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9780863774713

Advances in Psychological Science, Volume 2: Biological and Cognitive Aspects

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  • ISBN13:

    9780863774713

  • ISBN10:

    0863774717

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-03-01
  • Publisher: Psychology Pres

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Summary

The volumesAdvances in Psychological Scienceare the most timely reviews for a person who wants an up-to-date "state-of-the-art" description of selected topics in psychology. These volumes will be useful for the graduate student to get a perspective on the latest developments in psychology today. The chapters are written in a non-technical manner, i.e., not for the specialist, but for the educated psychologist who wishes to see developments across the spectrum of psychology. They may be used for teaching or for experts who wish an overview of recent advances in their science. The chapters uniquely reflect the international or global character of psychology, both in the authors selected to write them, and in their coverage of research from around the world. Volume 1 contains original contributions to the social, personal, and cultural aspects of the discipline.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Psychobiological Processes
Behavior-Genetic Analysis and Aggression: The Mouse as a Prototype
Evolution of the Human Mind
Pain and Stress: Clues toward Understanding Chronic Pain
Somatic Responses to Psychological Stress: The Reactivity Hypothesis
Brain Mechanisms
Brain Plasticity and Behavioral Change
Auditory Information Processing as Indexed by the Mismatch Negativity
Spatial Attention: Mechanisms and Theories
The Modular Structure of Human Visual Recognition: Evidence from Functional Imaging
Reciprocal Relations between Psychology and Neuroscience
Learning Processes
Instrumental Learning: Nature and Persistence
The Dynamics of Memory in Animal Learning
Recent Progress in Studies of Imitation and Social Learning in Animals
Learned Helplessness: State or Stasis of the Art?
Perceptual Learning in Animals and Humans
Perceptual, Memory, and Cognitive Processes
Representations for Actions
Model of Cognitive Processes
Language and Cognition
Comprehension Activity in Individuals and Groups
Starting from the Ventriloquist: The Perception of Multimodal Events
Brain/mind Correlates of Human Memory
Metamemory: The Feeling of Knowing and its Vagaries
Cognitive Development
The Early Development of Visual Perception and its Relation to Action and Cognition
Infants' Understanding of the Physical World
DFveloppement Cognitif et DiffFrences Individuelles
Domain Specificity in Cognitive Development: Universals and Non-universals
Connectionism and Development
Author Index
Subject Index
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