Cognitive Psychology


How the Brain Got Language

The Mirror System Hypothesis
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Hardback Mar 2012 ISBN13: 9780199896684ISBN10: 0199896682 Unlike any other species, humans can learn and use language. In this book, Michael Arbib presents the Mirror System Hypothesis, which suggests how complex imitation supported the breakthrough to pantomime, protosign (communication based on conventionalized manual gestures) and protospeech and then, through cultural evolution, to fully fledged languages.
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Functions

New Essays in the Philosophy of Psychology and Biology
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Paperback Oct 2002 ISBN13: 9780199255818ISBN10: 0199255814 "A richly varied collection of essays which...provides the reader with the opportunity for a sustained examination of the central issues concerning functions and their role in biology and psychology."--Graham Macdonald, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
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Why Language Matters for Theory of Mind

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Hardback Feb 2005 ISBN13: 9780195159912ISBN10: 0195159918 This volume will appeal to students and researchers in developmental and cognitive psychology.
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In Gods We Trust

The Evolutionary Landscape of Religion
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Paperback Nov 2004 ISBN13: 9780195178036ISBN10: 0195178033 Seeks to explain the origins of religion using our knowledge of the evolution of cognition

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In the Theater of Consciousness

The Workspace of the Mind
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Hardback Jan 1997 ISBN13: 9780195102659ISBN10: 0195102657 A state-of-the-art look at how top scientists understand the human mind
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In the Theater of Consciousness

The Workspace of the Mind
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Paperback Oct 2001 ISBN13: 9780195147032ISBN10: 0195147030 A state-of-the-art look at how top scientists understand the human mind
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Art and the Senses

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Hardback Sep 2011 ISBN13: 9780199230600ISBN10: 0199230609 The senses play a vital role in our health, our social interactions, and in enjoying food, music and the arts.
The book provides a unique interdisciplinary overview of the senses, ranging from the neuroscience of sensory processing in the body, to cultural influences on how the senses are used in society, to the role of the senses in the arts.

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Experimental Phenomena of Consciousness

A Brief Dictionary Revised Edition
Second Edition
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Paperback Mar 2011 ISBN13: 9780195393774ISBN10: 0195393775 Experimental Phenomena of Consciousness is the definitive collection of consciousness phenomena in which awareness emerges as an experimental variable.
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Working Memory, Thought, and Action

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Paperback Apr 2007 ISBN13: 9780198528012ISBN10: 0198528019 The long-awaited follow-up to the classic Working Memory.

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Working Memory, Thought, and Action

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Hardback Apr 2007 ISBN13: 9780198528005ISBN10: 0198528000 This new volume from one of the pioneers in memory research will doubtless emulate the success of its predecessor, and be a major publication within the psychological literature.

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cover The Encyclopedia of Psychology is a state-of-the-art synthesis of classic and contemporary knowledge of human behavior.


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cover ...the art of persuasion has been used, discussed, and debated for over twenty-four hundred years. Now the Encyclopedia of Rhetoric provides balanced coverage of classical rhetoric and the rhetorical turns in contemporary critical thought


The most exotic blooms

cover Orchids are widely collected, often temperamental and always admired. However, even those those who cultivate and appreciate them find them a mystery. Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part One) provide in depth information and understanding of these beautiful blooms.