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Native listening :language experience and the recognition of spoken words
An argument that the way we listen to speech is shaped by our experience with our native language.Understanding speech in our native tongue seems natural and effortless; listening to speech in a nonnative language is a different experience. In this book, Anne Cutler argues that listening to speech is a process of native listening because so much of it is exquisitely tailored to the requirements…
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Public sector economics and the need for reforms
Theoretically and empirically informed studies on the role and efficiency of the public sector, public wage and employment policy, privatization, tax policy, and fiscal sustainability.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262332361
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The economics of collusion :cartels and bidding rings
Explicit collusion is an agreement among competitors to suppress rivalry that relies on interfirm communication and/or transfers. Rivalry between competitors erodes profits; the suppression of rivalry through collusion is one avenue by which firms can enhance profits. Many cartels and bidding rings function for years in a stable and peaceful manner despite the illegality of their agreements and…
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- 9780262301503
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- 1 online resource (xii, 302 pages) :illustrations
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The origins of musicality
Principally revised versions of papers presented at the 2014 Lorentz Workshop "What Makes Us Musical Animals? Cognition, Biology and the Origins of Musicality," held in Leiden, the Netherlands, April 2014.Interdisciplinary perspectives on the capacity to perceive, appreciate, and make music. Research shows that all humans have a predisposition for music, just as they do for language. All of us …
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- 1 online resource (xii, 351 pages) :illustrations
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Human robotics :neuromechanics and motor control
This book proposes a transdisciplinary approach to investigating human motor control that synthesizes musculoskeletal biomechanics and neural control. The authors argue that this integrated approach -- which uses the framework of robotics to understand sensorimotor control problems -- offers a more complete and accurate description than either a purely neural computational approach or a purely …
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- 9780262314817
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- 1 online resource (xii, 277 pages) :illustrations
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The fabric of interface mobile media design and gender
Tracing the genealogy of our physical interaction with mobile devices back to textile and needlecraft culture.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262343305
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Economy in Society: Essays in Honor of Michael J. Piore
Prominent economists discuss internal labor markets, the dynamics of immigration, labor market regulation, and other key topics in the work of Michael J. Piore. In Economy in Society, five prominent social scientists honor Michael J. Piore in original essays that explore key topics in Piore's work and make significant independent contributions in their own right. Piore is distinctive for his or…
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- 0262305372
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- 1 online resource (167 pages) :illustrations
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Plato's Revenge: Politics in the Age of Ecology
A provocative essay that imagines a truly ecological future based on political transformation rather than the superficialities of "sustainability."OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262298520
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 256 pages)
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Transit life :how commuting is transforming our cities
"Commuting is a significant segment of everyday life and as city populations and boundaries expand, so do commutes. Transit Life is the first book to explore how commuting is transforming life in the twenty-first century city. Through rich and evocative accounts of commuting experiences, the book shows how everyday journeys through cities are changing the way that people negotiate their work-li…
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Down Detour Road: An Architect in Search of Practice
A young architect's search for new architectural values in a time of economic crisis. I paused at the stoop and thought this could be the basis of a good book. The story of a young man who went deep into the bowels of the academy in order to understand architecture and found it had been on his doorstep all along. This had an air of hokeyness about it, but it had been a tough couple of days a…
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