crago’s book is an innovative approach, which applies psychoanalytic theory and developmental psychology to understand the engagement of writers and readers in story. Who should read this book? Those who write, those who read, and those who want to know more about their own inner world and its unconscious themes and plots." --Ione Lewis, Australian College of Applied Psychology, Psychotherapy in Australia 21, 1: November, 2014: 112"A unique and intriguing look at what stories do not only for those who read them but especially for those who write them. To explore this question Hugh Crago weaves together recent research on brain function with the lives of story-makers beginning with toddlers’ babbling, moving through childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, as each stage brings with it changes in the ways stories are told and the motivations that inspire the telling. This book makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the importance of stories in human life." – Cristina Bruns, Chapman University, USA"This important and thought-provoking contribution to the world of ideas is an extremely well-written book. While unusually cross-disciplinary, it is also easy to read: Crago wears his scholarship lightly as he points out multiple research links. He writes about "story" in general, not just about children’s stories -- although of course that’s where it all begins. Adults who are young at heart will be entranced by this voyage of discovery into why it is that we all love stories and what they mean to our lives." – Jessica Milner Davis, University of Sydney, Australia"The most stimulating book I’ve read so far this year … Crago draws from a seemingly endless knowledge of stories in all forms, and their creators, to not only illuminate the inner quests of the story’s creator, but also to uncover the emotional, psychological and cognitive effect stories have on those reading/viewing them … It’s such a wonderfully readable yet intricately woven book that I’ve delighted in dipping back into it ever since finishing it." -- James lePaul in The Gleaner, September, 2014Table of ContentsIntroduction: Entranced by Story 1. ‘Bothe Blysse and Blunder’: How Stories Begin 2. ‘A Hole in the World’: Self and Story in the Preschool Years 3. ‘A Place of Greater Safety’: Stories in Middle Childhood 4. The Age of Romance: Self and Story in Adolescence 5. ‘I Would Build That Dome in Air’: Story Making in Young Adulthood 6. Remembering, Repeating and Foreshadowing: Midlife and Memory 7. Light at the End of the Tunnel: Storytelling in Old Age Conclusion: The Brain, the Tale and the Teller

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Book SynopsisThese in-depth, historical, and critical essays study the meaning of ornament, the role it played in the formation of modernism, and its theoretical importance between the mid-nineteenth century and the late twentieth century in England and Germany. Ranging from Owen Jones to Ernst Gombrich through Gottfried Semper, Alois Riegl, August Schmarsow, Wilhelm Worringer, Adolf Loos, Henry van de Velde, and Hermann Muthesius, the contributors show how artistic theories are deeply related to the art practice of their own times, and how ornament is imbued with historical and social meaning.Trade Review"This emphasis on the chronological margins of Modernism should not come as a surprise either, since Modernism and ornament are two notions that are often positioned in diametrically opposed way. The famous, but not always well read or contextualized slogan of Alfred Loos, ‘Ornament is crime’, is the best-known symptom of this antagonism, which the interesting collection edited by art historian Loretta Vandi aims to question. And it does so very successfully, thanks to the rich and sophisticated historical reconstruction and close-reading of many debates, publications, and realizations having to do with ornaments."--Leonardo"[This book] offers an in-depth contribution to the theoretical interpretations of ornament and its role in the development of a crucial period in Western art and architecture. ... While some of the essays provide a deep contextual analysis, others are more focused on the discussion of specific and complex theoretical issues, but all of them share a common concern about the question of the dissociation between non-representational and representation art and the problem of the unity of art."--Journal of Art Historiography"These essays go beyond the question of whether their protagonists were for or against ornament in design and art; rather, they pursue questions of how these figures approached ornament in practice and theory and ask whether ornament was understood as valuable to cultural and artistic development or was regarded as reactionary and a hindrance to social reform. This detailed examination of the discussions and theories regarding ornament leads on to an analysis of the relationship of such debates to the creation of the modernist self-image (or images) of the European bourgeois man."--The Burlington Magazine"...the collection succeeds in tracing a trajectory that encourages a profound reconsideration of the role of ornamental theory in modernist thinking."--Journal of Design HistoryTable of ContentsTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsContributors’s BiographiesIntroduction Chapter OneOwen Jones’s Theory of Ornament Isabelle J. FrankChapter TwoFunction, Fiction, Flux and Silence:Ornamental Theory, Science, and the Modern Search for Aesthetic VolitionDebra K. SchafterChapter ThreeAugust Schmarsow’s Theory of OrnamentChristiane HertelChapter FourThe Veil of Truth?Van de Velde, Muthesius, and the Battle over Ornament in Modern ArchitectureOle W. Fischer Chapter FiveOrnament, Image, and Tension in Ernst Gombrich’s Theory of PerceptionLoretta Vandi & Pavlos Jerenis Bibliography

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Embodied cognition is a recent development in psychology that practitioners often present as a superseding standard cognitive science. In this outstanding introduction, Lawrence Shapiro sets out the central themes and debates surrounding embodied cognition, explaining and assessing the work of many of the key figures in the field, including Lawrence Barsalou, Daniel Casasanto, Andy Clark, Alva Noë, and Michael Spivey.Beginning with an outline of the theoretical and methodological commitments of standard cognitive science, Shapiro then examines philosophical and empirical arguments surrounding the traditional perspective, setting the stage for a detailed examination of the embodied alternative. He introduces topics such as dynamical systems theory, ecological psychology, robotics, and connectionism, before addressing core issues in philosophy of mind such as mental representation and extended cognition.This second edition has been updated and revised throu

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Book SynopsisHow does learning transform us biologically? What learning processes do we share with bacteria, jellyfish and monkeys? Is technology impacting on our evolution and what might the future hold for the learning brain?These are just some of the questions Paul Howard-Jones explores on a fascinating journey through 3.5 billion years of brain evolution, and discovers what it all means for how we learn today. Along the way, we discover how the E. coli in our stomachs learn to find food  why a little nap can help bees find their way home the many ways that action, emotion and social interaction have shaped our ability to learn the central role of learning in our rise to top predator. An accessible writing style and numerous illustrations make Evolution of the Learning Brain an enthralling combination of biology, neuroscience and educational insight. Howard-Jones provides aTrade Review"In Evolution of the Learning Brain, Howard-Jones provides an accessible introduction to the evolution of the nervous system and brain – hoping, perhaps, to provide readers with a more accurate model of how the brain learns. Channelling the spirit of David Attenborough, he leads us through an evolutionary history of life on Earth, dropping into the timeline at various points to talk about what is happening to the brain and nervous system."— Nick Rose, TES"In short, Paul Howard-Jones has provided us with a book which is extremely readable, provides an illuminating perspective on learning and offers much food for thought. It is certainly worth reading and is likely to become ‘well-thumbed’ as time goes on and it is referred to it again and again." — Professor Derek Bell, LearnusTable of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements Chapter 1. The Idea of Evolution Chapter 2. Origins Chapter 3. The Vertebrate Brain Chapter 4. The Social Primate Chapter 5. Homo – Social Cooperative Learners Chapter 6. Speech Chapter 7. The Arrival of Numeracy Chapter 8. The Emergence of the Written Word Chapter 9. Evolution Meets Education Chapter 10. The Future of the Learning Brain References

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Book SynopsisNeurotechnology and Direct Brain Communication focuses on recent neuroscientific investigations of infant brains and of patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC), both of which are at the forefront of contemporary neuroscience. The prospective use of neurotechnology to access mental states in these subjects, including neuroimaging, brain simulation, and brain computer interfaces, offers new opportunities for clinicians and researchers, but has also received specific attention from philosophical, scientific, ethical, and legal points of view. This book offers the first systematic assessment of these issues, investigating the tools neurotechnology offers to care for verbally non-communicative subjects and suggesting a multidisciplinary approach to the ethical and legal implications of ordinary and experimental practices.The book is divided into three parts: the first and second focus on the scientific and clinical implications of neurological tools for DOC patientTable of ContentsIntroduction PART I 1. The Emergence of Consciousness: From foetal to newborn life 2. Mapping Mind-Brain Development 3. Cognitive capacities of the infant mind — a neuroimaging perspective 4. Neural Infantese. Detecting pain and suffering in preverbal infants by means of neuro-technological communication PART II 5. Does task-evoked activity entail consciousness in vegetative state? “Neuronal-phenomenal inference” versus “neuronal-phenomenal dissociation” 6. Neurotechnological communication with patients with disorders of consciousness 7. Instrumental assessment of residual consciousness in DOCs PART III 8. Ethical and deontological issues in paediatric clinical studies: an analysis of documents from national and international institutions 9. Disorders of consciousness and informed consent 10. Brain-Imaging and Privacy Concerns Conclusion

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Book SynopsisIn What a Body Can Do, Ben Spatz develops, for the first time, a rigorous theory of embodied technique as knowledge. He argues that viewing technique as both training and research has much to offer current debates over the role of practice in the university, including the debates around practice as research. Drawing on critical perspectives from the sociology of knowledge, phenomenology, dance studies, enactive cognition, and other areas, Spatz argues that technique is a major area of historical and ongoing research in physical culture, performing arts, and everyday life.Trade Review"Ben Spatz’ examination of concepts of technique and practice in embodied knowledge is a richly rewarding read, both for its rigorous discussion and clarification of ideas which can often be confused and confusing, and for its thought-provoking analysis of a range of examples." --Susie Crow, Oxford Dance WritersTable of ContentsCONTENTSForeword ixJOSEPH ROACHAcknowledgements xiIntroduction: What Can a Body Do? 1A body can … 1Five stories 5From performance to practice 9Embodiment and sustainability 11Methodology and chapters 141 An epistemology of practice 23Which epistemology? 23A selective genealogy of technique 26The structure of practice 38Branches and pathways 44Linguistic peninsulas 48Sedimented agency 50The trope of excess 56Research in embodied technique 60The problem of the substrate 642 The invention of postural yoga 73Yoga and physical culture 73A royal success 75The yoga wars 80Healthism and “performance” 83Two studios in the East Village 86The gendering of yoga 92Between athletics and somatics 95A therapeutic turn 100What is physical education? 1043 Actors without a theatre 113Craft and presence 113Beyond “actor training” 117Stanislavski’s threshold 122The method of physical actions 129Grotowski’s legacy 132Songs and other epistemic objects 136A research culture in acting 147Interdisciplinarities 153Laboratories 1634 Gender as technique 171How to slice a cheese 171Research in everyday life 175The problem of sexual difference 179Fracturing the feminine 186Masculinities 191Identity and inertia 197Current research in gender 203New paradigms 2095 Embodied research in the university 217Blue skies? 217The epistemic impulse 221“Practice as Research” 225The archive and epistemic distance 234Research design and methodology 242The fourth division 247Bibliography 253Index 275

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Book SynopsisCentered around major topic areas of both theoretical and practical importance, the World Congress on Neural Networks provides its registrants -- from a diverse background encompassing industry, academia, and government -- with the latest research and applications in the neural network field.Table of ContentsVolume 3 Contents: The Practical Applications of Neural/Fuzzy Systems in the Automobile, Biological Neural Networks, Theory and Architecture, Fucntion Approximation.

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Book SynopsisThis volume features the complete text of all regular papers, posters, and summaries of symposia presented at the 18th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Papers have been loosely grouped by topic, and an author index is provided in the back. In hopes of facilitating searches of this work, an electronic index on the Internet''s World Wide Web is provided. Titles, authors, and summaries of all the papers published here have been placed in an online database which may be freely searched by anyone. You can reach the Web site at: http://www.cse.ucsd.edu/events/cogsci96/proceedings. You may view the table of contents for this volume on the LEA Web site at: http://www.erlbaum.com.Table of ContentsPLENARY ADDRESSES, INVITED SYMPOSIA, SUBMITTED SYMPOSIA, PAPER PRESENTATIONS, POSTERS, SOCIETY MEMBER ABSTRACTS, INDEX.

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Book SynopsisMemory: Neuropsychological, Imaging and Psychopharmacological Perspectives reviews critically the impact of recent neuropsychological and biological discoveries on our understanding of human memory and its pathology. Too often, insights from clinical, neurological and psychopharmacological fields have remained isolated and mutually unintelligible. Therefore the first part of this book provides both clinicians and neuroscientists with a broad view of the neuropsychology of memory, and the psychobiological processes it involves, including recent advances from imaging technology and psychopharmacology research. In the second part the authors go on to cover a comprehensive range of memory assessments, dysfunctions, impairments and treatments. This compendium of current research findings will prove an invaluable resource for anyone studying, researching or practising in the field of memory and its disorders.Trade Review'This excellent book provides an up-to-date survey of research on memory from the perspectives of neurology, pharmacology, psychiatry, cognitive psychology and neuropsychology. It can be strongly recommended as a guide to current ideas, findings and methods in basic science and its clinical applications.' - Fergus Craik, Rotman Research Institute, Toronto'This book brings together the findings of memory research in psychology, clinical neuropsychology, clinical neurology and psychopharmacology. Integrating the different approaches very well indeed, it is a thorough and up-to-date reference work for researchers, practitioners and students training in psychological, physiological or medical research.' - John Richardson, Institute of Educational Technology, The Open UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction. Part 1: Neuropsychology and Pharmacology of Memory. What is Memory? Neuropsychological Assessment of Memory. Neurological Assessment of Memory. Physiological and Pharmacological Assessment of Memory. Drug-Induced Memory Alteration. Part 2: Pathology of Memory. Memory Dysfunctions. Age and Memory Impairment. Memory Dysfunctions in Neurodegenerative Diseases. Memory Dysfunctions in Neurogenic Communication Disorders. Memory Dysfunctions in Psychiatric Diseases. Treatments. Discussion and Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis special issue of the International Journal of Psychology had its origins in the Quebec 98 Conference on Short-Term Memory, held in Quebec City, Canada, in June 1998. Following this conference, participants were invited to submit contributions based on, and expanding upon, their presentation at this conference. The enthusiastic response made it possible to collect the exciting selection of articles that you will find herein. It must be noted that because of the finite journal space available, the editors and reviewers were faced with the difficult problem of selecting only a limited number of the excellent articles that were submitted. The outcome of this process is this special issue, which we believe provides an up-to-date overview of current research on short-term/working memory, including the challenges, controversies, and recent theoretical advances in this field.Table of ContentsI. Neath, G.D.A. Brown, M. Poirier, C. Fortin, Short-term/Working Memory: An Overview. B.A. Dosher, Item Interferece and Time Delays in Working Memory: Immediate Serial Recall. G.A. Tolan, G. Tehan, Determinants of Short-term Forgetting: Decay, Retroactive Interference or Proactive Interference? V. Coltheart, Comparing Short-term Memory and Memory for Rapidly Presented Visual Stimuli. A.B. Fallon, K. Groves, G. Tehan, Phonological Similarity and Trace Degradation in the Serial Recall Task: When CAT Helps RAT, but not MAN. C. Fortin, Short-term Memory in Time Interval Production. N. Merat, J.A. Groeger, D.J. Withington, Localizing Localization: The Role of Working Memory in Auditory Localization. W. Macken, S. Tremblay, D. Aldord, D. Jones, Attentional Selectivity in Short-term Memory: Similarity of Process, not not Similarity of Content, Determines Disruption. A.M. Surprenant, The Effect of Noise on Memory for Spoken Syllables. N. Caza, S. Belleville, Semantic Contribution to Immediate Serial Recall Using An Unlimited Set of Items: Evidence for a Multi-level Capacity View of Short-term Memory. N. Martin, E.M. Saffran, Effects of Word Processing and Short-term Memory Deficits on Verbal Learning: Evidence from Aphasis. J. Sait-Aubin, M. Poirier, The Influence of Long-term Memory Factors on Immediate Serial Recall: An Item and Order Analysis. N. Cowan, J.S. Saults, L.D. Nugent, E.M. Elliott, The Microanalysis of Memory Span and its Development in Childhood. J.A. Groeger, D. Field, S.M. Hammond, Measuring Memory Span. A.-M. Adams, L. Bourke, C. Willis, Working Memory and Spoken Language Comprehension in Young Children. Y.M.L. Chuah, M.T. Maybery, Verbal and Spatial Short-term Memory: Two Sources of Developmental Evidence Consistent with Common Underlying Processes. S. E. Gathercole, S.J. Pickering, Estimating the Capacity of Phonological Short-term Memory. E.V. Masoura, S.G. Gathercole, Phonological Short-term Memory and Foreign Language Learning. G.D.A. Brown, J.I. Vousden, T. McCormack, C. Hulme, The Development of Memory for Serial Order: A Temporal-contextual Distinctiveness Model. R.N.A, Henson, Coding Position in Short-term Memory. I. Neath, Modelling The Disruptive Effects of Irrelevant Speech on Order Information. D. Laming, Testing the Idea of Distinct Storage Mechanisms in Memory. B. Murdock, Item and Associative Interactions in Short-term Memory: Multiple Memory Systems? S. Lewandowsky, Redintegration and Response Suppression in Serial Recall: A Dynamic Newtwork Model. R. Schweickert, S. Chen, M. Poirier, Redintegration and the Useful Lifetime of the Verbal Memory Representation. M. Duncan, The Dimensionality of Memory trength Between Levels of Both Serial Position and Word Frequency Category. S. Sikström, Power Function Forgetting Curves as an Emergent Property of Biologically Plausible Neural Network Models. Subject Index.

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Book SynopsisIn the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts themselves present career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, and their major practical theoretical contributions. Glyn Humphreys is an internationally renowned cognitive neuropsychologist with research interests covering object recognition and its disorders, visual word recognition, object and spatial attention, the effects of action on cognition, and social cognition. Within the field of Psychology he has won a number of prestigious awards, including the Spearman Medal, the President's Award of the British Psychological Society, and the Donald Broadbent Prize from the European Society for Cognitive Psychology. This collection reflects the different directions in his work and approaches which have been adopted. It will enable the reader to trace key developments in cognitive neuropsychology iTable of Contents1. A case of integrative visual agnosia. (1987), Riddoch, M.J. & Humphreys, G.W. 2: Cascade processes in picture identification. (1988), Humphreys, G.W., Riddoch, M.J. & Quinlan, P.T. 3. Visual search and stimulus similarity. (1989), Duncan, J. & Humphreys, G.W. 4: Early orthographic processing in visual word recognition. (1990), Humphreys, G.W., Evett, L.J. & Quinlan, P.T. 5. Non-spatial extinction following lesions of the parietal lobe in humans. (1994), Humphreys, G.W., Romani, C., Olson, A., Riddoch, M.J. & Duncan, J. 6. Visual marking: Prioritising selection for new objects by top-down attentional inhibition. (1997), Watson, D.G. & Humphreys, G.W. 7. Seeing the action: Neuropsychological evidence for action-based effects on object selection. (2003), Riddoch, M.J., Humphreys, G.W., Edwards, S., Baker, T. & Willson, K. 8. The left temporo-parietal junction is necessary for representing someone else’s beliefs. (2004), Samson, D., Apperly, I., Chiavarino, C. & Humphreys, G.W. 9. Dissociating the neural mechanisms of memory-based guidance of visual selection. (2007), Soto, D., Humphreys, G.W. & Rotshtein, P. 10. Ignoring the elephant in the room: A neural circuit to down-regulate salience. (2010), Mevorach, C., Hodsoll, J., Allen, H.A., Shalev, L. & Humphreys, G.W. 11. The attraction of yellow corn: Reduced attentional constraints on coding learned conjunctive relations. (2013), Rappaport, S.J., Humphreys, G.W. & Riddoch, M.J. 12. Coupling social attention to the self forms a network for personal significance. (2013), Sui, J., Rotshtein, P. & Humphreys, G.W. 13. The BCoS cognitive profile screen: Utility and predictive value for stroke. (2015), Bickerton, W-L.,Demeyere, N., Francis, D., Kumar, V., Remoundou, M., Balani, A., Harris, L., Williamson, J., Lau, J.K., Samson, D., Riddoch, M.J. & Humphreys, G.W.

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Book SynopsisThe second edition of The Routledge Handbook of Discourse Processes provides a state-of-the-art overview of the field of discourse processes, highlighting the subject's interdisciplinary foundations and bringing together established and emergent scholars to provide a dynamic roadmap of the evolution of the field.This new edition reflects several of the enormous changes in the world since the publication of the first editionchanges in modes of communication and an increased urgency to understand how people comprehend and trust information. The contents of this volume attempt to address fundamental questions about what we should now be thinking about reading, listening, talking, and writing. The chapters collected here represent a wide range of empirical methods currently available: lab or field experiments, with a range of measures, from quantitative to qualitative; observational studies, including classrooms or organizational communication; corpus analyses; conversatioTrade Review"This book provides an impressive overview of important topics in discourse processing and comprehension, such as cognitive models of reading and conversation; of reading development and writing; and of research methods, from commonly used methods to relatively new methods such as neuroimaging and big data. Importantly, several chapters are co-authored by prominent authors who haven’t previously worked together, which adds significant depth to the handbook."Paul van den Broek, Leiden University, The NetherlandsTable of Contents Introduction: Discourse processes evolving Michael F. Schober, David N. Rapp & M. Anne Britt Part I. Overviews Reading comprehension theories: A view from the top down Panayiota Kendeou & Edward J. O’Brien Theories and approaches to the study of conversation and interactive discourse William S. Horton Studying discourse processes in institutional contexts Adrian Bangerter & Joep CornellisenPart II. Research Methods for Studying Discourse Processes: State of the Art and Challenges Research Methods: Conversation analysis Saul Albert Research Methods: The study of language processing in human conversation Sarah Brown-Schmidt Research Methods: Big data approaches to study discourse processes Michael Jones & Melody Dye Research Methods: Online measures of text processing Johanna K. Kaakinen Research Methods: Neuroscientific methods to study discourse processes Christopher A. Kurby Part III. Topical Reviews The role of sourcing in discourse comprehension Ivar Bråten, Marc Stadtler, & Ladislao Salmerón Discourse updating: Acquiring and revising knowledge through discourse Tobias Richter & Murray Singer Discourse processing in technology-mediated environments Darren Gergle Discourse and expertise: The challenge of mutual understanding between experts and laypeople Rainer Bromme & Regina Jucks Discourse processing and development through the adult lifespan Elizabeth A. Stine-Morrow & Gabriel A. Radvansky The cognitive neuroscience of discourse: Covered ground and new directions Jeffrey Zacks, Raymond A. Mar, & Navona Calarco Beliefs and Discourse Processing Michael B. Wolfe & Thomas D. Griffin Classroom Discourse: What do we need to know for research and for practice? Catherine O’Connor & Catherine Snow The Modern Reader: Should changes to how we read affect research and theory? Joseph P. Magliano, Matthew T. McCrudden, Jean-Francois Rouet, & John Sabatini Toward an integrated perspective of writing as a discourse process Danielle S. McNamara and Laura K. AllenAfterword: World-Wide Changes in Discourse and the Changing Field of Discourse ProcessesArthur C. Graesser, Morton Ann Gernsbacher & Susan R. Goldman

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Book SynopsisThe last decade has seen a rapid growth in our understanding of the cognitive systems that underlie mathematical learning and performance, and an increased recognition of the importance of this topic. This book showcases international research on the most important cognitive issues that affect mathematical performance across a wide age range, from early childhood to adulthood. The book considers the foundational competencies of nonsymbolic and symbolic number processing before discussing arithmetic, conceptual understanding, individual differences and dyscalculia, algebra, number systems, reasoning and higher-level mathematics such as formal proof. Drawing on diverse methodology from behavioural experiments to brain imaging, each chapter discusses key theories and empirical findings and introduces key tasks used by researchers. The final chapter discusses challenges facing the future development of the field of mathematical cognition and reviews a set of open questions that mathematTrade Review"Not only does this book provide up-to-date, accurate summaries of topics that have been well studied (basically aspects of mathematics acquired in the first decade of life among most children in Western and East Asian countries), it also examines less-studied topics that are likely to become increasingly important in the future, such as number systems, mathematical argumentation, and proof. Everyone interested in mathematical cognition will want to have this book." - Robert Siegler, Carnegie Mellon University, USA"The field of mathematical cognition has grown tremendously over the past few decades. This book, written by three leading experts, provides a comprehensive summary and analysis of these advances. It represents an invaluable resource not only for those interested in mathematical cognition but also for instructors teaching courses on this field and their undergraduate and graduate students." – Daniel Ansari, The University of Western Ontario, Canada"An Introduction to Mathematical Cognition is a much-welcomed addition to this growing and important literature. The volume is written by three highly respected scientists and covers an impressive range of topics from our evolved number sense to students’ understanding of mathematical proofs. It will be of interest to experts in the field and students wanting to learn more about the field." – David C. Geary, University of Missouri, USA"An impressively coherent, systematic and clear introduction into the cognitive systems that underlie mathematical learning and performance from early childhood to adulthood, relying on a rich diversity of behavioural and neuroscientific methods. A vital book for students and researchers in mathematical cognition and adjacent fields." - Lieven Verschaffel, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BelgiumTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Nonsymbolic number 3. Symbolic number 4. The development of arithmetic skills 5. Understanding arithmetic concepts 6. Individual differences and mathematical difficulties 7. Number systems 8. Algebra and equivalence 9. Mathematical argumentation and proof 10. Logic, conditional reasoning and mathematics 11. Where next for mathematical cognition?

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Book SynopsisVolume One of the Official History of the Joint Intelligence Committee draws upon a range of released and classified papers to produce the first, authoritative account of the way in which intelligence was used to inform policy.For almost 80 years the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) has been a central player in the secret machinery of the British Government, providing a co-ordinated intelligence service to policy makers, drawing upon the work of the intelligence agencies and Whitehall departments. Since its creation, reports from the JIC have contributed to almost every key foreign policy decision taken by the British Government. This volume covers the evolution of the JIC since 1936 and culminates with its role in the events of Suez in 1956. This book will be of much interest to students of intelligence studies, British politics, international diplomacy, security studies and International Relations in general.Dr Michael S. Goodman is Reader in Intelligence anTrade Review'Michael Goodman’s The Official History of the Joint Intelligence Committee: Volume I (Routledge) should help make up for the neglect in spy literature of the JIC. The alpha and omega of intelligence bureaucracy, it influences what spies spy on and interprets their reports for policymakers. Well written and wisely judged, this first volume takes us through the second world war to Suez.' --Alan Judd, Spectator ‘Books of the Year’'The Official History of the Joint Intelligence Committee Volume I is a valuable study for understanding the JIC specifically and intelligence history more broadly. ...The book [...] is strong with its focus on intelligence products, rather than dwelling on the personalities of the nine JIC chairs during this period. It is recommended to both academics and the general public interested in intelligence history, security studies and international relations of the period.' -- Ryan Shaffer, Journal of Intelligence History, Vol. 16, 1, 2017Table of ContentsForeword by Jon Day Glossary Introduction Part I: Origins, 1936-1939 1: Why Joint Intelligence? 2: Building a Foundation Part II: War, 1939-1945 3: The Onset of War: 1939-1940 4: Stabilisation: 1941-1942 5: Preparing for the End, 1943-1945 Part Three: New Threats, 1945-1957 6: A New Identity, 1945-1957 7: Creating a World-Wide Intelligence Network 8: Changing Enemies: The Rise of the Soviet Union, 1945-1947 9: The Bear: The Emergence and Stabilisation of the Cold War, 1947-1957 10: Studying the Soviet War Machine 11: War in the Far East: Part I – Conflict in China and Korea 12: War in the Far East: Part II – Problems n the Colonies 13: Adventures in the Middle East: Part I – The Rise of Nationalism 14: Adventures in the Middle East: Part II – The Suez Crisis Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThere has been an explosion of work on consciousness in the last 3040 years from philosophers, psychologists, and neurologists. Thus, there is a need for an interdisciplinary, comprehensive volume in the field that brings together contributions from a wide range of experts on fundamental and cutting-edge topics. The Routledge Handbook of Consciousness fills this need and makes each chapter's importance understandable to students and researchers from a variety of backgrounds. Designed to complement and better explain primary sources, this volume is a valuable first-stop publication for undergraduate or graduate students enrolled in any course on Consciousness, Philosophy of Mind, or Philosophy of Psychology, as well as a valuable handbook for researchers in these fields who want a useful reference to have close at hand. The 34 chapters, all published here for the first time, are divided into three parts: Part I covers the History and Background MetapTrade Review "Keeping up with work on consciousness is becoming harder and harder. Luckily The Routledge Handbook of Consciousness alleviates this headache. The thirty four chapters collectively give a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the field, written by leading specialists. A must-have for researchers and serious students alike." --Alex Byrne, Professor of Philosophy, MIT "The editor’s choice of entries in this Handbook reflects the complexity and marvel of consciousness. Expert philosophers and psychologists offer a wide range of approaches to studying consciousness. Students and researchers looking for eastern or western perspectives will find both represented here." -Susanna Siegel, Harvard University "This exceptionally comprehensive and highly accessible survey of topics in the multidisciplinary study of consciousness stands out as an excellent introduction to the field. t is a helpful guide through the thickets of interwoven debates and an essential collection for researchers working in any area of consciousness who want a reliable and illuminating overview of the big picture. This book will be a marvelous resource for anyone beginning their study of consciousness and for expert researchers alike." --Andrew Bailey, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean (Research & Graduate Studies), University of Guelph, Canada Table of ContentsList of Figures. List of Contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Part I. Consciousness: History and Background Metaphysics 1. Consciousness, Personal Identity, and Immortality 2. Consciousness in Western Philosophy 3. Materialism 4. Dualism 5. Idealism, Panpsychism, and Emergentism: The Radical Wing of Consciousness Studies 6. Consciousness, Free Will, and Moral Responsibility 7. Consciousness and the Mind-Body Problem in Indian Philosophy Part II. Contemporary Theories of Consciousness 8. Representational Theories of Consciousness 9. The Global Workspace Theory 10. Integrated Information Theory 11. The Multiple Drafts Model 12. The Intermediate Level Theory of Consciousness 13. The Attention Schema Theory of Consciousness 14. Biological Naturalism and Biological Realism 15. Sensorimotor and Enactive Approaches to Consciousness 16. Quantum Theories of Consciousness Part III. Major Topics in Consciousness Research 17. The Neural Correlates of Consciousness 18. Consciousness and Attention 19. Consciousness and Intentionality 20. Consciousness and Conceptualism 21. Consciousness, Time, and Memory 22. Consciousness and Action 23. Consciousness and Emotion 24. Multisensory Consciousness and Synesthesia 25. Consciousness and Psychopathology 26. Post-Comatose Disorders of Consciousness 27. The Unity of Consciousness 28. The Biological Evolution of Consciousness 29. Animal Consciousness 30. Robot Consciousness 31. Consciousness and Dreams: From Self-Simulation to the Simulation of a Social World 32. Meditation and Consciousness: Can we Experience Experience as Broken? 33. Consciousness and End of Life Ethical Issues 34. Consciousness and Experimental Philosophy

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Book SynopsisDevelopmental and Educational Psychology for Teachers brings together a range of evidence drawn from psychology to answer a number of critical educational questions, from basic questions of readiness for example, when is a child ready for school, through to more complex matters, such as how does a teacher understand and promote good peer relationships in their classroom? The answers to these and other questions discussed draw here on the interplay between a teachers' craft expertise and their knowledge of evidence and theory from developmental and educational psychology. Presenting a range of classic theories and contemporary research to help readers understand what the key issues are for teachers and other professionals, this book aides informed educational decisions in situations such as: inclusion, ability grouping, sex differences, developing creativity, home and peer influences on Trade Reviewn/aTable of Contents1. Developmental Psychology – Themes and Research 2. Heredity and Environment and Special Learning Needs 3. Physical and Motor Development: Infancy to Late Childhood 4. Physical and Motor Development: Puberty to Adulthood and Developmental Health 5. Cognition and Cognitive Development: Infancy to Late Childhood 6. Cognitive Development: Adolescence to Adulthood 7. Conceptions of Intelligence and Creativity in Childhood and Adolescence 8. Cognition and Information Processing in Childhood and Adolescence 9. Personal and Social Development in Childhood 10. Personal and Social Development in Adolescence 11. Moral Development in Childhood and Adolescence

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Book SynopsisThe case study of John has provided a unique insight into the nature of visual agnosia and more broadly into the underlying processes which support human vision. After suffering a stroke, John had problems in recognizing common objects, faces, seeing colours, reading and finding his way around his environment. A Reader in Visual Agnosia brings together the primary scientific papers describing the detailed investigations for each visual problem which the authors carried out with John, known as patient HJA. This work was summarised initially in To See But Not To See (1987), and 26 years later in A Case Study in Visual Agnosia Revisited (2013). The chapters are divided into 6 parts corresponding to the key areas of investigation: Integrative visual agnosia Perception of global form Face perception Colour perception Word recognition Changes over timeTable of ContentsPart 1: Integrative visual agnosia 1. A case of integrative visual agnosia. (1987), Riddoch, M.J. & Humphreys, G.W. 2. The computation of occluded contours in visual agnosia: Evidence for early computation prior to shape binding and figure-ground coding. (2000), Giersch, A., Humphreys, G.W., Boucart, M. & Kovacs, I. 3. A two-stage account of computing and binding occluded and visible contours: Evidence from visual agnosia and effects of lorazepam. (2006), Giersch, A., Humphreys, G.W., Barthaud, J.C. & Landmanbn, C. 4. The necessary role of the dorsal visual route in the heterarchical coding of global visual pattern: Evidence from neuropsychological fMRI. (2014), Lestou, V., Kourtzi, Z., Humphreys, K.L., Lam, J. & Humphreys, G.W. 5. Parallel pattern processing in visual agnosia. (1992), Humphreys, G.W., Riddoch, M.J., Quinlan, P.T., Price, C.J. & Donnelly, N. Part 2: Seeing the whole 6. The computation of perceptual structure from collinearity and closure: Normality and pathology. (1992), Boucart, M. & Humphreys, G.W. 7. Ventral extra-striate cortical areas are required for optimal orientation averaging. (2007), Allen, H.A., Humphreys, G.W. & Bridge, H. 8. Interactive processes in perceptual organization: Evidence from visual agnosia. (1985), Humphreys, G.W., Riddoch, M.J. & Quinlan, P.T. 9. A tale of two agnosias: Distinctions between form and integrative agnosia. (2008), Riddoch, M.J., Humphreys, G.W., Akthar, N., Bracewell, R.M & Schofield, A.J. 10. The effects of view in depth on the identification of line drawings and silhouettes of familiar objects: Normality and pathology. (1999), Lawson, R. & Humphreys, G.W. 11. The real object advantage in agnosia: Evidence of a role for shading and depth in object recognition. (2001), Chainay, H. & Humphreys, G.W. Part 3: What’s in a face? 12. Expression is computed separately from facial identity, and it is computed separately for moving and static faces: Neuropsychological evidence. (1993), Humphreys, G.W., Donnelly, N. & Riddoch, M.J. 13. Exploring the role of motion in prosopagnosia: Recognizing, learning and matching faces. (2004), Lander, K., Humphreys, G.W. & Bruce, V. 14. Recognition impairments and face imagery. (1994), Young, A.W., Humphreys, G.W., Riddoch, M.J., Hellalwell, D.J. & de Haan, E.H.F. Part 4: Colour, movement, action! 15. Human colour discrimination based on a non-parvocellular pathway. (1996), Troscianko, T., Davidoff, J., Humphreys, G.W., Landis, T., Fahle, M., Greenlee, M., Brugger, P. & Phillips, W. 16. The neural representation of objects in space: A dual coding account. (1998), Humphreys, G.W. 17. Visual and spatial short-term memory in visual agnosia. (2003), Riddoch, M.J., Humphreys, G.W., Hardy, E., Blott, W. & Smith, A. Part 5: The written word 18. The ‘special effect’ of case mixing on word identification: Neuropsychological and TMS studies dissociating case mixing from contrast reduction. (2006), Braet, W. & Humphreys, G.W. Part 6: Living with agnosia 19. Memories are made of this: The effects of time on stored visual knowledge in a case of visual agnosia. (1999), Riddoch, M.J., Humphreys, G.W., Gannon, T., Blott, W. & Jones, V.

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Book SynopsisThe God of the Left Hemisphere explores the remarkable connections between the activities and functions of the human brain that writer William Blake termed 'Urizen' and the powerful complex of rationalising and ordering processes which modern neuroscience identifies as 'left hemisphere' brain activity. The book argues that Blake's profound understanding of the human brain is finding surprising corroboration in recent neuroscientific discoveries, such as those of the influential Harvard neuro-anatomist Jill Bolte Taylor, and it explores Blake's provocative supposition that the emergence of these rationalising, law-making, and 'limiting' activities within the human brain has been recorded in the earliest Creation texts, such as the Hebrew Bible, Plato's Timaeus, and the Norse sagas. Blake's prescient insight into the nature and origins of this dominant force within the brain allows him to radically reinterpret the psychological basis of the entity usually referred to in these texts as 'God'.The book draws in particular on the work of Bolte Taylor, whose study in this area is having a profound impact on how we understand mental activity and processes. Bolte Taylor was listed as one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in 2008 and her book recounting her research into left and right brain activity spent seventeen weeks in the New York Times best-seller list. The God of the Left Hemisphere also dovetails in many exciting and provocative ways with Iain McGilchrist's recent study of the impact of brain lateralisation on human culture in The Master and his Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World (2009). It is significant in this respect that McGilchrist also sees Blake's figure of Urizen as an 'instantiation of the left hemisphere take on the world'.In the second part of the book the author extends Blake's understanding of Urizenic activities and functions into a broader discussion concerning the place of both religion and rationality in contemporary culture. In particular, he examines Blake's contention that whilst religion and rationalistic science are supposed to be at loggerheads, symptomatic of a 'two cultures' divide, what they resemble more are different (or rival) versions of essentially similar systems of thoughts ('R1' and 'R2'). In order to clarify the nature of this relationship the author updates Blake's original imagery of mills and machinery to denote Urizenic processes and employs instead the more modern metaphor of rival operating systems, battling it out for supremacy of the left brain. Blake's presentation of Urizen as the 'Holy Reasoning Power' succinctly captures what he saw as the underlying rationalizing processes of orthodox religion as well as the religious and largely unconscious nature of much post-Newtonian science.Trade Review'Absolutely fascinating - in fact both revelatory and thrilling.' - Philip Pullman, author of His Dark Materials, and President of the Blake Society'Blake's thought cries out to be understood in the light of cerebral asymmetry. This is a highly original and stimulating book, the best I have read on one of the greatest of English poets.' - Iain McGilchrist, author of The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World'This is a book to go on every Romantics reading list - a marvellous exposition of Blake's thought and writing. But it is also a deeply wise book, from which every one can learn something that might change their lives.'- Lucy Newlyn, Professor of English Language and Literature at Oxford University, and author of Reading, Writing, and Romanticism: The Anxiety of Reception and William and Dorothy Wordsworth: All in Each Other'Roderick Tweedy's book makes salutary reading and shows why Blake's work is not solely a matter of historical interest but also has an important contribution to make to our contemporary intellectual life as well as our pedagogy.'- Professor Christopher Rowland, Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford, and author of Blake and the Bible'The book is, in its exhilaratingly wide-ranging scope, reminiscent of Freud's late work - ambitious and meta-theory building. - Nigel Barrow, The Bulletin Book Review (2014), Association of Child Therapists'A fascinating book, which unearths amazing parallels between the poetry of William Blake and modern neuroscience. This book shows that Blake's poetry was even more insightful and prophetic than previously thought. At the same time, the book is a very enlightening examination of the pathology of the human psyche, and the pathological culture it has given rise to, offering urgent suggestions on how a new self - and a new world - may come into being.' - Steve Taylor, author of The Fall: The Insanity of the Ego in Human History and the Dawning of a New Era and Back to Sanity: Healing the Madness of our Minds'I found this book profoundly engaging, through its thesis that both individually and collectively humans in our social systems have privileged left hemisphere functioning (information processing, domination, atomising, rationalising, and mechanising) over more imaginative and intuitive apprehensions of reality, involving creativity and the discovery of meaning. This book promotes a form of learning that stimulates the growth of connections between the two cerebral hemispheres of the brain and allows people greater access to their creative, intellectual and emotional selves.'- Dr. Mannie Sher, Director of the Group Relations Programme and Principal Researcher and Consultant at the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, and author of The Dynamics of Change: Tavistock Approaches to Improving Social Systems'Exhilarating reading' - Steff Oates, Review in The Transactional Analyst (Winter 2013/14)'This is an important book in finally understanding Blake's astonishing insights into the human brain and his ability not only to deduce function but to also locate areas of functionality structurally. Dr. Tweedy's work is exceptionally erudite and compelling. He brings the subject to life and I expect this work will have a profound impact on Blake studies. I highly recommend this work.'- John C. Espy, member of the American Academy of Psychotherapists, the American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work, former neurotoxicologist with NASA, and author of the acclaimed trilogy Eat The Evidence.Table of ContentsPreface , Introduction , The Looking-Glass , The origins of Urizen , Urizen and the left hemisphere , The myth of Genesis , The marriage of heaven and hell , Down the Rabbit-Hole , The God of reason , Urizenic religion and Urizenic reason: R1 and R2 , The left hemisphere agenda , Twilight of the psychopaths , More than man: the dragon Urizen , The Selfhood & the fires of Los , Conclusion , Appendix

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Book SynopsisThe study of consciousness is recognized as one of the biggest remaining challenges to the scientific community. This book provides a fascinating introduction to the new science that promises to illuminate our understanding of the subject. Consciousness covers all the main approaches to the modern scientific study of consciousness, and also gives the necessary historical, philosophical and conceptual background to the field. Current scientific evidence and theory from the fields of neuropsychology, cognitive neuroscience, brain imaging and the study of altered states of consciousness such as dreaming, hypnosis, meditation and out-of-body experiences is presented. Revonsuo provides an integrative review of the major existing philosophical and empirical theories of consciousness and identifies the most promising areas for future developments in the field. This textbook offers a readable and timely introduction to the science of consciousness for anyone interested in this compelling area, especially undergraduates studying psychology, philosophy, cognition, neuroscience and related fields.Trade Review"With Consciousness: the Science of Subjectivity Antti Revonsuo has written a wonderfully clear, very well-organized and insightful introduction to the philosophical and empirical study of consciousness. ... He employs a crystal clear language and organizes his paragraphs and introduction of very diverse philosophical and empirical theories in an explanatory order. The shortness of the paragraphs makes it easy to digest new information. This is further aided by the short summaries and enumeration of discussion questions at the end of each chapter and the glossary at the end of the book. All of this makes this an excellent introduction in the study of subjectivity for the beginning student, but equally so for the conference participants in the big interdisciplinary conferences on consciousness." - Fauve Lybaert, University of Leuven, in Metapsychology Online Reviews"Everybody talks about consciousness, but hardly anyone has written a textbook about it that could be used as the basis for a survey course. Revonsuo’s book closes that gap." - John F. Kihlstrom, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley"This book provides a major new discussion of consciousness, suitable for a wide range of readers. It is written in an admirably clear and scholarly way, and covers a wide range of issues thrown up by recent philosophical, psychological and neuroscientific research on consciousness. It would be excellent as a primary text for many introductory courses on consciousness, and I think this book will quickly become a major text in the area." - Steve Torrance, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Research in Cognitive Science, University of Sussex“Revonsuo’s book is very well organized and as such offers a highly systematic approach to what is often a chaotic assembly of conflicting ideas. Students will particularly like the range and the inclusion of chapters on altered states, hypnosis and meditation, etc., particularly as some of this is the author’s specialty.” - Guy Saunders, Department of Psychology, University of the West of England"Everybody talks about consciousness, but hardly anyone has written a textbook about it that could be used as the basis for a survey course. Revonsuo’s book closes that gap." - John F. Kihlstrom, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, USA"This book provides a major new discussion of consciousness, suitable for a wide range of readers. It is written in an admirably clear and scholarly way, and covers a wide range of issues thrown up by recent philosophical, psychological and neuroscientific research on consciousness. It would be excellent as a primary text for many introductory courses on consciousness, and I think this book will quickly become a major text in the area." - Steve Torrance, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Research in Cognitive Science, University of Sussex, UK"Revonsuo’s book is very well organized and as such offers a highly systematic approach to what is often a chaotic assembly of conflicting ideas. Students will particularly like the range and the inclusion of chapters on altered states, hypnosis and meditation, etc., particularly as some of this is the author’s specialty." - Guy Saunders, Department of Psychology, University of the West of England, UKTable of ContentsPart 1. Background of the Science of Consciousness. Introduction: Consciousness and Its Place in the Scientific View of the World. 1. The Philosophical Foundations of Consciousness Science. 2. The Historical Foundations of Consciousness Science. 3. The Conceptual Foundations of Consciousness Science. Part 2. Central Domains of Consciousness Science I: Neuropsychology and Consciousness. 4. Neuropsychological Deficits of Visual Consciousness. 5. Neuropsychological Dissociations of Visual Consciousness from Behaviour. 6. Neuropsychological Disorders of Self-Awareness. Part 3. Central Domains of Consciousness Science II: Neural Correlates of Consciousness (NCC). 7. Methods and Design of NCC Experiments. 8. Studies on the Neural Basis of Consciousness as a State. 9. Studies on the Neural Basis of Visual Consciousness. Part 4. Central Domains of Consciousness Science III: Theories of Consciousness. 10. Philosophical Theories of Consciousness. 11. Empirical Theories of Consciousness. Part 5. Central Domains of Consciousness Science IV: Altered States of Consciousness. 12. What is an "Altered State of Consciousness" (ASC)? 13. Dreaming and Sleep. 14. Hypnosis. 15. Higher States of Consciousness. 16. Epilogue: Reflections on the Science of Subjective Experience.

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Book SynopsisTacit knowledge is the form of implicit knowledge that we rely on for learning. It is invoked in a wide range of intellectual inquiries, from traditional academic subjects to more pragmatically orientated investigations into the nature and transmission of skills and expertise. Notwithstanding its apparent pervasiveness, the notion of tacit knowledge is a complex and puzzling one. What is its status as knowledge? What is its relation to explicit knowledge? What does it mean to say that knowledge is tacit? Can it be measured? Recent years have seen a growing interest from philosophers in understanding the nature of tacit knowledge. Philosophers of science have discussed its role in scientific problem-solving; philosophers of language have been concerned with the speaker's relation to grammatical theories; and phenomenologists have attempted to describe the relation of explicit theoretical knowledge to a background understanding of matters that are taken for granted. This book seeks to bring a unity to these diverse philosophical discussions by clarifying their conceptual underpinnings. In addition the book advances a specific account of tacit knowledge that elucidates the importance of the concept for understanding the character of human cognition, and demonstrates the relevance of the recommended account to those concerned with the communication of expertise. The book will be of interest to philosophers of language, epistemologists, cognitive psychologists and students of theoretical linguistics.Trade Review"A prodigious engagement of all sorts of relevant literature, propounding a carefully crafted thesis and defence of tacit knowledge. Taken as a whole, the book's overarching argument is professionally and intentionally forwarded... a substantive, fresh contribution to ongoing debate." – Notre Dame Philosophical ReviewsTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Making it Explicit: Three Sources for Tacit Knowledge 2. Knowing How and Knowing That 3. Wittgenstein's Regress Argument and Personal Knowledge 4. Being in the Background 5. Second Natures 6. Tacit Knowledge and Language

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Book SynopsisThe intellectual development of human beings from birth to adulthood is a fascinating phenomenon. Understanding the constraints that limit children’s intelligence, as well as discovering methods to improve it, has always been a challenging undertaking for developmental psychologists. This book presents a unique attempt to address these issues by establishing a dialogue between neo-Piagetian theorists and researchers specialized in typical and atypical working memory development.The book integrates recent advances in studies of working memory development with theories proposed by the most prominent neo-Piagetian researchers who have emphasized the role of cognitive resources and working memory capacity in the development of thinking and reasoning. In the opening section, the main proponents of this tradition develop their theories of cognitive development in terms of available mental attention, processing efficiency and speed, inhibition and relational complexity. The second part of the book addresses the mechanisms that underpin the increase in working memory capacity and the respective roles of processing efficiency, storage capacity, and the use of reactivation processes of memory traces such as rehearsal. Finally, the central role played by working memory in atypical development and learning difficulties is examined.This book provides psychologists, students and researchers who are interested in child development with an integrated and up-to-date series of chapters written by prominent specialists in the areas of working memory, attention, and cognitive development. Trade Review"Cognitive Development and Working Memory is a highly integrative review of research on working memory development by leading members in the field of child intellectual development. The range of work showcased in this volume makes it an indispensible introduction for advanced graduate students and an excellent reference for more advanced theorists and experimenters in the field. They will find this book an incomparable, cuttingedge reference for the major stakes and prospects in child memory development, Piagetian and cognitivist." - Jason T. Ramsay, in PsycCRITIQUES"This book brings together a selected group of leading researchers to discuss a currently hot topic. The authors represent different theoretical approaches and research groups, and each chapter contributes in its unique way, using theoretical modelling and experimental and individual-difference studies, to a debate that has become highly relevant in the scientific community. The book is excellent." - Sergio Morra, Unit of Psychology, University of Genoa, Italy"Cognitive Development and Working Memory is a highly integrative review of research on working memory development by leading members in the field of child intellectual development. The range of work showcased in this volume makes it an indispensible introduction for advanced graduate students and an excellent reference for more advanced theorists and experimenters in the field. They will find this book an incomparable, cuttingedge reference for the major stakes and prospects in child memory development, Piagetian and cognitivist." - Jason T. Ramsay, in PsycCRITIQUES"This book brings together a selected group of leading researchers to discuss a currently hot topic. The authors represent different theoretical approaches and research groups, and each chapter contributes in its unique way, using theoretical modelling and experimental and individual-difference studies, to a debate that has become highly relevant in the scientific community. The book is excellent." - Sergio Morra, Unit of Psychology, University of Genoa, ItalyTable of ContentsP.Barrouillet, V.Gaillard, Introduction: From Neo-Piagetian Theories to Working memory Development Studies Part 1. Neo Piagetian Theories to Working Memory Development Studies J. Pascual-Leone, J. Johnson, A Developmental Theory of Mental Attention: Its Application to Measurement and Task Analysis G. Andrews, G.S.Halford, Recent Advances in Relational Complexity Theory and Its Application to Cognitive Development A. Demetriou, A. Mouyi, Processing Efficiency, Representational Capacity, and Reasoning: Modelling Their Dynamic Interactions A. De Ribaupierre, D. Fagot, T. Lecerf, Working Memory Capacity and its Role in Cognitive Development: Are Age Differences Driven by the Same Processes Across the Lifespan? Part 2. Underlying Processes of Working Memory Development N.Cowan, C.C.Morey, A.M. AuBuchon, C.E. Zwilling, A.L.Gilchrist, J. Scott Saults, New Insights Into An Old Problem: Distinguishing Storage From Processing in the Development of Working Memory V. Camos, P. Barrouillet, Factors of Working Memory Development: The Time-Based Resource-Sharing Approach C. Jarrold, H. Tam, Rehearsal and the Development of Working Memory Part 3. Working Memory in Typical and Atypical Development H.L. Swanson, The Influence of Working Memory Growth on Reading and Math Performance in Children With Math And/ Or Reading Disabilities T. Packiam Alloway, L. Archibald, Working Memory in Development: Links with Learning Between Typical and Atypical Populations

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Book SynopsisThere is a growing acknowledgement of the importance of integrating the study of reasoning with other areas of cognitive psychology. The purpose of this volume is to examine the extent to which we can further our understanding of reasoning by integrating findings, theories and paradigms in the field of memory. Reasoning as Memory consists of nine chapters that make explicit links between basic memory process, and reasoning and decision-making. The contributors address a number of key topics including: the relationship between semantic memory and reasoning the role of expert memory in reasoning recognition memory and induction working memory and reasoning metamemory in reasoning. In addition, the chapters provide broad coverage of the field of thinking, and invite the intriguing question of how much there is left to explain in the field of reasoning when one has extracted the variance due to memory.This book will be of great interest to advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers interested in reasoning or decision making, and to researchers interested in the role played in cognition by a variety of memory processes.Trade Review‘Reasoning has been largely studied using abstract materials unconnected to prior knowledge, and yet much (and probably most) real life reasoning does involve meaningful materials that connect to episodic and semantic memory contents. Feeney and Thompson have assembled an impressive range of contributors to examine the influence of such knowledge on reasoning. The volume is a major contribution and I recommend it strongly.’ – Ken Gilhooly, University of Hertfordshire and Brunel University London, UKTable of Contents1. Reasoning and memory: A case for integration, Valerie A. Thompson and Aidan Feeney 2 Working memory capacity and reasoning, Nash Unsworth 3. Relational processing in reasoning: The role of working memory, Graeme S. Halford, Glenda Andrews, and William H. Wilson 4. Conditional reasoning and semantic memory retrieval, Henry Markovits 5. A memory theoretic account of hypothesis generation and judgment and decision making, Nicolas D. Lange, Daniel R. Buttaccio, Amber M. Sprenger, Isaiah Harbison, Rick P. Thomas, and Michael R. Dougherty 6. Gist memory in reasoning and decision making: Age, experience, and expertise, Evan A Wilhelms, Jonathan C. Corbin, and Valerie F. Reyna 7. From tool to theory: What recognition memory reveals about inductive reasoning, Aidan Feeney, Brett Hayes, and Evan Heit 8. Knowledge structures involved in episodic future thinking, Arnaud D’Argembeau 9. Intuition: Introducing affect into cognition, Sascha Topolinski 10. Meta-reasoning: What can we learn from meta-memory? Rakefet Ackerman and Valerie A. Thompson

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Book SynopsisMemory is one of the core areas of academic research in cognitive psychology. Psychology Library Editions: Memory brings together a series of previously out-of-print titles, available as a 27-volume set or as individual volumes. The authors come from diverse backgrounds and many of them are now leading experts in their fields. The majority of titles were originally published in the 1970s and 1980s and reflect early research in a number of key areas. The volumes cover topics such as memory development in children; memory and aging; memory and thinking; memory and language; working memory; and memory disorders, to name but a few. This is a great opportunity to obtain a valuable resource tracing the development of a major field of psychology.

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Book SynopsisSpeech Perception and Spoken Word Recognition features contributions from the field’s leading scientists, and covers recent developments and current issues in the study of cognitive and neural mechanisms that take patterns of air vibrations and turn them ‘magically’ into meaning. The volume makes a unique theoretical contribution in linking behavioural and cognitive neuroscience research, and cutting across traditional strands of study, such as adult and developmental processing.The book: Focusses on the state of the art in the study of speech perception and spoken word recognition Discusses the interplay between behavioural and cognitive neuroscience evidence, and between adult and developmental research Evaluates key theories in the field and relates them to recent empirical advances, including the relationship between speech perception and speech production, meaning representation and real-time activation, and bilingual and monolingual spoken word recognition Examines emerging areas of study such as word learning and time-course of memory consolidation, and how the science of human speech perception can help computer speech recognition Overall this book presents a renewed focus on theoretical and developmental issues, as well as a multifaceted and broad review of the state of research, in speech perception and spoken word recognition. Particularly interested readers will be researchers of psycholinguistics and adjoining fields as well as advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students.Trade Review'I think it's an absolutely top-notch proposal and we should definitely say yes. I know Gareth well, and he's a world expert and big name in the area, so we're lucky to have him.' - Trevor Harley, Series Editor'The list of proposed contributors (the majority of whom have agreed to contribute) is outstanding. I expect it would be a well-used library book.’ - Jeffrey Bowers, Professor of Psychology, University of Bristol, UK‘I think that the chapters in the proposed volume are very likely to succeed in presenting a new synthesis of recent behavioural and cognitive neuroscience research on speech perception and spoken word recognition. […] The current proposal is interesting, exciting and original.’ - Matt Davis, Programme Leader – Hearing, Speech and Language, University of Cambridge, UKTable of ContentsChapter 1 Representation of speech (Ingrid S. Johnsrude & Bradley R. Buchsbaum) Chapter 2 Perception and production of speech – connected, but how? (Sophie K. Scott) Chapter 3 Consonant bias in the use of phonological information during lexical processing: A lifespan and cross-linguistic perspective (Thierry Nazzi & Silvana Poltrock) Chapter 4 Speech segmentation (Sven L. Mattys & Heather Bortfeld) Chapter 5 Mapping spoken words to meaning (James S. Magnuson) Chapter 6 Zones of proximal development for models of spoken word recognition (Daniel Mirman) Chapter 7 Learning and integration of new word-forms: Consolidation, pruning and the emergence of automaticity (Bob McMurray, Efthymia C. Kapnoula & M. Gareth Gaskell) Chapter 8 Bilingual spoken word recognition (Peiyao Chen & Viorica Marian) Chapter 9 The effect of speech sound disorders on the developing language system: Implications for treatment and future directions in research (Breanna I. Krueger & Holly L. Storkel) Chapter 10 Speech perception by humans and machines (Matthew H. Davis & Odette Scharenborg)

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Book SynopsisFirst published in English in 1970, the first chapter of the book is concerned with conditioned reactions. Jean François le Ny discusses ways in which conditioned reactions are acquired and the laws governing their function.The second contributor, Gérard de Montpellier, looks at different types of learning. The varying processes involved in both animal and human learning are considered, together with some general factors and mechanisms of learning. The third section of the book by Geneviève Oléron deals with the phenomenon of transfer. Among the topics included are the determination of transfer effects, transfer in perceptual-motor activities and explanations of transfer. In the final chapter, César Florès examines memory, forgetting and reminiscence. The discussion covers methodology, the influence of material, the role of practice, the part played by attitudes, motivation and emotive reactions in the memory process, as well as the importance of organisation of memory tasks on the part of the subject.Table of ContentsOriginally part of a 9-volume set the chapter numbering is sequential throughout the volumes.11. Jean-François Le Ny Conditioned Reactions 12. Gérard de Montpellier Learning 13. Geneviève Oléron Transfer 14. César Florès Memory. Index

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Book SynopsisFirst published in English in 1968, Joseph Nuttin contributes the first chapter, on Motivation. He discusses various aspects of the motivational process. Such as incentives, conflict, social motivation, and negative motivation, and describes the mechanism of the process. The second chapter, by Paul Fraisse, is on the Emotions. Fraisse examines the nature of the emotions, both on the behavioural and on the neurophysiological levels, and goes on to define and discuss moving situations. He shows the different types of expression an emotional reaction may take, and discusses the causes of hyper-emotionality. Richard Meili writes on the Structure of the Personality, showing the importance of the idea of trait in the psychology of personality. He describes the use of the factorial method in the analysis of personality, and gives an account of the beginnings of personality, as well as the different parts, known as instances, of the total organization of personality.Table of ContentsOriginally part of a 9-volume set the chapter numbering is sequential throughout the volumes.15. Joseph Nuttin Motivation 16. Paul Fraisse The Emotions 17. Richard Meili The Structure of the Personality

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Book SynopsisThis book, first published in 1979, is about how we see: the environment around us (its surfaces, their layout, and their colors and textures); where we are in the environment; whether or not we are moving and, if we are, where we are going; what things are good for; how to do things (to thread a needle or drive an automobile); or why things look as they do.The basic assumption is that vision depends on the eye which is connected to the brain. The author suggests that natural vision depends on the eyes in the head on a body supported by the ground, the brain being only the central organ of a complete visual system. When no constraints are put on the visual system, people look around, walk up to something interesting and move around it so as to see it from all sides, and go from one vista to another. That is natural vision -- and what this book is about.Table of ContentsIntroduction to the Classic Edition by William M. Mace. Preface. Introduction. Part I: The Environment To Be Perceived.The Animal and the Environment. Medium, Substances, Surfaces. The Meaningful Environment. Part II: The Information For Visual Perception.The Relationship Between Stimulation and Stimulus Information. The Ambient Optic Array. Events and the Information for Perceiving Events. The Optical Information for Self-Perception. The Theory of Affordances. PartIII: Visual Perception.Experimental Evidence for Direct Perception: Persisting Layout. Experiments on the Perception of Motion in the World and Movement of the Self. The Discovery of the Occluding Edge and Its Implications for Perception. Looking with the Head and Eyes. Locomotion and Manipulation. The Theory of Information Pickup and Its Consequences. Part IV: Depiction. Pictures and Visual Awareness. Motion Pictures and Visual Awareness. Conclusion. Appendixes: The Principal Terms Used in Ecological Optics. The Concept of Invariants in Ecological Optics.

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Book SynopsisThe study of bilingualism and all of its aspects – from theory and models to social approaches and their practical applications – forms the cornerstone of the 2nd edition of this work. The chapters cover the latest advancements in the domains of psycholinguistics, neuroscience, creativity, and executive functioning. Contributions, new to this edition, offer the reader the most up-to-date research on lifespan and developmental issues. The work also provides insight into how human language is processed by all, not just by bilingual and multilingual speakers.This text is ideal for senior undergraduate and graduate courses in psycholinguistics and the psychology of language, especially those with an emphasis on bilingualism or second language learning.Table of ContentsSection 1. Introduction: Methodological and Theoretical Background 1. Introduction Jeanette Altarriba and Roberto R. Heredia 2. Bilingual Research Methods Viorica Marian 3. Bilingual Mental Models Roberto R. Heredia and Anna B. Cieślicka Section 2. Cognitive and Neurological Mechanisms 4. The Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism Crystal J. Robinson and Jeanette Altarriba 5. Multilingualism Processing and Aging Kees de Bot and Nienke Houtzager 6. The Bilingual Brain Angélique Blackburn 7. The Bilingual Brain Revisited: What is Right and What is Left? Jyotsna Vaid Section 3. Creativity and Developmental Principles 8. Bilingualism and Creativty Anatoliy Kharkhurin 9. Bilingualism and Executive Functioning Kenneth R. Paap 10. Bilingualism and Language Cognitive Development Elena Nicoladis and Lisa Smithson Section 4. Social and Socio-Cultural Processes 11. Social Psychology of Bilingualism Luis A. Vega 12. The Social and Cultural Contexts of Bilingualism Barbara E. Bullock and Almeida Jacquline Toribio 14. Code-Switching Dalia Magaña Section 5. Linguistics, Second Language Acquistion, and Communication Disorders 15. Linguistic Contributions to Bilingualism Vivian Cook 16. Second Language Acquisiton and Bilingualism Susan Gass and Margo Glew 17. Bilingualism and Communication Disorders M. Adelaida Restrepo, Ashley Adams, and Beatriz Barragan

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Book SynopsisComputational modeling has tremendously advanced our understanding of the processes involved in normal and impaired reading. While previous research has mainly focused on simulating reading aloud of monosyllabic words in English, the present special issue highlights some new directions in the field of word recognition and reading aloud. These new lines of research include the learning orthographic and phonological representations in both supervised and unsupervised networks, and the extension of existing models to multi-syllabic word processing both in English and in other languages, such as Italian, French and German. The special issue also covers hotly debated issues concerning the front-end of the reading process, the neural plausibility of current models of word recognition and naming, the viability of Bayesian approaches to understanding reading, as well as the long-standing opposition between rule-based and statistical learning. Finally, this special issue includes simulation work on novel benchmark phenomena, such as the effects of fast phonology, masked onset priming and syllabic neighbourhood. Altogether, the present special issue provides a critical analysis and synthesis of current computational models of reading and cutting edge research concerning the next generation of computational models of word recognition and reading aloud.Table of ContentsD.E. Sibley, C.T. Kello, M.S. Seidenberg, Learning Orthographic and Phonological Representations in Models of Monosyllabic and Bisyllabic Naming. S. Dufau, B. Lété, C. Touzet, H. Glotin, J.C. Ziegler, J. Grainger, A Developmental Perspective on Visual Word Recognition: New Evidence and a Self-Organizing Model. C.J. Davis, SOLAR Versus SERIOL Revisited. P. Mousikou, M. Coltheart, S. Saunders, Computational Modeling of the Masked Onset Priming Effect in Reading Aloud. K. Diependaele, J.C. Ziegler, J. Grainger, Fast Phonology and the Bi-modal Interactive Activation Model. J.S. Bowers, Does Masked and Unmasked Priming Reflect Bayesian Inference as Implemented in the Bayesian Reader? C. Perry, J.C. Ziegler, M. Braun, M. Zorzi, Rules Versus Statistics in Reading Aloud: New Evidence on an Old Debate. G. Pagliuca, P. Monaghan, Discovering Large Grain-sizes in a Transparent Orthography: Insights from a Connectionist Model of Italian Word Naming. M. Zorzi, The Connectionist Dual Process (CDP) Approach to Modeling Reading Aloud. M. Conrad, S. Tamm, M. Carreiras, A.M. Jacobs, Simulating Syllable Frequency Effects Within an Interactive Activation Framework.

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Book SynopsisThis special issue is a tribute to Michael W. Eysenck, a distinguished pioneer in the field of cognition and emotion, and the founding editor of the Journal of Cognitive Psychology. It consists of a collection of theoretical as well as empirical papers by eminent scholars who have led the field of cognition and emotion in their own right. In keeping with Mike Eysenck’s original ideas, information-processing and attentional control are dominant themes across a diversity of interesting studies and theoretical models that provide a state-of-the-art update on biological influences on cognition, cognitive influences on emotion, and personality traits influencing cognition and emotion. Table of ContentsDerakshan, N., & Koster, E. H. W. /Information processing, affect, and psychopathology: A Festschrift for Michael W. Eysenck -- Baddeley, A., Banse, R., Huang, Y.-M., & Page, M. /Working memory and emotion: Detecting the hedonic detector -- Ohman, A., Soares, S. C., Juth, P., Lindstrom, B.,& Esteves, F. /Evolutionary derived modulations of attention to two common fear stimuli: Serpents and hostile humans -- Grafton, B., Watkins, E., & MacLeod, C. /The ups and downs of cognitive bias: Dissociating the attentional characteristics of positive and negative affectivity -- Reinholdt-Dunne, M. L., Mogg, K., Benson, V., Bradley, B. P., Hardin, M. G., Liversedge, S. P., Pine, D. S., & Ernst, M. /Anxiety and selective attention to angry faces: An antisaccade study -- Calvo, M. G., Gutierrez, A., & Fernandez-Martfn, A. /Anxiety and deficient inhibition of threat distractors: Spatial attention span and time course -- Berggren, N., Koster, E. H. W., & Derakshan, N. /The effect of cognitive load in emotional attention and trait anxiety: An eye movement study -- Mathews, A. /Effects of modifying the interpretation of emotional ambiguity -- Fox, E., & Standage, H. /Variation on the serotonin transporter gene and bias in the interpretation of ambiguity.

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Book SynopsisWhat we see and understand about the visual world is tightly tied to where we direct our eyes. High-resolution visual information is acquired from only a very limited region of the scene surrounding the fixation point, with the quality of visual input falling off precipitously from central vision into a low-resolution visual surround. This special issue of Visual Cognition brings together cutting-edge research from eight research groups around the world whose work is focused on these important topics. The goal of this special issue is to facilitate a constructive convergence of behavioral data and computational modeling to explore the fundamental nature of attention control, and particularly eye movement control, in viewing complex visual input.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Computational Approaches to Reading and Scene Perception John M. Henderson 2. Eye movements in reading versus non-reading tasks: Using E-Z Reader to understand the role of word/stimulus familiarity Erik D. Reichle, Keith Rayner and Alexander Pollatsek 3. The zoom lens of attention: Simulating shuffled versus normal text reading using the SWIFT model Daniel J. Schad and Ralf Engbert 4. The utility of modelling word identification from visual input within models of eye movements in reading Klinton Bicknell and Roger Levy 5. Using CRISP to model global characteristics of fixation durations in scene viewing and reading with a common mechanism Antje Nuthmann and John M. Henderson 6. Eye movement prediction and variability on natural video data sets Michael Dorr, Eleonora Vig and Erhardt Barth 7. TAM: Explaining off-object fixations and central fixation tendencies as effects of population averaging during search Gregory J. Zelinsky 8. Modelling the influence of central and peripheral information on saccade biases in gaze-contingent scene viewing Tom Foulsham and Alan Kingstone 9. Influence of the amount of context learned for improving object classification when simultaneously learning object and contextual cues Sophie Marat and Laurent Itti

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Book SynopsisIn the late-1980s, visual cognition was a small subfield of cognitive psychology, and the standard texts mainly discussed just iconic memory in their sections on visual cognition. In the subsequent two decades, and especially very recently, many remarkable new aspects of the processing of brief visual stimuli have been discovered -- change blindness, repetition blindness, the attentional blink, newly-discovered properties of visual short-term memory and of the face recognition system, the influence of reentrant processing on visual perception, and the surprisingly intimate relationships between eyeblinks and visual cognition. This volume provides up-to-date tutorial reviews of these many new developments in the study of visual cognition written by the leaders in the discipline, providing an incisive and comprehensive survey of research in this dynamic field.Trade Review"The eyeblink chapter I enjoyed simply because it prompted thought and questions about things I hadn’t previously considered, which is what a book aimed at this level should do. … Senior academics who regularly supervise projects spanning the areas discussed, and departments/libraries with at least a moderate focus on visual cognition research, would benefit strongly from having this text available as a starting point for their postgraduate students." – Craig Hedge, University of Bristol, in PerceptionTable of ContentsV. Coltheart, Introduction to Tutorials in Visual Cognition. V. Di Lollo, Iterative Reentrant Processing: A Conceptual Framework for Perception and Cognition. W. Prinzmetal, A.N. Landau, Dissecting Spatial Visual Attention. J. Theeuwes, A. Belopolsky, Top-down and Bottom-up Control of Visual Selection: Controversies and Debate. J.M. Wolfe, T.S. Horowitz, E.M. Palmer, K.O. Michod, M.J. Van Wert, Getting Into Guided Search. D.E. Irwin, L.E. Thomas, Eyeblinks and Cognition. P. Jolicœur, R. Dell’Acqua, B. Brisson, N. Robitaille, K. Sauvé, É. Leblanc, D. Prime, S. Grimault, R. Marois, P. Sessa, C. Grova, J.-M. Lina, A.-S. Dubarry, Visual Spatial Attention and Visual Short-term Memory: Electromagnetic Explorations of Mind. V. Coltheart, A Review of Repetition Blindness Phenomena and Theories. P. Smith, Spatial Attention and the Detection of Weak Visual Signals. E. McKone, Face and Object Recognition: How Do They Differ? R. Palermo, G. Rhodes, Is Face Processing Automatic? C. Umiltà, K. Priftis, M. Zorzi. Visuo-spatial Representation of Number Magnitude. M. Coltheart, V. Coltheart, Visual Memories.

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