Franciscus Cornelis Donders

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Biographical Dictionary of Psychology ("Donders, Franciscus Cornelis" begins on p. 106)
by Leonard Zusne. 568 pgs.

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"Recommended for collections strong in the area of biographical reference." Library Journal

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Appendix A: Chronological Listing by Birth Date

Appendix B: Relative Eminence of Names in the History of Psychology

Appendix C: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Contributors in Academic and Research Institutions, Geographically and Chronologically Arranged

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About the Author
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Elements of Human Performance: Reaction Processes and Attention in Human Skill ("Donders Revisited" begins on p. 60)
by Andries F. Sanders. 575 pgs.

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Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter One: Introduction To Reaction Processes

Chapter Two: Reaction Processes: General Properties and Models

Chapter Three: Reaction Processes: Stage Analysis

Chapter Four: Reaction Processes: Effects of Variables

Chapter Five: Reaction Processes: Beyond Traditional Choice-Reaction Time

Chapter Six: Introduction to Attention

Chapter Seven: Focused Attention And Search

Chapter Eight: Automaticity And Divided Attention

Chapter Nine: Energetics, Stress, And Sustained Attention

Chapter Ten: The Total Task: Reversal of the Perspective

References

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The Mind's New Science: A History of the Cognitive Revolution ("Laying the Groundwork: Helmholtz, Fechner, Donders, and Brentano" begins on p. 99)
by Howard Gardner. 430 pgs.

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Part I: The Cognitive Revolution

1: Introduction: What the Meno Wrought

2: Laying The Foundation For Cognitive Science

3: Cognitive Science: The First Decades

Part II: The Cognitive Sciences: A Historical Perspective

4: Reason, Experience, And The Status of Philosophy

5: Psychology: The Wedding Of Methods to Substance

6: Artificial Intelligence: The Expert Tool

7: Linguistics: the Search For Autonomy

8: Anthropology: Beyond The Individual Case

9: Neuroscience: The Flirtation With Reductionism

Part III: Toward An Integrated Cognitive Science: Present Efforts, Future Prospects

Introduction

10: Perceiving the World

11: Mental Imagery: A Figment Of The Imagination?

12: A World Categorized

13: How Rational a Being?

14: Conclusion: The Computational Paradox and The Cognitive Challenge

Epilogue to the Paperback Edition: Cognitive Science After 1984

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Subject Index
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Briggs' Information-Processing Model of the Binary Classification Task ("The Helmholtz-Donders Method" begins on p. 5)
by Samuel Mudd. 142 pgs.

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Introduction and Overview

1: Basic Concepts

Phase 1 : Differentiation Of Processing Stages

3: Phase 2: Specification Of Stage 1 Processes

4: Phase 3: Specification Of Stage 2 Processes: Validation Of (hc)

5: Phase 4: Elaboration of The Stage 2 Central Comparison Process

6: Perspectives on Briggs' Bct Research

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Experimental Methods in Psychology ("Donder's Assumption of Additivity and His Use of Reaction Time" begins on p. 254)
by Gustav Levine, Stanley Parkinson. 476 pgs.

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Chapter 1: Introduction: the Function of Research Methods

Chapter 2: Variables: Thinking of the World in Terms of Relationships between Variables

Chapter 3: Rules for Research: a Brief Checklist of Things to Consider for a Credible Experiment

Chapter 4: Single-Factor Designs: Simple Experimental Designs That Incorporate the Rules for Research

Chapter 5: Statistical Logic and Choosing a Statistic: an Overview of the Role of Statistics in Psychological Research

Chapter 6: Multifactor Designs: Designing and Interpreting Experiments with Multiple Influences

Chapter 7: The Logic of Experimental Psychology: the Problems Encountered in Theorizing about Internal Events

Chapter 8: Detection, Discrimination, and the Theory of Signal Detection

Appendix Percent Nonoverlap: A Way of Thinking about Detection and Discrimination Accuracy and the Value of D′

Chapter 9: Evolution of a Theoretical Construct: Changes in the Construct of Iconic Memory over 30 Years of Research

Chapter 10: Testing Theory I: a Close Look at the Methods and Logic Used in Evaluating a Theory of Short-Term Memory Search

Chapter 11: Testing Theory II: a Close Look at the Methods and Logic Used in Evaluating a Theory of Visual Search and Attention

Chapter 12: Applied Experimental Psychology: Examples of the Kinds of Questions Asked, and Experiments Done, When the Focus Changes from Theory to Application

Chapter 13: Social Psychology I: Testing Theories When Internal Events Can Be Monitored or Manipulated

Chapter 14: Social Psychology II: the Measurement of Attitudes and Construction of Tests for Research

Chapter 15: Clinical Psychology: the Research Problems Encountered, and Procedures Used, in Treatment Outcome Research

Appendix A: The Proper Form When Submitting Experiments for Publication

Appendix B: Statistical Tables

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Toward a New Behaviorism: The Case against Perceptual Reductionism ("Donders' Subtraction Method" begins on p. 175)
by William R. Uttal. 252 pgs.

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SCIENTIFIC PSYCHOLOGY SERIES

BOOKS BY WILLIAM R. UTTAL

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PREFACE

Chapter 1 Introduction: the Way Things Are

Chapter 2 Barriers Between Theories and Mechanisms

Chapter 3 the Case Against Perceptual Neurcireductionism

Chapter 4 the Case Against Cognitive Reductionism

Chapter 5 Toward a New Behaviorism-- a Summary and Some Conclusions

Chapter 6 Emerging Principles

AUTHOR INDEX

SUBJECT INDEX
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Cognitive Psychophysiology: Event-Related Potentials and the Study of Cognition ("Donders and Mental Chronometry" begins on p. 221)
by Emanuel Donchin. 428 pgs.

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Event-Related Brain Potentials as Tools in the Study of Cognitive Function

1: Recording and Interpreting Event-Related Potentials

2: Current Research in the Study of Selective Attention

3: Event-Related Potentials and Selective Attention

4: Report of Panel I: Selective Attention

5: Dissociation Between Electrophysiology and Behavior--A Disaster or a Challenge?

6: Theories and Models in Cognitive Psychology

7: Report of Panel Ii: The Erp and Decision and Memory Processes

8: Report of Panel Iii: Preparatory Processes

9: The Timing of Mental Acts

10: Report of Panel Iv: Mental Chronometry

11: Erps and Psychophysics

12: Report of Panel V: Perceptual Processes

13: Report of Panel Vi: Individual Differences and Clinical Applications

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Subject Index
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Contemporary Neuropsychology and the Legacy of Luria (Discussion of Franciscus Donders begins on p. 213)
by Elkhonon Goldberg. 287 pgs.

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Institute For Research In Behavioral Neuroscience

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Contributors

1: Alexander Romanovich Luria: Cultural Psychologist

2: The Frontal Lobes and Language

3: The Case of Carolyn Wilson-- A 38-Year Follow-Up of a Schizophrenic Patient with Two Prefrontal Lobotomies

4: The Frontal Cortex--A Luria/Pribram Rapprochement

5: Processes Underlying the Memory Impairments of Demented Patients

6: A Reinterpretation of Memorative Functions of the Limbic System

7: Hemispheric Interaction and Decisional Dominance

8: The Fate of Some Neuropsychological Concepts: An Historical Inquiry

9: Luria and "Romantic Science"

10: Preliminaries for a Theory of Mind

11: Chronotopic Localization of Cerebral Processes: the Temporal Dimension Of Brain Organization

12: Higher Cortical Functions in Humans: The Gradiental Approach

Author Index

Subject Index
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Dictionary of Theories, Laws and Concepts in Psychology ("Donders' Law; Donders' Reaction Time Techniques" begins on p. 146)
by Jon E. Roeckelein. 549 pgs.

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Fully cross-referenced and source-referenced, this dictionary contains over 1200 entries consisting of terms concerning laws, theories, hypotheses, doctrines, principles, and effects in early and contemporary psychological literature. Each entry consists of the definition/description of the term with commentary, followed by a number of cross-referenced, related terms, and by chronologically-ordered source references to indicate the evolution of the term. An appendix provides supplementary material on many laws and theories not included in the dictionary itself and will be helpful to students and scholars concerned with specialty areas in psychology.

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Selected Bibliography

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About the Author
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Human Motor Behavior: An Introduction (Discussion of Franciscus Donders begins on p. 70)
by J. A. Scott Kelso. 308 pgs.

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I Perspectives and Issues In Motor Behavior

I Perspectives and Issues In Motor Behavior

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2 Concepts and Issues in Human Motor Behavior: Coming to Grips with The Jargon

Acknowledgment

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Ii Information Processing, Motor Learning And Memory

3 Information-Processing Framework for Understanding Human Motor Behavior

Concluding Comments

Acknowledgment

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4 Motor Control and Motor Learning: the Closed-Loop Perspective

Acknowledgment

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5 Memory for Movement With Emphasis on Short-Term Aspects

Concluding Comments

Acknowledgment

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Iii From Component Analysis To Motor Programs

6 Component Analysis And Conceptions of Skill

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7: Learning and Control Of Coordinated Motor Patterns: The Programming Perspective

Iv Generalized Motor Programs And Schemas For Movement

Iv Generalized Motor Programs And Schemas For Movement

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9 The Schema Concept

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V Degrees of Freedom, Coordinative Structures And Tuning

V Degrees of Freedom, Coordinative Structures And Tuning

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11 The Bernstein Perspective:: Ii. the Concept of Muscle Linkage or Coordinative Structure

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12 The Bernstein Perspective: Iii. Tuning of Coordinative Structures with Special Reference to Perception

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Epilogue: Two Strategies For Investigating Action

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Contributors' Biographical Information

Author Index

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