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"Race" Is a Four-Letter Word: The Genesis of the Concept

Book by C. Loring Brace; Oxford University Press, 2005

Subjects:

Physical Anthropology, Race, Race Awareness--United States--History

Collections: Entire Library

...George R Gliddon 125 "Race" and Politics 130 War and Its Aftermath 135 11 THE FRENCH CONNECTION 144 Paul Broca and the Professionalization of Biological Anthropology 144 12 THE LEGACY OF THE AMERICAN SCHOOL IN AMERICA 159 Nathaniel...
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The Life of the Mind: Selected Papers

Book by Jason W. Brown; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1988

Subjects:

Aphasia, Higher Nervous Activity, Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...microgenesis of the vocal act leads through dominant premotor Broca and precentral cortices, which elaborate the fine temporal...frontal or temporoparietal neocortex to focal left frontal Broca and temporal Wernicke regions. The various aphasic syndromes...
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Politics after Neoliberalism: Reregulation in Mexico

Book by Richard Snyder; Cambridge University Press, 2001

Subjects:

Mexico--Economic Policy--1994---Case Studies, Trade Regulation--Mexico--Case Studies

Collections: Entire Library

During the past two decades, virtually all developing countries shifted from state-led to market-oriented neoliberal economic policies. This book analyzes fresh evidence from Southern Mexico about the effects of this global wave of policy reforms. The evidence challenges the widely held view that ...
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During the past two decades, virtually all developing countries shifted from state-led to market-oriented neoliberal economic policies. This book analyzes fresh evidence from Southern Mexico about the effects of this global wave of policy reforms. The evidence challenges the widely held view that these reforms have set countries on a convergent path toward unregulated markets. The analysis shows that free-market reforms, rather than unleashing market forces, trigger the construction of different types of new regulatory institutions with contrasting consequences for economic efficiency and social justice.
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Selective Attention in Vision

Book by A. H.C. Van Der Heijden; Routledge, 1992

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...7.5 A synthesis: the Broca-Sulzer effect and a model 223...7.5.1 The Broca-Sulzer effect. Intensity of the reference...duration on the horizontal axis. After Broca and Sulzer, 1902. 224...
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Communicating Meaning: The Evolution and Development of Language

Book by Boris M. Velichkovsky, Duane M. Rumbaugh; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1996

Subjects:

Biolinguistics--Congresses, Human Evolution--Congresses, Language Acquisition--Congresses, Language And Languages--Origin--Congresses

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...specific core region, including the famous Broca and Wernicke areas around planum temporale...anterior part of the language core area Broca in the subcortical and paleocortical brain...the reason why even in severe cases of Broca and global aphasia, which are characterized...

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Journal Articles on: broca

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From First Words to Grammar in Children with Focal Brain Injury

Journal article by Elizabeth Bates, Donna Thal, Doris Trauner, Judi Fenson, Dorothy Aram, Julie Eisele, Ruth Nass; Developmental Neuropsychology, Vol. 13, 1997

Subjects:

Neuropsychology--Periodicals

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...with focal brain injury. In 1861, Paul Broca described a case of nonfluent aphasia with...The contrasting syndromes described by Broca and Wernicke are robust findings across...injuries to the left hemisphere. 2. The Broca hypothesis predicts severe deficits in...
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Central Cholinergic Systems and Cognition

Journal article by Barry J. Everitt, Trevor W. Robbins; Annual Review of Psychology, Vol. 48, 1997

Subjects:

Brain--Localization of functions, Cholinergic mechanisms--Psychological aspects, Cognition--Physiological aspects

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...FUNCTIONS OF THE VERTICAL DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA CHOLINERGIC PROJECTION FUNCTIONS OF THE...hdB) limb nuclei of the diagonal band of Broca, and the nucleus basalis magnocellularis...the medial septal and diagonal band of Broca (signer et al 1991). The study showed a...
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Asymmetric Performance in the Cocktail Party Effect: Implications for the Design of Spatial Audio Displays

Journal article by Robert S. Bolia, W. Todd Nelson, Rebecca M. Morley; Human Factors, Vol. 43, 2001

Subjects:

Brain--Localization of functions, Cerebral hemispheres--Physiological aspects, Hearing--Physiological aspects, Reaction time--Testing, Speech perception--Physiological aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...century, a Parisian surgeon named Paul Broca made the discovery, via postmortem examination...lateralized to the left side of the brain (Broca, 1861, 1863, 1865). Since that time, the...Acoustical Society of America, 107, 1065-1066. Broca, P. (1861), Nouvelle observation daphemie...
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A Grammar of Black Masculinity: A Body of Science

Journal article by Arthur F. Saint-Aubin; The Journal of Men's Studies, Vol. 10, 2002

Subjects:

African American men--Psychology and mental health, Masculinity--Social aspects, White supremacy movements--Influence

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...the spokesman for the science was Paul Broca (1824-1880), whose work had been translated...was widely read in the United States. For Broca, the measurements of the skull, craniometry...conclusions he nevertheless questions, Paul Broca (1860) writes in LHybridite Humaine...
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"Miss la La's" Teeth: Reflections on Degas and "Race"

Journal article by Marilyn R. Brown; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 89, 2007

Subjects:

Degas, Edgar--Criticism and interpretation, Degas, Edgar--Works, French painters--Criticism and interpretation, French painters--Works, Miss La La (Painting)--Criticism and interpretation, Painters, French--Criticism and interpretation, Painters, French--Works

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...Buffon to Gobineau, Charles Darwin and Paul Broca was centered explicitly on the feared results...Then-current ideas popularized by Paul Broca and Paul Topinard, among others, about...dAnthropologie and an avid student of ethnography. Broca and other luminaries spoke at the opening...

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Magazine Articles on: broca

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Portrait of a Ladies' Man: Dr Samuel-Jean Pozzi

Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 56, March 2006

Subjects:

France--History, Physicians--Behavior, Portraits, Pozzi, Samuel-Jean--Behavior

Collections: History, Entire Library

...the Hospital of Lourcine-Pascal (now the Broca Hospital). The appointment allowed him...one of his mentors, the neurologist Paul Broca (1824-80), with the anatomy and function...he was Pozzis assistant at the Hospital Broca. Robert Proust wrote of Pozzi:
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The Mismeasures of Gould

Magazine article by J. Philippe Rushton; National Review, Vol. 49, September 15, 1997

Subjects:

Brain size, Brain--Size, Gould, Stephen Jay--Criticism and interpretation, Intellect--Physiological aspects, Intelligence levels--Research, Intelligence--Physiological aspects, Intelligence--Research, The Mismeasure of Man, rev. ed. (Book)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Entire Library

...civilization. Implausibly, he argued that Paul Broca, Francis Galton, and Samuel George Morton...methods. Gould asks us to believe that Broca "leaned" on his autopsy scales when measuring...been disputed since at least the time of Broca (1861). Gould, however, claims that the...
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Rohmer and Romance

Magazine article by Gary Arnold; Insight on the News, Vol. 15, September 13, 1999

Subjects:

Autumn Tale (Motion picture)--Reviews, Filmmakers--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Motion pictures, French--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Rohmer, Eric--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...the Gary Marshall rattletrap. A contemporary of directors Francois Truffaut, Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard and Philippe de Broca, Rohmer began his film career in 1959 but didnt hit his stride for another decade. Unlike his new-wave colleagues, he didnt...
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The Gentle Darwinians: What Darwin's Champions Won't Mention

Magazine article by Peter Quinn; Commonweal, Vol. 134, March 9, 2007

Subjects:

Darwin, Charles--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Darwin, Charles--Research, Evolution (Biology)--Research, Evolution--Research, Naturalists--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Naturalists--Research

Collections: Entire Library

...energetic skull measuring done by French anthropologist Paul Broca, which made him a leader in establishing definitive links among...least at first glance, the evidence seemed ambiguous. Professor Broca, "a cautious and philosophical observer," Darwin writes, reported...
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The Content of Our (Textual) Characters or Who's Afraid of Postmodern Ethics?

Magazine article by Karl L. Galle; The Humanist, Vol. 54, January 1994

Subjects:

Religion--Ethical aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...that, in an orderly world, external appearances can be used to detect internal character. Lest we forget, Thomas Huxley, Paul Broca, and other apostles of scientific rationality were among the foremost bigots of their time. The most fundamental flaw of religious...

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Newspaper Articles on: broca

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'It Is about the Best Place Imaginable for First-Time Buyers'; (1)Haberdashers' Aske's Has Helped Give Brockley Some of the Capital's Best School Results (2)Service with a Smile from Erin Essex, Owner of the Broca, a Local Cafe

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), August 1, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Askes Has Helped Give Brockley Some of the Capitals Best School Results (2)Service with a Smile from Erin Essex, Owner of the Broca, a Local Cafe. ERIN Essex, 27, bought her two-bedroom ground-floor flat in DundalkRoad, Brockley, in May 2005. A Victorian...
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Demy Legacy at AFI Theater; His Initial 6 Films Screened

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 23, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Truffaut made a splash with "The 400 Blows," Claude Chabrol with "Le Beau Serge," Jean-Luc Godard with "Breathless," Philippe de Broca with "The Love Game," Jacques Demy with "Lola." It seemed a bit of a letdown when someone wasnt waltzing into view with a precocious...
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Taking Stock

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 9, 2007

Subjects:

Bear Stearns Companies Inc., Securities industry

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...by many newspaper publishers. TELECOMS TRANSPORT AIM-listed Broca says Vodafone has signed an agreement to re-sell its secureadvanced...information, such as cardpayments, to be sent via mobile networks. Broca will be paid by the number ofmessages sent. TRANSPORT Dresdner...
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Taking Stock

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 9, 2007

Subjects:

Bear Stearns Companies Inc., Securities industry

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...make a significant cashreturn. RETAILING TELECOMS AIM-listed Broca says Vodafone has signed an agreement to re-sell its secureadvanced...information, such as cardpayments, to be sent via mobile networks. Broca will be paid by the number ofmessages sent. TR ANSPORT CONSUMER...
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Keller Illuminates Opera of Light and Darkness

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 21, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Devil by the Tail") and falling in love with its director, Philippe de Broca. She also won a prize for her role in the stage drama, "A Day in the Life of Joe Egg." Mr. de Broca is the father of her son, and she still maintains a residence in Paris...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: broca

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Broca, Paul

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

BROCA, PAUL pol broka , 1824 80, French pathologist, anthropologist, and pioneer in neurosurgery. A professor in Paris at the...danthropologie (1872). An authority on aphasia, he localized the brain center for articulate speech in the convolution of Broca, or Brocas area (the third convolution of the left frontal lobe). He originated methods of classifying hair and skin color...
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Psychology

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...human psychology by French philosopher Condillac , F. J. Gall , the German founder of phrenology, and French surgeon Paul Broca , who localized speech centers in the brain. In the 19th cent., the laboratory work of Ernst Heinrich Weber , Gustave Fechner...

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