Filter by
Meaning in the brain
An argument that the meaning of written or auditory linguistic signals is not derived from the input but results from the brain's internal construction process. When we read a text or listen to speech, meaning seems to be given to us instantaneously, as if it were part of the input. In Meaning in the Brain, Giosue Baggio explains that this is an illusion created by the tremendous speed at which…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262347198
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 348 pages) :illustrations (chiefly color)
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Five constraints on predicting behavior
A distinguished psychologist considers five conditions that constrain inferences about the relation between brain activity and psychological processes.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262341349
- Collation
- 1 online resource (viii, 246 pages)
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Brainstorms :philosophical essays on mind and psychology
When Brainstorms was published in 1978, the interdisciplinary field of cognitive science was just emerging. Daniel Dennett was a young scholar who wanted to get philosophers out of their armchairs -- and into conversations with psychologists, linguists, computer scientists. This collection of seventeen essays by Dennett offers a comprehensive theory of mind, encompassing traditional issues of c…
- Edition
- 40th Anniversary edition.
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262343725
- Collation
- 1 online resource
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Leading from within :conscious social change and mindfulness for social innov…
A roadmap for integrating mindfulness into every aspect of social change: how to lead transformation with compassion for the needs and perspectives of all people. Gretchen Steidle knows first-hand the personal transformation that mindfulness practice can bring. But she doesn't believe that transformation stops at personal wellbeing. In Leading from Within , Steidle describes the ways that perso…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262343848
- Collation
- 1 online resource (264 pages)
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Raising the Stakes :E-Sports and the Professionalization of Computer Gaming
"Competitive video and computer game play is nothing new: the documentary King of Kong memorably portrays a Donkey Kong player's attempts to achieve the all-time highest score; the television show Starcade (1982--1984) featured competitions among arcade game players; and first-person shooter games of the 1990s became multiplayer through network play. A new development in the world of digital ga…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262301268
- Collation
- 1 online resource (viii, 323 pages) :illustrations
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Liberalism in Practice: The Psychology and Pedagogy of Public Reason
An argument that draws on empirical findings in psychology to offer a blueprint for cultivating a widespread commitment to public reason.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262327558
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xxxvi, 190 pages).
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
A History of Modern Experimental Psychology : From James and Wundt to Cogniti…
The evolution of cognitive psychology, traced from the beginnings of a rigorous experimental psychology at the end of the nineteenth century to the "cognitive revolution" at the end of the twentieth, and the social and cultural contexts of its theoretical developments. Modern psychology began with the adoption of experimental methods at the end of the nineteenth century: Wilhelm Wundt establ…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262279017
- Collation
- 1 online resource (310 pages)
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 150 MAN h
Cognitive Unconscious and Human Rationality
"This volume contributes to a current debate within the psychology of thought that has wide implications for our ideas about creativity, decision making, and economic behavior. The essays focus on the role of implicit, unconscious thinking in creativity and problem solving, the interaction of intuition and analytic thinking, and the relationship between communicative heuristics and thought. The…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262335119
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xvi, 385 pages) :illustrations
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Categorizing Cognition: Toward Conceptual Coherence in the Foundations of Psy…
A proposal for a categorization of cognition based on core properties of the constituent processes that integrates theory and empirical findings across domains.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0262320703
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xiii, 358 pages) :illustrations (some color)
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
How images think
The transformation of images in the age of new media and the digital revolution.Digital images are an integral part of all media, including television, film, photography, animation, video games, data visualization, and the Internet. In the digital world, spectators become navigators wending their way through a variety of interactive experiences, and images become spaces of visualization with mo…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262269568
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xxi, 253 pages) : illustrations
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 006 BUR h
Computer Science, Information & General Works 
Philosophy & Psychology 
Religion 
Social Sciences 
Language 
Pure Science 
Applied Sciences 
Art & Recreation 
Literature 
History & Geography