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Cognition, Brain, and Consciousness, Second Edition, provides students and readers with an overview of the study of the human brain and its cognitive development.It discusses brain molecules and their primary function, which is to help carry brain signals to and from...
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Academic Press
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2010-02-04
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In recent years the field of cognitive aging has flourished and expanded into many different disciplines. It is probably, therefore, inevitable that some of the research has become very narrow, primarily focused on "counting and classifying the wrinkles of aged...
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Oxford University Press
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2010-01-27
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Although the idea of hindsight is frequently associated with the biases, distortions, and outright lies of memory--as in the infamous "20-20" scenario or the conviction that one "knew it all along"--Mark Freeman maintains that this process of looking backward over the...
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Oxford University Press
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2009-12-31
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How do animals perceive the world, learn, remember, search for food or mates, communicate, and find their way around? Do any nonhuman animals count, imitate one another, use a language, or have a culture? What are the uses of cognition in nature and how might it have...
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Oxford University Press
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2009-12-30
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Angststoornissen en hypochondrie is een actueel overzichtswerk, waarin op praktische wijze inzicht gegeven wordt in de classificatie (volgens de DSM-IV-TR-criteria), diagnostiek, etiologie en behandeling van angststoornissen en hypochondrie.Bij de behandeling van deze...
Editeur :
Bohn Stafleu van Loghum
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2009-12-23
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This book presents a comprehensive survey of perceptual expertise in visual object recognition, and introduces a novel collaborative model, codified as the "Perceptual Expertise Network" (PEN).This unique group effort is focused on delineating the domain-general...
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Oxford University Press
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2009-12-03
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Arguments over the developmental origins of human knowledge are ancient, founded in the writings of Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, and Kant. They have also persisted long enough to become a core area of inquiry in cognitive and developmental science. Empirical...
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Oxford University Press
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2009-11-25
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The Oxford Handbook of Developmental Behavioral Neuroscience is a seminal reference work in the burgeoning field of developmental behavioral neuroscience, which has emerged in recent years as an important sister discipline to developmental psychobiology. This handbook,...
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Oxford University Press
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2009-11-10
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Applied Behavior Analysis is the science of applying experimentally derived principles of behavior to improve socially significant behavior. The research and application of ABA contributes to a wide range of practical areas, including AIDS prevention, education,...
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Academic Press
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2009-10-01
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Psychophysics: A Practical Application is a single-volume text that covers the rudimentary principles of psychophysical methods and the practical tools that are important for processing data from psychophysical experiments and tests. It makes complicated concepts and...
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Academic Press
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2009-09-29
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This fully revised second edition provides the only unified synthesis of available information concerning the mechanisms of higher-order memory formation. It spans the range from learning theory, to human and animal behavioral learning models, to cellular physiology and...
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Academic Press
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2009-09-28
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The Psychology of Learning and Motivation series publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning to complex learning and problem solving. Each chapter thoughtfully...
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Academic Press
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2009-09-19
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Motor Control is a complex process that involves the brain, muscles, limbs, and often external objects. It underlies motion, balance, stability, coordination, and our interaction with others and technology. This book is a comprehensive introduction to motor control,...
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Academic Press
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2009-09-11
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Pleasure is fundamental to well-being and the quality of life, but until recently, was barely explored by science. Current research on pleasure has brought about ground-breaking developments on several fronts, and new data on pleasure and the brain have begun to...
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Oxford University Press
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2009-09-08
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This well-established international series examines major areas of basic and clinical research within neuroscience, as well as emerging and promising subfields.
This volume explores interdisciplinary research on Attention and interaction of Attention with other...
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Elsevier Science
Parution :
2009-09-03
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It is widely known that innovation is crucial to sustain success in business, government, and engineering. But capturing the effective means of fostering innovation remains elusive. How can organizations actively promote innovation, which arises from a complex...
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Oxford University Press
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2009-08-13
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How do people represent their knowledge about the world and use that knowledge for communication? This question is the central theme of this book. Among the aspects discussed in the first three sections are: the relationship between formal, logical descriptions of...
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North Holland
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2009-06-17
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This book addresses a fundamental question about the nature of behavior: how does the brain process reward and makes decisions when facing multiple options? The book presents the most recent and compelling lesion, neuroimaging, electrophysiological and computational...
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Academic Press
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2009-06-04
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This volume investigates the implications of how our brain directs our movements on decision making. An extensive body of knowledge in chapters from international experts is presented as well as integrative group reports discussing new directions for future research.The...
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Elsevier Science
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2009-05-27
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