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Remembering our Past: Studies in Autobiographical Memory by David C. Rubin 9780521461450
RRP: $161.25$120.27The recent attempt to move research in cognitive psychology out of the laboratory makes autobiographical memory appealing, because naturalistic studies can be done while maintaining empirical rigor. Many practical problems fall into the category of... -
Perceptual Constancy: Why Things Look as They Do by Vincent Walsh 9780521460613
RRP: $174.15$132.96Perceptual Constancy examines a group of long-standing problems in the field of perception and provides a review of the fundamentals of the problems and their solutions. Experts in several different fields - including computational vision, physiology,... -
Vygotsky and Cognitive Science by William Frawley 9780674332317
RRP: $70.89$61.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674332317Author William FrawleyFormat HardbackPage Count 341Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 662g -
Compositionality and Concepts in Linguistics and Psychology by James a Hampton 9781013268458
RRP: $65.73$57.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013268458Author James a HamptonFormat HardbackPage Count 340Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g -
Connectionism: Theory and Practice by Steven Davis 9780195076653
RRP: $92.88$76.45This is the third volume in the Vancouver Studies in Cognitive Science Series. It is based on a conference that was held in 1990, which was sponsored by the Cognitive Science Program and Linguistics Department of Simon Fraser University. Over the last... -
Associative Engines: Connectionism, Concepts, and Representational Change by Andy Clark 9780262513777
$45.98Clark charts a fundamental shift from a static, inner-code-oriented conception of the subject matter of cognitive science to a more dynamic, developmentally rich, process-oriented view. Connectionist approaches, Andy Clark argues, are driving cognitive... -
Language in Primates: Perspectives and Implications by J. De Luce 9780387907994
RRP: $116.09$115.93This anthology was originally planned in connection with a symposium "Language in Primates: Implications for Linguistics, Anthropology, Psychology, and Philosophy," at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. Publication of the book would not have been... -
Cognitive and Psychometric Analysis of Analogical Problem Solving by Isaac I. Bejar 9780387973210
RRP: $116.09$115.93If one were to conduct an analysis of any profession the "ability to think analogically" is more than likely to be one of the requirements for success, be it an architectural studio, a research laboratory, a legal office, or a nuclear plant... -
The Ultimate Objectives of Artificial Intelligence: Theoretical and Research Foundations, Philosophical and Psychological Implications by Morton Wagman 9780275959104
$107.90A critical examination of the advancing intellectual developments in artificial intelligence and evaluation of their salient philosophical and psychological implications. This book contains a wealth of research and theory across major domains of... -
Relations of Language and Thought: The View from Sign Language and Deaf Children by Marc Marschark 9780195100587
RRP: $61.91$51.64The relationship of language to cognition, especially in development, is an issue that has occupied philosophers, psychologists, and linguists for centuries. In recent years, the scientific study of signed languages and deaf individuals has greatly... -
Models of Visuospatial Cognition by Manuel De Vega 9780195100853
RRP: $49.65$48.57Over the last twenty years, theories and research relating to visuospatial cognition have been of central interest to a broad range of psychologists. This second volume in the Counterpoints series considers visuospatial cognition from the perspectives of... -
I, Unicorn: Use Quarantine to Get Enlightened Now by Natasha Ewendt 9780648726197
$4.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648726197Author Natasha EwendtFormat PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint M R GudzenovsPublisher M R GudzenovsWeight(grams) 73g -
Semantic Cognition: A Parallel Distributed Processing Approach by Timothy T. Rogers 9780262681575
RRP: $51.60$35.87This groundbreaking monograph offers a mechanistic theory of the representation and use of semantic knowledge, integrating the strengths and overcoming many of the weaknesses of hierarchical, categorization-based approaches, similarity-based approaches,... -
Consciousness by William G. Lycan 9780262620963
$45.98In this book, William Lycan defends an original theory of mind that he calls "homuncular functionalism." What is consciousness? The answer to this question has been pondered upon, grappled with, and argued about since time immemorial. There has... -
Concepts, Kinds, and Cognitive Development by Frank C. Keil 9780262610766
$45.98In Concepts, Kinds, and Cognitive Development, Frank C. Keil provides a coherent account of how concepts and word meanings develop in children, adding to our understanding of the representational nature of concepts and word meanings at all ages. Keil... -
Vygotsky's Psychology-Philosophy: A Metaphor for Language Theory and Learning by Dorothy Robbins 9780306464232
$116.45This book is an introduction to Vygotsky and his theories of language and second language acquisition. Employing a dual framework of metatheory and metaphor, the author focuses on Vygotsky's cultural-historical perspective (contrasted with the... -
The American Father: Biocultural and Developmental Aspects by Wade C. Mackey 9780306453373
RRP: $58.04$58.01In The American Father, Wade C. Mackey documents a wealth of infor mation demonstrating the vast benefits to society when its children are raised in families with fathers. The biopsychosocial approach Mackey in human employs is consistent with the... -
Cognitive Science and Concepts of Mind: Toward a General Theory of Human and Artificial Intelligence by Morton Wagman 9780275940447
$107.38For all of recorded history prior to the second half of the twentieth century, there has been but one realm in which the cognitive processes of reasoning and problem solving, learning and discovery, language and mathematics took place. The realm of human... -
Meaning and Context: An Introduction to the Psychology of Language by Hans Hormann 9780306421976
RRP: $116.09$115.93At the time of his death Hans Hormann, then Professor of Psy- chology at the Ruhr University, Bochum, West Germany, was pre- paring an English language version of his Eirifilhrung in die Psycholinguistik. The goal of this book, in both the German and... -
Language Learning and Concept Acquisition: Foundational Issues by W. Demopoulos 9780893913168
$107.38This volume features work on learning by researchers in various disciplines who share an interest in the systematic study of cognition and in the study of the formal and semantic aspects of language acquisition. A recurring theme is that language... -
Electrophysiology of Mind: Event-related Brain Potentials and Cognition by M.D. Rugg 9780198524168
RRP: $132.23$113.09This splendid volume reviews a productive period of research aimed at connecting brain and mind through the use of scalp- recorded brain potentials to chart the temporal course of information processing in the human brain .... The book that Rugg, Coles,... -
Semantics, Tense, and Time: An Essay in the Metaphysics of Natural Language by Peter Ludlow 9780262519762
RRP: $29.03$23.35According to Peter Ludlow, there is a very close relation between the structure of natural language and that of reality, and one can gain insights into long-standing metaphysical questions by studying the semantics of natural language. In this book... -
The Phenomenology of Everyday Life: Empirical Investigations of Human Experience by Howard R. Pollio 9780521462051
RRP: $141.90$106.31The Phenomenology of Everyday Life presents results from a rigorous qualitative approach to the psychological study of everyday human activities and experiences. This book does not replace scientific observation with humanistic analysis, but provides an... -
Mental Files by Francois Recanati 9780199659999
RRP: $45.78$30.08Francois Recanati presents his theory of mental files, a new way of understanding reference in language and thought. He aims to recast the 'nondescriptivist' approach to reference that has dominated the philosophy of language and mind in the late... -
Mental Imagery by Robert G. Kunzendorf 9780306438257
$116.45The current book presents select proceedings from the Eleventh Annual Conference of AASMI (The American Association for the Study of Mental Imagery) in Washington, DC, 1989, and from the Twelfth Annual Conference of AASMI in Lowell and Boston, MA, 1990... -
Harmony, Perspective, and Triadic Cognition by Norman D. Cook 9780521151719
RRP: $47.72$34.61The big question in the science of psychology is: why is human cognition and behavior so different from the capabilities of every other animal species on Earth - including our close genetic relations, the chimpanzees? This book provides a coherent answer... -
Cognitive Counseling and Persons with Special Needs: Adapting Behavioral Approaches to the Social Context by Herbert Lovett 9780275916510
$50.94This is a valuable book for supervisory level personnel who can establish policy and who will be in a position to influence others who work directly with the persons with special needs. Contemporary Psychology Far too often behavioral principles--sound... -
Memory in Historical Perspective: The Literature Before Ebbinghaus by Douglas J. Herrmann 9780387967059
RRP: $116.09$115.93In 1885 Herman Ebbinghaus showed the world how the scientific method could be applied to the elusive phenomena of memory. But what of work on memory before Ebbinghaus? The long ascendance of the Ebbinghaus tradition has eclipsed the contributions of... -
Exploring the Psychology of Interest by Paul J. Silvia 9780195158557
RRP: $103.20$79.79Interest, the momentary emotional feeling of curiosity, has always been a problem for mainstream psychologists because although simple interest and idle curiosity are always available to be cited as motives, they seem to be far too simple to account... -
Preference, Belief, and Similarity: Selected Writings by Amos Tversky 9780262700931
$78.32Amos Tversky (1937-1996), a towering figure in cognitive and mathematical psychology, devoted his professional life to the study of similarity, judgment, and decision making. He had a unique ability to master the technicalities of normative ideals and... -
Cognitive Limitations in Aging and Psychopathology by Randall W. Engle 9780521541954
RRP: $54.17$42.16This book examines the major progress made in recent psychological science in understanding the cognitive control of thought, emotion, and behavior and what happens when that control is diminished as a result of aging, depression, developmental... -
Judgment and Decision Making as a Skill: Learning, Development and Evolution by Mandeep K. Dhami 9780521767811
RRP: $129.00$93.62This book presents a comprehensive review of both theories and research on the dynamic nature of human judgment and decision making (JDM). Leading researchers in the fields of JDM, cognitive development, human learning and neuroscience discuss short-term... -
Child Rearing in the Home and School by R. P. Boger 9780306424175
RRP: $116.09$115.93This volume is intended to address contemporary aspects of child rearing in the home and the school, as well as major dimensions of inter face between the home and the school. The authors of these chapters have used varying styles and approaches, and the... -
Human Intellect and Cognitive Science: Toward a General Unified Theory of Intelligence by Morton Wagman 9780275951795
$84.53The advancement of knowledge concerning the complexities of human intellective processes can best be achieved by combining theory and research from the disciplines of cognitive psychology and artificial intelligence. Wagman explores various aspects of... -
Learning and Memory: Major Ideas, Principles, Issues and Applications by Robert W. Howard 9780275946418
$107.38This book surveys the entire field of learning and memory. It describes the major approaches to its study and looks at basic assumptions and philosophical underpinnings. Howard integrates work from quite different perspectives into a single framework,... -
Categorization and Differentiation: A Set, Re-Set, Comparison Analysis of the Effects of Context on Person Perception by Leonard L. Martin 9780387961507
RRP: $116.09$115.93In the context of interpersonal interaction, it is possible to characterize human beings as complex sources of information. When interacting with one another, people in tentionally, as well as unintentionally, emit cues which other people can use as a... -
Memory Change in the Aged by David F. Hultsch 9780521153584
RRP: $47.72$36.61Do memory abilities decline with aging? Are changes in memory universal or differential? Do they occur similarly or differently for all types of memory and to all aging persons? These are some of the principal questions explored in the Victoria... -
The Poetics of Mind: Figurative Thought, Language, and Understanding by Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr. 9780521419659
RRP: $161.25$120.27In this bold new work, Ray Gibbs demonstrates that human cognition is deeply poetic and that figurative imagination constitutes the way we understand ourselves and the world in which we live. The traditional view of the mind holds that thought and... -
Cognition, Emotion and Psychopathology: Theoretical, Empirical and Clinical Directions by Jenny Yiend 9780521833912
RRP: $129.00$93.62This edited collection is a tribute to Andrew Mathews, distinguished researcher in cognition and emotion. It presents an account of the cognitive-clinical literature and sets an agenda for future work. The book is structured around theoretical, empirical... -
Machine Discovery: Reprinted from Foundations of Science Volume 1, No. 2, 1995/96 by Jan Zlytkow 9780792344063
RRP: $58.04$58.01Human and machine discovery are gradual problem-solving processes of searching large problem spaces for incompletely defined goal objects. Research on problem solving has usually focused on searching an `instance space' (empirical exploration) and a...