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Neuroscience and Connectionist Theory » Read Now
by Mark A. Gluck, David E. Rumelhart. 410 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Neuroscience and Connectionist Theory Developments in Connectionist Theory David E. Rumelhart, Series Editor GLUCK/ RUMELHART Neuroscience and Connectionist Theory...
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Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention: A Developmental Perspective » Read Now
by John E. Richards. 452 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
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Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions » Read Now
by Jaak Panksepp. 466 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Some investigators have argued that emotions, especially animal emotions, are illusory concepts outside the realm of scientific inquiry. However, with advances in neurobiology and neuroscience, researchers are demonstrating that this position is wrong as they move closer to a lasting understanding...
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Some investigators have argued that emotions, especially animal emotions, are illusory concepts outside the realm of scientific inquiry. However, with advances in neurobiology and neuroscience, researchers are demonstrating that this position is wrong as they move closer to a lasting understanding of the biology and psychology of emotion. In Affective Neuroscience, Jaak Panksepp provides the most up-to-date information about the brain-operating systems that organize the fundamental emotional tendencies of all mammals. Presenting complex material in a readable manner, the book offers a comprehensive summary of the fundamental neural sources of human and animal feelings, as well as a conceptual framework for studying emotional systems of the brain. Panksepp approaches emotions from the perspective of basic emotion theory but does not fail to address the complex issues raised by constructionist approaches. These issues include relations to human consciousness and the psychiatric implications of this knowledge. The book includes chapters on sleep and arousal, pleasure and fear systems, the sources of rage and anger, and the neural control of sexuality, as well as the more subtle emotions related to maternal care, social loss, and playfulness. Representing a synthetic integration of vast amounts of neurobehavioral knowledge, including relevant neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and neurochemistry, this book will be one of the most important contributions to understanding the biology of emotions since Darwins The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
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Depression: Perspectives from Affective Neuroscience, in Annual Review of Psychology » Read Now
by Richard J. Davidson, Diego Pizzagalli, Jack B. Nitschke, Katherine Putnam. 32 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Depression: perspectives from affective neuroscience. by Richard J. Davidson...focused. INTRODUCTION Affective neuroscience is the subdiscipline of the...
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Emotion: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (includes "Affective Neuroscience: A Paradigm to Study the Animate Circuits for Human Emotions") » Read Now
by Robert D. Kavanaugh, Betty Zimmerberg, Steven Fein. 362 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...2 Affective Neuroscience: A Paradigm to Study the Animate Circuits...are also indebted to the Division of Neuroscience and Behavioral Science of the National...exploration...
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Developmental Behavioral Neuroscience » Read Now
by Megan R. Gunnar, Charles A. Nelson. 249 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...DEVELOPMENTAL BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE The Minnesota Symposia...24 DEVELOPMENTAL BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE The Minnesota Symposia...Data Developmental behavioral neuroscience...
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Some Thoughts on the Relation between Behavior Analysis and Behavioral Neuroscience, in The Psychological Record » Read Now
by J. Moore. 19 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...between behavior analysis and behavioral neuroscience. by J. Moore A comprehensive...Donahoe, 1996; Reese, 1996). Behavioral neuroscience is just that different science...
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Preoperative Events: Their Effects on Behavior Following Brain Damage (includes "An Odyssey in Behavioral Neuroscience: A Search for Common Principles Underlying Responses to Brain Damage") » Read Now
by Jay Schulkin. 346 pgs.

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...Brain Damage COMPARATIVE COGNITION AND NEUROSCIENCE Thomas G. Bever, David S. Olton...6 An Odyssey in Behavioral Neuroscience: A Search for Common Principles...Health...
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The Meaning of Mind: Language, Morality, and Neuroscience » Read Now
by Thomas Szasz. 188 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

In The Meaning of Mind, Thomas Szasz argues that only as a verb does the word "mind" name something in the real world, namely, attending or heeding. Minding is the ability to pay attention and adapt to one's environment by using language to communicate with others and oneself. Viewing the "mind" as...
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In The Meaning of Mind, Thomas Szasz argues that only as a verb does the word "mind" name something in the real world, namely, attending or heeding. Minding is the ability to pay attention and adapt to one's environment by using language to communicate with others and oneself. Viewing the "mind" as a potentially infinite variety of self-conversations is the key that unlocks many of the mysteries we associate with this concept. Modern neuroscience is a misdirected effort to explain "mind" in terms of brain functions. The claims and conclusions of the diverse academics and scientists who engage in this enterprise undermine the concepts of moral agency and personal responsibility. Szasz shows that the cognitive function of speech is to enable us to talk not only to others but to ourselves (in short, to be our own interlocutor) and that the view that mind is brain - embraced by both the scientific community and the popular press - is not an empirical finding but a rhetorical ruse concealing humanity's unceasing,struggle to control persons by controlling their vocabulary. The discourse of brain-mind, unlike the discourse of man as moral agent, protects people from the dilemmas intrinsic to holding themselves responsible for their own actions and holding others responsible for theirs. Because we live in an age blessed by the fruits of materialist science, reductionist explanations of the relationship between brain and mind are more popular than ever, making this book an indispensable addition to the seemingly recondite debate about, simply, who we are.
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Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Neuroscience: Three Approaches to the Mind: a Synthetic Analysis of the Varieties of Human Experience » Read Now
by Edward M. Hundert. 346 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Psychology, Entire Library

In this book Hundert proposes a new, unified view of the mind, one that integrates the insights of philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists. Through a detailed discussion of major theories from these and related disciplines, he gradually reveals links between what were previously unconnected approaches to human thought and experience.
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Neuroinformatics: An Overview of the Human Brain Project » Read Now
by Stephen H. Koslow, Michael F. Huerta. 382 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Brain Project. 2. Neuroinformatics. 3. Neurosciences. I. Huerta, Michael F. II. Series...Project. 2. Databases, Factual. 3. Neurosciences. WL 300 N4938157 1996...
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Neuroscience, Prejudice, and Human Nature, in Psychological Inquiry » Read Now
by Roger D. Masters. 3 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Neuroscience, Prejudice, and Human Nature Roger D. Masters...both reinforced and clarified by considering the neuroscience of stereotyping and prejudice. In exploring why...
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Neuroscience and Early Childhood? A Dangerous Liaison, in Australian Journal of Early Childhood » Read Now
by Loraine Corrie. 9 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...Neuroscience and early childhood? A dangerous liaison. by Loraine Corrie Introduction In asserting that neuroscience and early childhood is a `necessary partnership...
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Philosophy of Science: An Overview for Cognitive Science (includes information on Neuroscience in "Theory Reduction as a Model for Relating Disciplines") » Read Now
by William Bechtel. 138 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
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Social Neuroscience: Key Readings » Read Now
by Gary G. Berntson, John T. Cacioppo. 320 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Neuroscientists and cognitive scientists have collaborated for more than a decade with the common goal of understanding how the mind works. These collaborations have helped unravel puzzles of the mind including aspects of perception, imagery, attention and memory. Many aspects of the mind, however...
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Neuroscientists and cognitive scientists have collaborated for more than a decade with the common goal of understanding how the mind works. These collaborations have helped unravel puzzles of the mind including aspects of perception, imagery, attention and memory. Many aspects of the mind, however, require a more comprehensive approach to reveal the mystery of mind-brain connections. Attraction, altruism, speech recognition, affiliation, attachment, attitudes, identification, kin recognition, cooperation, competition, empathy, sexuality, communication, dominance, persuasion, obedience, morality, contagion, nurturance, violence, and person memory are just a few. Through classic and contemporary articles and reviews, Social Neuroscience illustrates the complementary nature of social, cognitive, and biological levels of analysis and how research integrating these levels can foster more comprehensive theories of the mechanisms underlying complex behaviour and the mind.
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