Perceptual learning

"A Bradford book."Perceptual learning is the specific and relatively permanent modification of perception and behavior following sensory experience. It encompasses parts of the learning process that are independent from conscious forms of learning and involve structural and/or functional changes in primary sensory cortices. A familiar example is the treatment for a "lazy" or crossed eye. Coveri…

Genomic citizenship :the molecularization of identity in the contemporary Mid…

"In the contemporary Middle East, genetics research on ethnic populations is changing the way groups understand and imagine their ethnic identities and places of belonging"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Kinds come first :age, gender, class, and ethnicity give meaning to measures

An argument that the meaning of a psychological or biological measure depends on the age, gender class, and ethnicity of the human subject.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Emergent brain dynamics :prebirth to adolescence

Experts explore the maturation of nonlinear brain dynamics from a developmental perspective and consider the relationship of neurodevelopmental disorders to early disruption in dynamic coordination.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

State-space models with regime switching :classical and Gibbs-sampling approa…

"Both state-space models and Markov-switching models have been highly productive paths for empirical research in macroeconomics and finance. This book presents recent advances in econometric methods that make feasible the estimation of models that have both features. One approach, in the classical framework, approximates the likelihood function; the other, in the Bayesian framework, uses Gibbs-…

Specificity and the macroeconomics of restructuring

A proposal that the notion of specificity-the idea that factors of production are not interchangeable-can provide a unified framework to analyze and understand a wide variety of macroeconomic phenomena stemming from the transactional environment and micro.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

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