"The first rigorous and systematic theory of Do-It-Yourself (DIY) electronic culture"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Scholars have long been captivated by the parallels between birdsong and human speech and language. In this book, leading scholars draw on the latest research to explore what birdsong can tell us about the biology of human speech and language and the consequences for evolutionary biology. After outlining the basic issues involved in the study of both language and evolution, the contributors com…
Revised papers from a symposium held November 16-17, 1998 in Tokyo.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
An inventive examination of a crucial but neglected aspect of architecture, by an architect writing to architects.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Rutherford and Kuhlmeier present current research in the interdisciplinary field of social perception, including the perception of biological motion, the perception of animacy, attributions of intentionality, and the development of these psychological processes.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Is color real or illusory, mind independent or mind dependent? Does seeing in color give us a true picture of external reality? The metaphysical debate over color has gone on at least since the seventeenth century. In this book, M. Chirimuuta draws on contemporary perceptual science to address these questions. Her account integrates historical philosophical debates, contemporary work in the ph…
Title from PDF title page (viewed on Oct. 11, 2012)."'Human dignity' has been enshrined in international agreements and national constitutions as a fundamental human right. The World Medical Association calls on physicians to respect human dignity and to discharge their duties with dignity. And yet human dignity is a term--like love, hope, and justice--that is intuitively grasped but never clea…
An account of the neurobiology of motor recovery in the arm and hand after stroke by two experts in the field.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Digital games tend to follow one of two trends when presenting game information to the player. The game may present game information in a naturalistic way as part of the imaginary universe presented by the game, avoiding symbolic or abstract representations that seem alien to the fictional world. Alternatively, the game may use graphical augmentations such as superimposed information, menus, an…
A major proposal for a minor architecture, and for the making of spaces out of the already built.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.