Mind and Its Evolution: A Dual Coding Theoretical Approach

by Paivio; Allan

• ISBN13: 9780805852592
• ISBN10: 080585259X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-11-15
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

This book updates the Dual Coding Theory of mind (DCT), a theory of modern human cognition consisting of separate but interconnected nonverbal and verbal systems. Allan Paivio, a leading scholar in cognitive psychology, presents this masterwork as new findings in psychological research on memory, thought, language, and other core areas have flourished, as have pioneering developments in the cognitive neurosciences. Mind and Its Evolution provides a thorough exploration into how these adaptive nonverbal and verbal systems might have evolved, as well as a careful comparison of DCT with contrasting "single-code" cognitive theories. Divided into four parts, this text begins with a general, systematic theory of modern human cognition as the reference model for interpreting the cognitive abilities of evolutionary ancestors. The first half of the book discusses mind as it is; the second half addresses how it came to be that way. Each half is subdivided into two parts defined by thematic chapters. Mind and Its Evolution concludes with evidence-based suggestions about nourishing mental growth through applications of DCT in education, psychotherapy, and health. This volume will appeal to cognitive and evolutionary psychologists, as well as students in the areas of memory, language, cognition, and mind evolution specialists in psychology, philosophy, and other disciplines.

Table of Contents

Preface	vi
Part I Evolved Dual Coding Mind and Related Species	1	(128)
Chapter 1 Not by Language Alone	3	(13)
Chapter 2 Justification for the Theoretical Approach	16	(9)
Chapter 3 Basic Principles of Dual Coding Theory	25	(33)
Chapter 4 Adaptive Functions of Dual Coding Systems	58	(58)
Chapter 5 Other Representational Species	116	(13)
Part II Dual Coding Theory and the Brain	129	(98)
Chapter 6 Introduction to Dual Coding Theory and the Brain: A Brief History and a Brain Primer	131	(11)
Chapter 7 The Multimodal Dual Coding Brain	142	(39)
Chapter 8 Adaptive Functions of the Dual Coding Brain	181	(25)
Chapter 9 Brain Teasers: Common Codes and Neural Binding	206	(21)
Part III Evolution of the Dual Coding Mind	227	(88)
Chapter 10 Basic Evolutionary Issues	229	(13)
Chapter 11 Animal Minds	242	(37)
Chapter 12 Evolution of Language: Words to Associations	279	(17)
Chapter 13 Evolution of Language: Syntax	296	(19)
Part IV Peak Evolved Mind and Performance	315	(147)
Chapter 14 Introduction to Expertise: A Dual Coding Perspective	317	(9)
Chapter 15 Expert Performance and Knowledge	326	(15)
Chapter 16 Intelligence: Toward a Dual Coding Theory	341	(29)
Chapter 17 Dual Coding Theory and Creativity	370	(9)
Chapter 18 Creative Geniuses and Their Domains	379	(54)
Chapter 19 Nurturing the Mind: Applications of Dual Coding Theory	433	(29)
Epilogue: A Graphical Summary	462	(3)
References	465	(36)
Author Index	501	(6)
Subject Index	507