Cognition and cognitive psychology Books
Cambridge University Press Cognitive and Emotional Study Strategies for Students with Dyslexia in Higher Education
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Cambridge University Press Cognitive Ontology
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Cambridge University Press Global Variation in Literacy Development
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Cambridge University Press The Emergence of Insight
Book SynopsisWritten for those interested in the study of the mind and the brain, this authoritative and accessible volume explores how our mind comes up with and reacts to creative ideas. There is focus on both the conditions associated with creative insight and the Aha! moment, itself.
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Cambridge University Press The Emergence of Insight
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Cambridge University Press Cognition
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Cambridge University Press The Creativity Advantage
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Cambridge University Press The Neuroscience of Language
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Cambridge University Press Brain Imaging Essentials
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Cambridge University Press Brain Imaging Essentials
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Cambridge University Press Empathy
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Cambridge University Press Multimedia Comprehension
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Cambridge University Press Multimedia Comprehension
Book SynopsisMultimedia Comprehension presents a synthesis of theory and research about how people comprehend multimedia communications. Readers will gain knowledge and understanding of the functions of different forms of representation, how to enhance higher order cognitive processing, and how to make better practical decisions for multimedia design.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. A short history of multimedia sign systems; 3. Basic forms of representations; 4. Comprehension of text; 5. Comprehension of pictures; 6. Integrative comprehension of texts and pictures; 7. Quasi-Symbolic relations between text and picture comprehension; 8. Beyond comprehension: multimedia in thinking and problem solving; 9. Practical implications; Concluding remarks.
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Cambridge University Press The Intelligence of Intuition
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Cambridge University Press Science of the Supernatural
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Cambridge University Press Encouraging Innovation
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Cambridge University Press Encouraging Innovation
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Cambridge University Press Cognitive Neuroscience of DecisionMaking
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Cambridge University Press The Psychology of Human Temporality
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Cambridge University Press Human Memory
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Cambridge University Press The Computational Theory of Mind
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Cambridge University Press Empathy
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Cambridge University Press Creative Agency Unbound
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Cambridge University Press Pragmatics in the Health Sciences
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Cambridge University Press Visualvestibular Integration in Challenging Environments
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Cambridge University Press The Imagination Pulse
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Cambridge University Press Knowledge Doesnt Exist and Other Thoughts on Critical Thinking
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Cambridge University Press Diffusion Process Models of Decision Making Volume 1
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Cambridge University Press Explanation and Critical Thinking in the Neurosciences
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Cambridge University Press Metaphor Wars
Book SynopsisThe study of metaphor is now firmly established as a central topic within cognitive science and the humanities. This book explores the critical role that conceptual metaphors play in language, thought, cultural and expressive actions. It evaluates the arguments and evidence for and against conceptual metaphors across academic disciplines.Trade Review'Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr discusses serious issues clearly, eloquently, and always listening to the arguments raised by the critics. He patiently presents his counter-arguments and talks about the many research results produced by the conceptual metaphor theory community, and outside it, results that many of the critics have not even heard of or simply ignored.' Zoltán Kövecses, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest'This book, by one of the top researchers in cognitive linguistics, is an important contribution to the debate about how people use and understand metaphor … Scholars and researchers engaged directly in metaphor research will find it essential reading.' PsycCRITIQUESTable of Contents1. What are metaphor wars?; 2. Conceptual metaphor analysis; 3. Identifying metaphors in language; 4. Inferring conceptual metaphors from language; 5. Psychology of conceptual metaphors in verbal metaphor use; 6. Conceptual metaphors in multimodal experience; 7. Conclusion and the future; Endnotes; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Computational Modeling of Cognition and Behavior
Book SynopsisComputational modeling is now ubiquitous in psychology, and researchers who are not modelers may find it increasingly difficult to follow the theoretical developments in their field. This book presents an integrated framework for the development and application of models in psychology and related disciplines. Researchers and students are given the knowledge and tools to interpret models published in their area, as well as to develop, fit, and test their own models. Both the development of models and key features of any model are covered, as are the applications of models in a variety of domains across the behavioural sciences. A number of chapters are devoted to fitting models using maximum likelihood and Bayesian estimation, including fitting hierarchical and mixture models. Model comparison is described as a core philosophy of scientific inference, and the use of models to understand theories and advance scientific discourse is explained.Trade Review'I shudder to think about the time I could have saved had this book been available earlier. This educational masterpiece presents classic insights, modern methods, concrete examples, and expert advice; it should be required reading for anybody who seeks to understand human cognition and behavior.' Eric-Jan Wagenmakers, Universiteit van Amsterdam'This timely book is a must-read for every aspiring student of cognitive modeling. It provides a comprehensive and in-depth coverage of the conceptual and practical foundations of computational cognition, for the beginner and the experienced reader alike. The art of applying all major modeling frameworks, including Bayesian, frequentist, and neural networks, is explained in a most lucid and accessible manner.' Jay Myung, Ohio State University'An extraordinary achievement: the authors guide the reader from simple ideas about the nature of science to detailed, but lucidly explained, computer models of human behaviour. Associated statistical methods are comprehensively discussed. A pleasure to read.' Philip T. Smith, University of Reading'Farrell and Lewandowsky have succeeded in their ambition of spanning introductory to cutting-edge material. This book, and a willingness to dive in and learn by doing the exercises provided, is all that undergraduate and graduate students, and even established researchers, need to become a cognitive modeller.' Andrew Heathcote, University of Tasmania, Australia'Whether you are just setting out on your journey into computational modelling or whether you need to update your skills to incorporate newer and more coherent current practices, Farrell and Lewandowsky's book is likely to earn its place on your bookshelf.' Tom Hartley, Quarterly Journal of Experimental PsychologyTable of ContentsPreface; Part I. Introduction to Modeling: 1. Introduction; 2. From words to models: building a toolkit; Part II. Parameter Estimation: 3. Basic parameter estimation techniques; 4. Maximum likelihood parameter estimation; 5. Combining information from multiple participants; 6. Bayesian parameter estimation: basic concepts; 7. Bayesian parameter estimation: Monte Carlo methods; 8. Bayesian parameter estimation: the JAGS language; 9. Multilevel or hierarchical modeling; Part III. Model Comparison: 10. Model comparison; 11. Bayesian model comparison using Bayes factors; Part IV. Models in Psychology: 12. Using models in psychology; 13. Neural network models; 14. Models of choice response time; 15. Models in neuroscience; Appendix A: Greek symbols; Appendix B: mathematical terminology; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Science of Language Interviews with James McGilvray
In this previously unpublished series of interviews, Chomsky discusses his iconoclastic and important ideas concerning language, human nature and politics. In dialogue with James McGilvray, he takes up a wide variety of topics – the nature of language, the philosophies of language and mind and the evolution of language.
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Cambridge University Press Elements of Logical Reasoning
Book SynopsisSome of our earliest experiences of the conclusive force of an argument come from school mathematics: faced with a mathematical proof, we cannot deny the conclusion once the premises have been accepted. Behind such arguments lies a more general pattern of 'demonstrative arguments' that is studied in the science of logic. Logical reasoning is applied at all levels, from everyday life to advanced sciences, and a remarkable level of complexity is achieved in everyday logical reasoning, even if the principles behind it remain intuitive. Jan von Plato provides an accessible but rigorous introduction to an important aspect of contemporary logic: its deductive machinery. He shows that when the forms of logical reasoning are analysed, it turns out that a limited set of first principles can represent any logical argument. His book will be valuable for students of logic, mathematics and computer science.Trade Review'Elements of Logical Reasoning fills a gap by providing some much needed explanation and motivation to an otherwise dry literature.' Henry Towsner, The Mathematical IntelligencerTable of ContentsPart I. First Steps in Logical Reasoning: 1. Starting points; 2. Rules of proof; 3. Natural deduction; 4. Proof search; 5. Classical natural deduction; 6. Proof search in classical logic; 7. The semantics of propositional logic; Part II. Logical Reasoning with the Quantifiers: 8. The quantifiers; 9. Derivations in predicate logic; 10. The semantics of predicate logic; Part III. Beyond Pure Logic: 11. Equality and axiomatic theories; 12. Elements of the proof theory of arithmetic; Part IV. Complementary Topics: 13. Normalization and cut elimination; 14. Deductive machinery from Aristotle to Heyting.
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Cambridge University Press Handbook of Color Psychology
Book SynopsisColor is ubiquitous in our perceptual world. This Handbook features comprehensive coverage of emerging theory and research from the exciting and burgeoning area of color psychology. This is a must-have resource with contributions from the top scholars in the field.Trade Review'Not simply an engineer's labels for different parts of the visible spectrum, colors cut deep into our emotions and splash all over our cognition. Colors are … a big deal, and this book takes one on an introductory journey into why.' Mark Changizi, Director of Human Cognition, 2AI Labs, Indiana'This valuable compendium of current research is impressive in both scope and quality of contributions. There is nothing else like it in the field of color studies.' C. L. Hardin, Professor Emeritus, Syracuse University, New YorkTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction: 1. Introduction and overview Andrew J. Elliot, Mark D. Fairchild and Anna Franklin; Part II. Foundations: Basics of Color Science: 2. Color models and systems Mark D. Fairchild; 3. Fundamentals of color vision I: color processing in the eye Andrew Stockman and David H. Brainard; 4. Fundamentals of color vision II: higher-order color processing Karl R. Gegenfurtner and Robert Ennis; 5. Evolution of color vision and its reflections in contemporary mammals Gerald H. Jacobs; 6. Some philosophical questions about color Don Dedrick; Part III. Development of and Differences in Color Vision: 7. Emergence and early development of color vision and color perception Marc H. Bornstein; 8. Color vision changes in normal aging John L. Barbur and Marisa Rodriguez-Carmona; 9. Individual differences in color vision Michael A. Webster; 10. Color vision deficiencies Neil R. A. Parry; Part IV. Color Categorization: 11. Universality of color categorization Paul Kay; 12. Color categorization across cultures Jules Davidoff; 13. Development of color categorization Anna Franklin; 14. The meaning of color words in a cross-linguistic perspective Anna Wierzbicka; Part V. Color Symbolism and Association: 15. Early color symbolism Ian Watts; 16. Symbolic use of color in ritual, tradition, and folklore John B. Hutchings; 17. Color in camouflage, mimicry, and warning signals Martin Stevens, Lina Maria Arenas and Alice E. Lown; 18. Use of color in warnings Michael S. Wogalter, Christopher B. Mayhorn and Olga A. Zielinska; 19. Color emotion and color harmony Li-chen Ou; 20. Do metaphors color our perception of social life? Brian P. Meier; Part VI. Color Preferences: 21. Ecological aspects of color preference Karen B. Schloss and Stephen E. Palmer; 22. Biological, cultural, and developmental influences on color preferences Anya Hurlbert and Angela Owen; Part VII. Color Effects on Psychological and Biological Functioning: 23. The role of color in the voluntary and involuntary guidance of selective attention Charles L. Folk; 24. Color and mate choice in non-human animals James P. Higham and Sandra Winters; 25. Color in romantic contexts in humans Adam D. Pazda and Tobias Greitemeyer; 26. Color in competition contexts in non-human animals Joanna M. Setchell; 27. Color in achievement contexts in humans Markus A. Meier, Russell A. Hill, Andrew J. Elliot and Robert A. Barton; 28. Color and face perception Ian D. Stephen and David I. Perrett; 29. Eating with our eyes: on the color of flavor Charles Spence; 30. Non-visual effects of colored light Mark S. Rea and Mariana G. Figueiro; Part VIII. Psychological Effects on Color Perception: 31. Memory effects on color perception Christopher Witzel and Thorsten Hansen; 32. Affect-related influences on color perception Michael D. Robinson, Tianwei Liu and Jessica L. Bair; Part IX. Color Phenomena: 33. Color appearance phenomena and visual illusions Garrett M. Johnson; 34. Synesthetic experiences of color Jamie Ward.
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Cambridge University Press Learning by Expanding
Book SynopsisLearning by Expanding challenges traditional theories that confine learning to specific tasks or problems. Yrjö Engeström argues that this approach fails to meet the challenges of social change, or to create novel artifacts and ways of life. He presents an innovative theory of expansive learning activity that transforms existing social practices.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The emergence of learning activity as a historical form of human learning; 3. The zone of proximal development as the basic category of expansive research; 4. The instruments of expansion; 5. Toward an expansive methodology; 6. Epilogue.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Handbook of Cognition and Education
This Handbook reviews a wealth of research in cognitive and educational psychology that investigates how to enhance learning and instruction to aid students struggling to learn and to advise teachers on how best to support student learning. The Handbook includes features that inform readers about how to improve instruction and student achievement based on scientific evidence across different domains, including science, mathematics, reading and writing. Each chapter supplies a description of the learning goal, a balanced presentation of the current evidence about the efficacy of various approaches to obtaining that learning goal, and a discussion of important future directions for research in this area. It is the ideal resource for researchers continuing their study of this field or for those only now beginning to explore how to improve student achievement.
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Cambridge University Press Qualitative Consciousness
Book SynopsisThis collection investigates themes from the philosophy of the influential philosopher of mind David Rosenthal, focusing on key ideas in the study of qualitative consciousness, conscious experience marked by sensory qualities like felt pain or the experienced colors of a sunset. The essays elaborate, criticize, and refine Rosenthal's views.
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Cambridge University Press Evolution of Learning and Memory Mechanisms
Book SynopsisEvolution of Learning and Memory Mechanisms is an exploration of laboratory and field research on the many ways that evolution has influenced learning and memory processes, such as associative learning, social learning, and spatial, working, and episodic memory systems. This volume features research by both outstanding early-career scientists as well as familiar luminaries in the field. Learning and memory in a broad range of animals are explored, including numerous species of invertebrates (insects, worms, sea hares), as well as fish, amphibians, birds, rodents, bears, and human and nonhuman primates. Contributors discuss how the behavioral, cognitive, and neural mechanisms underlying learning and memory have been influenced by evolutionary pressures. They also draw connections between learning and memory and the specific selective factors that shaped their evolution. Evolution of Learning and Memory Mechanisms should be a valuable resource for those working in the areas of experimentTable of ContentsIntroduction to evolution of learning and memory mechanisms Mark A. Krause, Karen L. Hollis, and Mauricio R. Papini; Part I. Evolution of Learning Processes: 1. Thrive on Simplicity: An Ethological recount of learning and memory in the nematode caenorhabditis elegans Alex Yu and Catharine Rankin; 2. Adaptive evolution of learning and memory in a model lineage William G. Wright; 3. Learning in insects: Possibilities and perspectives Alexis L. Kriete and Karen L. Hollis; 4. Experimental evolution and prepared learning Aimee Dunlap and Andreia Dexheimer; 5. Evolutionary processes shaping learning ability in insects Maartje Liefting; 6. Brain and spatial cognition in amphibians: Stem adaptations in the evolution of tetrapod cognition Rubén Muzio and Vern Bingman; 7. Pavlovian conditioning, survival and reproductive success Mark A. Krause and Michael Domjan; 8. Evolution and learning of trap avoidance by invasive birds: Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence Andrea Griffin and Marie Diquelou; 9. Relational memory functions of the hippocampal pallium in teleost fish Antonia Gómez, Francisco M. Ocaña, Tamara del Águila, Fernando Rodríguez and Cosme Salas; 10. Mechanisms underlying absolute and relative reward value in vertebrates Mauricio R. Papini; 11. Suboptimal choice: A psycho-evolutionary perspective Patrick Anselme; 12. A behavior systems approach: What it is and how to use it Francisco Silva and Kathleen Silva; 13. Dissociable learning processes: A comparative perspective Barbara A. Church, Brooke N. Jackson and J. David Smith; 14. Social learning strategies Rachel Kendal; 15. How learning affects evolution Kevin Laland, Thomas Oudman and Wataru Toyokawa; Part II. Evolution of Memory Processes: 16. The evolution of memory as an immediate perceptual identification mechanism Michael Fanselow; 17. Episodic memory in animals Jonathon Crystal; 18. A hierarchical framework for quantifying complex cognition Alexandra Schnell and Nicola Clayton; 19. Evolution of memory systems Johan Lind, Magnus Enquist and Stefano Ghirlanda; 20. What laboratory and field approaches bring to bear for understanding the evolution of ursid cognition Jennifer Vonk; 21. Distinguishing mechanisms of behavioral inhibition and self-control Michael Beran and Audrey E. Parrish; 22. Metamemory and control of memory in primates Robert Hampton; 23. Adaptive memory: The mnemonic value of fitness-relevant processing James Nairne and Michelle E. Coverdale; 24. Remembering cheaters: The influence of social relevance on source memory Meike Kroneisen; 25. Evolution of memory circuits under epigenetic regulation Ji-Song Guan; 26. Constraints on learning and memory: A resolution Aaron Blaisdell and Ben Seitz; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Creative Trance
Book SynopsisIn those moments when focus on creative work overrides input from the outside world, we are in a creative trance. This psychologically significant altered state of consciousness is inherent in everyone. It can take the form of daydreams generating scientific or creative ideas, hyperfocus in sports, visualizations that impact entire civilizations, life-changing audience experiences, or meditations for self-transformation that may access states beyond trance, becoming gateways to transcendence. Artist and psychologist Tobi Zausner shows how creative trance not only operates in scientific inventions and works of art in all media, but is also important in creating and recreating the self. Drawing on insights from cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology and post-materialist psychology, this book investigates the diversity of the creative trance ranging from non-industrial societies to digital urban life, and its presence in people from all backgrounds and abilities. Finally, Zausner invTrade Review'An instant classic. Such a deep understanding of consciousness and creativity has nowhere previously been seen. Laced with rich stories of creators in the act of creating, this book is an engaging read and invaluable resource.' Alan Leslie Combs, Director at Consciousness Studies Center, California Institute of Integral Studies, USA'In this fascinating work, Dr Tobi Zausner explores and reveals the deep connections between altered states of consciousness and the creative process which she perfectly call the 'Creative Trance'. This book is not only deeply insightful but also inspirational since it is interwoven with her own experiences of altered states of consciousness and courageous battles with serious illness and difficulties in life. Thus, it is valuable to both scholars and general readers. I highly recommend the book.' Huping Hu, Editor of the Journal of Consciousness Exploration & Research, USA'Creativity and changed states of consciousness have been discussed before, but never with the erudition and depth that Dr Zausner has provided her readers in this remarkable book. Her investigation spans multiple disciplines, and she shares her findings in a lively account that marks a milestone in creativity studies.' Stanley Krippner, California Institute of Integral Studies, USA, and co-author of Personal Mythology'In her fascinating and inspiring book, The Creative Trance, Dr Zausner takes the reader on a 'vison quest' exploring this expansive territory of consciousness and its significance both culturally and individually. She aptly describes how 'the creative trance becomes a goal-achieving inner journey, a vacation with purpose'.' Pamela J. McCrory, Ph.D., Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, USA'This is a beautifully written, rich, and full presentation of creative trance and abilities flowing from this state of consciousness. The focus on individual stories and exploration of extraordinary experiences and abilities is captivating. A joyful, thought provoking, and inspiring read!' J. Kim Penberthy, Ph.D., ABPP, Chester F. Carlson Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, Division of Perceptual Studies, University of Virginia School of Medicine, USA'How little we know ourselves. Dr Zausner advises us never to forget our inner world, which can shape creative potential and astound us. Numerous case examples include highly focused periods of artistic creativity in a dementia patient (Rita Haworth) and lifesaving acts of creative heroism that should be impossible (a mother lifting a vehicle with superhuman strength). Here is a unique and engaging look at creativity and altered states across our lives. We humans are more amazing than we know. Be prepared to see things differently.' Ruth Richards, author, Everyday Creativity and the Healthy Mind: Dynamic New Paths for Self and Society (2018), and co-editor with David Schuldberg and Shan Guisinger, Chaos and Nonlinear Psychology: Keys to Creativity in Mind and Life (2022)'Before reading The Creative Trance, be sure to put on your seatbelt. It will likely profoundly change your understanding of how we humans think and feel, as well as provide you with deep insights into the lives of many famous people, ranging from Albert Einstein to Wolfang Mozart. A brilliant, deeply moving work that will help you think more effectively.' Neil F. Comins, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maine, USA'Tobi Zausner takes us on a riveting, multifaceted exploration of this core aspect of human nature and potential that is as transformative as the Creative Trance experience itself. Our understanding of the creativity-consciousness relationship and why it is important just took another leap forward. The voice of the creative practitioner needs to assume a far more prominent role in the nature-of-consciousness quest, and this book helps us turn that corner. Let us continue to build on these foundations.' Ed Sarath, Professor of Music and Co-Director of U-M Program in Creativity and Consciousness, University of Michigan, USA and Author of Improvisation, Creativity and Consciousness and Black Music Matters'As the field of psychology struggles between its identify as either a science or an art, Zausner's study, the new fields of NeuroArts, and research into creativity and the brain overcome old splits between science and art. In this book, Zausner identifies a way to clearly bridge both. As an experienced clinician as well as a researcher, she is also able to differentiate creative trance states from pathological dissociative states. The addition of neurodiversity is critical as Zausner legitimized the exploration and acceptance of new ways of understanding cognition and the word trance. This exhaustive book is highly recommended for both beginning and advanced professionals in the healing arts, as well as the general public. It should be on every psychology teacher's reading list and available in university libraries.' Ilene A. Serlin, Ph.D., BC-DMT, Associated Distinguished Professor, California Institute of Integral Studies, USATable of ContentsIntroduction: the pervasive state of trance; 1. The multifaceted creative trance; 2. Consciousness and creativty theory in a creative trance; 3. Unconscious origins of the creative trance; 4. Empathy and dissociation in the creative trance; 5. Evolution, altered states, and the creative trance; 6. The creative trance and the brain; 7. Dynamics of the creative trance; 8. Dyslexia, attention deficit disorder, and the creative trance; 9. Illness and transformation in the creative trance; 10. Different abilities and the creative trance; 11. Dementia and the creative trance; 12. Altered states of a lifesaving creative trance.
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Cambridge University Press Good Thinking
Book SynopsisThis book is for anyone who wonders whether to trust the media, seeks creative solutions to problems, or grapples with ethical dilemmas. Cognitive scientist Denise D. Cummins clearly explains how experts in economics, philosophy, and science use seven powerful decision-making methods to tackle these challenges. These techniques include: logic, moral judgment, analogical reasoning, scientific reasoning, rational choice, game theory and creative problem solving. Updated and revised in a second edition, each chapter now features quizzes for course use or self-study.Trade Review'This book is a must-read in uncertain times. Drawing from real-life current events, Denise Cummins shows us how to apply powerful strategies to decide whether to trust what politicians and medical experts tell us, how to think clearly about ethical dilemmas, and how to overcome blocks to creative problem-solving.' Philip Fernbach, cognitive scientist and Professor of Marketing, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA, and co-author of the best-selling book The Knowledge Illusion'This second edition could not be more timely. The volume's excellent thesis leads us to make better decisions ourselves and to understand how professionals in science, business, finance, the law, and politics should reason and make decisions. I'd recommend this book as essential reading for courses on formal methods in reasoning and decision making.' Mike Oaksford, Professor of Psychology and Head of the Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK'How can we regulate our inborn propensity to tribalism and other cognitive biases? Good Thinking provides scientifically grounded, practical knowledge to empower us to think clearly and rationally. A must-read for anyone interested in making good decisions in everyday lives.' Jean Decety, Irving Harris Distinguished Professor, University of Chicago, USA'This book makes all revival critical thinking textbooks obsolete. It combines the best work in game theory, neuroscience, evolutionary biology, cognitive psychology, and social psychology. The use of concrete examples from political discourse magnifies its relevance. Dismantling the thinking that is threatening democracy will be difficult, but widespread adoption of this text would be a first step.' Allen Buchanan, James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy, Duke University, USA, and Professor of Philosophy of International Law, King's College London, UK'Most educated people have learned a lot about particular domains of knowledge and have developed problem-solving skills within them. What they don't know is how that ability actually works. This book provides a fantastic tutorial to core thought modes that allow people to reflect on their thought processes. It is a valuable resource to anyone who wants to improve their reasoning.' Art Markman, Professor of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, USA, and author of Bring Your Brain to Work, and co-host of Two Guys on Your Head'This is a beautiful book. I am envious of the style and grace with which Cummins describes each piece of the game and how each piece fits together. Readers who immerse themselves in these ideas emerge with a priceless toolkit. How to play the game is then up to those who now have the tools.' W. Jake Jacobs, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Anxiety Research Group, USA'Cummins has added 107 new footnotes referencing recent literature, and includes many new examples from current public life (e.g., COVID-19, Trump era public communications), making this an excellent, state-of-the-art textbook balancing thoroughness, concision, and clarity.' S. A. Mason, ChoiceTable of ContentsPart I: 1. The game of logic – what follows from what; 2. Moral judgment – how we tell right from wrong; 3. Analogical reasoning – the heart and soul of insight, discovery, and genius; 4. Scientific reasoning – proving what causes what; 5. Decision-making – choosing what is most likely to give you what you most want; 6. Game theory – when you're not the only one choosing; 7. Creative problem solving – turning what you don't want into what you do want; Part II: 8. Into the weeds of logic – how it's done; 9. Into the weeds of moral judgment – how it's done; 10. Into the weeds: analogical reasoning – how it's done; 11. Into the weeds of scientific reasoning – how it's done; 12. Into the weeds rational decision-making – how it's done; 13. Into the weeds of game theory – how it's done; 14. Into the weeds of problem-solving – how it's done; Appendix A; References.
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Cambridge University Press Much Like Us
Book SynopsisWhat really differentiates us from our relatives in the animal world? And what can they teach us about ourselves? Taking these questions as his starting point, Norbert Sachser presents fascinating insights into the inner lives of animals, revealing what we now know about their thoughts, feelings and behaviour. By turns surprising, humourous and thought-provoking, Much Like Us invites us on a journey around the animal kingdom, explaining along the way how dogs demonstrate empathy, why chimpanzees wage war and how crows and ravens craft tools to catch food. Sachser brings the science to life with examples and anecdotes drawn from his own research, illuminating the vast strides in understanding that have been made over the last 30 years. He ultimately invites us to challenge our own preconceptions the closer we look, the more we see the humanity in our fellow creatures.Trade Review'A masterful synthesis of science and storytelling by one of the world's leading experts in animal behaviour. In Much Like Us, Sachser's remarkable ability to communicate scientifically complex concepts with clarity and humour is on full display. The result: a remarkable book providing a new understanding of the origins and nature of 'animal' (non-human and human) behaviour. His remarkable new book contains many of the insights his scientific colleagues have admired for decades. Yet, his engaging and elegant writing make this book deeply accessible for a wide range of audiences: from the academic scholars and their students to anyone interested in why and how we human animals came to behave as we do. A deeply insightful and powerful book, which transforms our understanding of not only behaviour, but of our place as humans within the tree of life.' B. Natterson-Horowitz, Harvard Medical School, USA'A must-read for anyone interested in the behaviour, cognition, and emotions of animals and the evolutionary roots of human behaviour. Sachser offers an authoritative and accessible account of the behavioural and physiological mechanisms and processes that humans share with other mammals, which is interspersed with numerous insightful anecdotes. Definitely an informative and entertaining read for professional and lay readers alike.' Peter Kappeler, University of Göttingen and The Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Germany'This is a great, profound, and instructive book by an important representative of behavioural science on the latest findings in his field, describing individual differences, personality, emotions, hormonal and genetic control, and finally some impressive cognitive capacities in non-human animals, which bring them much closer to us humans than most people would have thought. The focus is on the value of a well-functioning social system and the underlying mechanisms that he himself has pioneered to uncover. A recommended read.' Ludwig Huber, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria'Norbert Sachser illustrates how recent scientific advances in the field of behavioural biology have revolutionised our view on non-human animals and ultimately lead to a paradigm shift in human–animal interactions. Much Like Us gives an in-depth overview of the up-to-date scientific knowledge of how animals think, feel, and behave. Sachser most impressively shows how behaviour in both humans and non-human animals is shaped by complex interactions between genetics and environments and how animal behaviour does not develop in a fixed matter but is affected by environmental influences, socialisation, and learning, and how animals, like humans, display individual personalities. Sachser's book shows how scientific knowledge about the behaviour of animals has helped humans and animals to move much closer together and to understand that there is much more of us in them than we have thought.' Claudia Wascher, Anglia Ruskin University, UK'This book addresses questions about the lives of other animals and their similarity to us humans that are likely to have been asked by many people at one point or another. By showing how scientific approaches keep changing our understanding of the complex lives of animals, Norbert Sachser invites us to rethink our own lives and our place in the natural world.' Dieter Lukas, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany'[Sachser's] book made me think and rethink how human's views of other animals are far too often human-centric, to the detriment of how we perceive and treat other animals because they supposedly don't really know what's happening or don't suffer like we do … I hope Much Like Us finds its way into a wide array of courses at the undergraduate and graduate level including animal behavior and comparative psychology. It's also readable by the general public who need to know what we're actually learning through rigorous research about the thoughts, feelings, and emotions of other animals. I'm sure many people will be surprised by what we really know.' Marc Bekoff, Psychology TodayTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Typical human, typical animal?: Reconceptualising the animal – an Introduction; 2. Ginger boris doesn't like to be alone: On behaviour, stress, and the blessing of socially stable relationships; 3. Cats are happy when they're playing: On the well-being, emotions, and humane treatment of animals; 4. Nature vs Nurture: Genes, environment, and behaviour: New answers to an old question; 5. Clever dogs and ingenious ravens: All animals can learn, many can think, and some can even recognise themselves in a mirror; 6. Animal personalities: The development of behaviour and the discovery of individuality; 7. Altruistic squirrels and egotistical lions: The sociobiological revolution; 8. Animals like us: A summary; Bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press Succeeding and Adult Dyslexia
Book SynopsisBased on current theory and practice, this book discusses the relationship between adult dyslexia and success. Personal stories from dyslexia adults provide a basis on which the reader can relate to challenges and solutions, and a range of strategies are presented to enable people with dyslexia to become successful.Table of ContentsPart I: 1. Introduction; 2. Adult dyslexia; 3. Theoretical perspectives on success; Part II: 4. Strategies contributing to success; 5. Literacy and language issues and strategies; 6. Effective communication; 7. Dyslexia in the workplace; 8. Organisational influences on success; 9. Personal perspectives of dyslexia and career success; 10. Summary and conclusions: a revised framework.
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Cambridge University Press A Configuration Approach to Mindset Agency Theory
Book SynopsisThis book explains socio-political and organisational change in multidisciplinary settings to researchers and postgraduate students studying management, sociology, politics, finance, anthropology, social psychology, and psychology. Consultants can also use this to apply advanced techniques of contextual analysis to complex situations.Trade Review'What a bold intellectual venture! The proposed configuration approach provides a powerful framework and an innovative methodology for the analysis of personality, organization, and culture. It also delivers an operationalization of Magoroh Maruyama's Mindscape Theory.' Markus Schwaninger, Professor Emeritus, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland'In the 1980s, I left Psychology, disillusioned by both its adherence to restrictive disciplinary boundaries and its narrow methodological focus. I entered the transdisciplinary field of Systems Science, where I encountered a wealth of systemic and cybernetic ideas. But I never got around to applying these back to my original 'home' discipline. So, when I saw that Maurice Yolles and Gerhard Fink had set out to bring systemic insights to Psychology, I couldn't do anything but smile! Now I have this book in my hands, I am looking forward to a rewarding encounter between my past in Psychology, my present in Systems Science, and the potential for emerging future ideas!' Gerald Midgley, Co-Director of the Centre for Systems Studies, University of Hull, UK, and past President of the International Society for the Systems Sciences'Yolles and Fink pull off one of the 'great tricks' of personality psychology. They center their analysis on complex systems of psychological mechanisms, yet produce a relatively straightforward, structured scheme for conceptualizing differences among individuals.' Daniel Cervone, Professor of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, USATable of ContentsPart I. Cybernetic Sociopsychology and Agency: 1. Mindset Agency Theory, an Underview; 2. An Exercise in Configuration; 3. Mindscapes; 4. Normative Personality; 5. Understanding Formative Traits and Behaviour; Part II. From Cognition to Affect: 6. Cognition Agency; 7. Cognition Personality; 8. Affect Types and Mindset Types; 9. Affect and Cognition; Part III. Modelling Identity Types through Agency; 10. Identity as a Component of Personality; 11. Modelling Identity Types: The Case of Donald Trump; 12. Agency, Personality and Multiple Identity Types: The Case of Theresa May; Part IV. Formalising Mindset Agency Theory: 13. Introduction to Psychohistory and Formalism; 14. Illustrating Psychohistory; Part V. Concluding Chapter: 15. Overview.
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Cambridge University Press Sour Grapes
Book SynopsisJon Elster's influential study of irrationality subverts orthodox theories of rational choice. Presented in a fresh twenty-first-century series livery, and with a specially commissioned new preface, it has been revived for a new generation of readers in economics, psychology, political and social theory, and philosophy.Table of ContentsPreface to this edition Richard Holton; Acknowledgements; 1. Rationality; 2. States that are essentially by-products; 3. Sour grapes; 4. Belief, bias and ideology; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Neuroscience of Suicidal Behavior
Book SynopsisNearly one million people take their own lives each year world-wide - however, contrary to popular belief, suicide can be prevented. While suicide is commonly thought to be an understandable reaction to severe stress, it is actually an abnormal reaction to regular situations. Something more than unbearable stress is needed to explain suicide, and neuroscience shows what this is, how it is caused and how it can be treated. Professor Kees van Heeringen describes findings from neuroscientific research on suicide, using various approaches from population genetics to brain imaging. Compelling evidence is reviewed that shows how and why genetic characteristics or early traumatic experiences may lead to a specific predisposition that makes people vulnerable to triggering life events. Neuroscientific studies are yielding results that provide insight into how the risk of suicide may develop; ultimately demonstrating how suicide can be prevented.Trade Review'… van Heeringen has made the neuroscience of suicide accessible, understandable, non-intimidating, reader-friendly, and actually rather interesting …' Alan L. Berman, The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide PreventionTable of Contents1. What is suicidal behavior, and can it be prevented?; 2. Stress, vulnerability, and suicide: the stress-diathesis model; 3. The dark side of the brain: neuroscience approaches to suicidal behavior; 4. Lethal signals: the molecular neuroscience of suicidal behavior; 5. I think, therefore I do not want to be: the cognitive neuroscience of suicidal behavior; 6. Images of the suicidal brain: systems neuroscience and suicide; 7. In my end is my beginning: a developmental neuroscience perspective of suicidal behavior; 8. I predict, therefore I cannot be: a predictive coding account of suicidal behavior; 9. Predicting the unpredictable: the contribution of neuroscience to suicide prediction; 10. The treatment of suicide risk: neuroscience aspects.
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Cambridge University Press The Wonders of Language
Book SynopsisThis thought-provoking book offers an accessible introduction to the main discoveries and theories about the nature and wonder of language. It is aimed at general readers and undergraduates who are curious about linguistics and language. Purposefully written in a lively and direct style, technical terms are carefully introduced and explained.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. How to make noises - phonetics; 2. How to organise noises - phonology; 3. How to build a word - morphology; 4. How to say absolutely anything you want to - syntax; 5. How to build a world - semantics; 6. How to influence people - pragmatics; 7. How to find lost languages - historical linguistics; 8. How to influence the right people - sociolinguistics; 9. How to lose a language and how to learn a language - psycholinguistics; 10. How to build a language - language typology and universals.
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Cambridge University Press Multimedia Learning
Book SynopsisAdvances in computer graphic technologies have inspired new efforts to understand the potential of multimedia instruction as a means of promoting human learning. In Multimedia Learning, Third Edition, Richard E. Mayer takes an evidence-based approach to improving education using well-designed multimedia instruction. He reviews 15 principles of multimedia instructional design that are based on more than 200 experimental research studies and grounded in a cognitive theory of how people learn from words and graphics. The result is the latest instalment of what Mayer calls the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning, a theory introduced in previous editions of Multimedia Learning and in The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning, Second Edition. This edition provides an up-to-date and systematic summary of research studies on multimedia learning, supplemented with complementary evidence from around the globe. It is well-suited to graduate and undergraduate courses in psychology, educatiTrade Review'Richard E. Mayer's Multimedia Learning has influenced generations of students worldwide. Written in his signature accessible style, this updated third edition provides a state-of-the-art overview on current knowledge of how (not) to design multimedia learning materials. It will be an invaluable resource for students, educators, and researchers alike.' Tamara van Gog, Professor of Educational Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands'This book offers a key contribution to the growing area of multimedia instruction for promoting human learning. It expertly integrates theoretical and practical considerations for research on multimedia learning. The third edition is a valuable resource for those planning to optimise multimedia resources for educational advancement.' Olusola Adesope, Boeing Distinguished Professor of STEM Education, Washington State University, USA'Richard E. Mayer is the father of research into multimedia learning. The scope, details and direction of the field have been largely determined by his work. The previous editions of Multimedia Learning provided the best summary of the field. The consequent high expectations of the third edition are fully met.' John Sweller, Emeritus Professor of Educational Psychology, University of New South Wales, Australia'This textbook is a labor of love covering three decades of research on how to combine words and pictures in educational technologies. This updated edition reviews evidence on when principles should be implemented, boundary conditions, and avenues for future research. It is a must read for students, practioners, and scientists who design multimedia for learning!' Danielle McNamara, Director of the Science of Learning and Educational Technology (SoLET) Laboratory, Arizona State UniversityTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction to Multimedia Learning: 1. The promise of multimedia learning; 2. The science of learning: determining how multimedia works; 3. The science of instruction: determining what works in multimedia learning; 4. The science assessment: determining what is learned; 5. Multimedia principle; Part II. Principles for Reducing Extraneous Processing in Multimedia Learning: 6. Coherence principle; 7. Signaling principle; 8. Redundancy principle; 9. Spatial contiguity principle; 10. Temporal contiguity principle; Part III. Principles for Managing Essential Processing in Multimedia Learning: 11. Segmenting principle; 12. Pre-training principle; 13. Modality principle; Part IV. Principles for Fostering Generative Processing in Multimedia Learning: 14. Personalization principle; 15. Voice principle; 16. Image principle; 17. Embodiment principle; 18. Immersion principle; 19. Generative activity principle; Part V. Conclusion: 20. Principles of multimedia design.
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Cambridge University Press Creativity and Mental Illness
Book SynopsisAre creative people more likely to be mentally ill? This book re-examines the common view that a high level of individual creativity often correlates with a heightened risk of mental illness. It includes contributions from some of the most exciting voices in the fields of psychology, neuroscience, physics, psychiatry, and management.Trade Review'What a joy to see top scholars seriously engage with this controversial topic. This book dispenses with simplistic myths, and stays grounded in scientific research. The result is a much more complex understanding of the links - and non-links - between creativity and mental illness. This book is required reading.' Keith Sawyer, Morgan Distinguished Professor in Educational Innovations, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill'A timely and necessary volume; this handbook provides an excellent compilation of ideas and empirical studies relating to the old and much debated question of creativity and mental illness.' Simon Kyaga, Karolinska Institutet'This is a fascinating book on a relatively little-explored topic - the connection between madness and genius - and it is well worth looking at the findings from research studies and reading different interpretations of the results.' Sonu Chandiram, Biz IndiaTable of ContentsPreface James C. Kaufman; Part I. Creativity and Mental Illness: The State of the Field: 1. A socio-historical overview of the creativity-pathology connection from antiquity to contemporary times George Becker; 2. The mad (creative) genius: what do we know after a century of historiometric research Dean Keith Simonton; 3. Reviewing recent empirical findings on creativity and mental illness Melanie L. Beaussart, Arielle E. White, Adam Pullaro and James C. Kaufman; 4. Building connections on sand: the cautionary chapter Judith Schlesinger; Part II. Cognitive and Neuroscientific Perspectives on Creativity and Mental Illness: 5. Neurocognitive mechanisms underlying creative thinking: indications from studies of mental illness Anna Abraham; 6. The evolutionary genetics of the creativity-psychosis connection Aaron Kozbelt, Scott Barry Kaufman, Deborah J. Walder, Luz Ospina and Joseph Kim; 7. Non-linearity in creativity and mental illness: the mixed blessings of chaos, catastrophe and noise in brain and behavior James E. Swain and John D. Swain; 8. Artists' vulnerability to psychopathology: an integrative cognitive perspective Mark Papworth; Part III. Creativity and the Spectrum of Mental Illness: 9. Creativity and the spectrum of affective and schizophrenic psychoses Neus Barrantes-Vidal; 10. When good is bad and bad is good: mood, bipolarity, and creativity Geir Kaufmann and Astrid Kaufmann; 11. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and creativity: ever the twain shall meet? Dione Healey; Part IV. Creativity and Mental Illness: Possible Commonalities: 12. The shared vulnerability model of creativity and psychopathology Shelley Carson; 13. On the fragility of the artist: art's precarious triad Maja Djikic and Keith Oatley; 14. Creativity as 'compensatory advantage': bipolar and schizophrenic liability, the inverted-u hypothesis, and practical implications Dennis K. Kinney and Ruth Richards; Part V. Creativity and Mental Health: 15. Bringing the whole universe to order: creativity, healing, and post-traumatic growth Marie J. C. Forgeard, Anne C. Mecklenburg, Justin J. Lacasse and Eranda Jayawickreme; 16. Inspiration and the creative process Todd M. Thrash, Emil Moldovan, Amanda K. Fuller and John T. Dombrowski; 17. King Solomon and psychoneuroimmunology: creativity and life coping Michael J. Lowis; Part VI. Creativity and Mental Illness: What Now?: 18. Ruminating about mental illness and creativity Emily C. Nusbaum, Roger E. Beaty and Paul J. Silvia; 19. Creativity and mental illness: reasons to care and beware James C. Kaufman.
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