A renewed interest in the study of vision has attracted scholars from such diversefields as neuroscience, computer science, mathematics, physics, and philosophy. At the same time,the development of im
In Matter and Consciousness, Paul Churchland clearly presents the advantages and disadvantages of such difficult issues in philosophy of mind as behaviorism, reductive materialism, functionalism, and
Michel Jouvet, perhaps the world's leading researcher on sleep and dream research, is considered responsible for the discovery of paradoxical sleep - a "new" third state of the brain as different from
A machine for language? Certainly, say the neurophysiologists, busy studying the language specializations of the human brain and trying to identify their evolutionary antecedents. Linguists such as No
Textbook for undergraduates who have had little exposure to physiology (the long introductory chapter reviews the basics). It is unique in providing a comparative approach that draws on literature fro
In this sweeping synthesis, Neal J. Cohen and Howard Eichenbaum bring togetherconverging findings from neuropsychology, neuroscience, and cognitive science that provide thecritical clues and constrain
This book presents an overview of the phenomenon and handling of academic misconduct. After introducing a brief historical background, it discusses contemporary circumstances that affect the nature an
The field of neuroimaging has reached a watershed. Brain imaging research has been the source of many advances in cognitive neuroscience and cognitive science over the last decade, but recent critiqu
The first sensory input in life comes from the sense of touch while a baby is still in the womb, and touch continues to be the primary means of learning about the world throughout infancy, well into
Do we consciously cause our actions, or do they happen to us? Philosophers,psychologists, neuroscientists, theologians, and lawyers have long debated the existence of freewill versus determinism. In t
For much of the twentieth century, philosophy and science went their separate ways.In moral philosophy, fear of the so-called naturalistic fallacy kept moral philosophers fromincorporating development
In this book, Gary William Flake develops in depth the simple idea that recurrent rules can produce rich and complicated behaviors. Distinguishing "agents" (e.g., molecules, cells, animals, and speci
An investigation into the beliefs speakers have about language-their de lingua beliefs-that examines the genesis of these beliefs and the central explanatory role they play in the use and understandin
The controversial subject of this book is the permissible use of animals by humans. Lewis Petrinovich argues that humans have a set of cognitive abilities, developing from a suite of emotional attachm
Mental processes are the essence of creative endeavor. The CreativeCognition Approach extends this particular view of creativity, first proposed anddeveloped by the editors in their earlier book Creat
William Lyons presents an original thesis on introspection as self-interpretation in terms of a culturally influenced model. His work rests on a lucid, careful, and critical examination of the transfo
Emotions have been much studied and discussed in recent years. Most books, however, treat only one aspect of emotions, such as emotions and the brain, emotions and well-being, or emotions and computer
For fifty years, Willard Van Orman Quine's books and articles have stimulated intense debate in the fields of logic and the philosophy of language. Many scholars in fact, regard Quine as the greatest
Parallel distributed processing is transforming the field of cognitive science.Microcognition provides a clear, readable guide to this emerging paradigm from a cognitivephilosopher's point of view. It
