Advances in Psychological Science, Volume 2 : Biological and Cognitive Aspects

ISBN-13: 9780863774713 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 500 str.

Michel Sabourin; Michael Sabourne; Michele Robert

Opis

These twenty-six chapters give an excellent overview of current research in scientific psychology.

Spis treści

Contents: M. Sabourin, F.I.M. Craik, M. Roberts, Introduction. 1. Psychobiological Processes. P.L. Roubertoux, S. Mortaud, S. Tordjman, I. Roy, H. Degrelle, Behavior-Genetic Analysis and Aggression: The Mouse as a Prototype. M.C. Corballis, Evolution of the Human Mind. R. Melzack, Pain and Stress: Clues toward Understanding Chronic Pain. J. Cacioppo, Somatic Responses to Psychological Stress: The Reactivity Hypothesis. 2. Brain Mechanisms. B. Kolb, Brain Plasticity and Behavioral Change. H. Tiitinen, Auditory Information Processing as Indexed by the Mismatch Negativity. G. Rizzolatti, L. Craighero, Spatial Attention: Mechanisms and Theories. N. Kanwisher, The Modular Structure of Human Visual Recognition: Evidence from Functional Imaging. M. Rosenweig, Reciprocal Relations between Psychology and Neuroscience. 3. Learning Processes. R.A. Rescorla, Instrumental Learning: Nature and Persistence. J.E.R. Staddon, The Dynamics of Memory in Animal Learning. B.G. Galef, Recent Progress in Studies of Imitation and Social Learning in Animals. J.B. Overmier, Learned Helplessness: State or Stasis of the Art? N.J. Mackintosh, C.H. Bennett, Perceptual Learning in Animals and Humans. 4. Perceptual, Memory, and Cognitive Processes. M. Jeannerod, Representations for Actions. E.N. Sokolov, Model of Cognitive Processes. J. Mehler, C. Pallier, A. Christophe, Language and Cognition. G. Hatano, Comprehension Activity in Individuals and Groups. P. Bertelson, Starting from the Ventriloquist: The Perception of Multimodal Events. E. Tulving, Brain/mind Correlates of Human Memory. A. Koriat, Metamemory: The Feeling of Knowing and its Vagaries. 5. Cognitive Development. C. von Hofsten, The Early Development of Visual Perception and its Relation to Action and Cognition. R. Baillargeon, Infants' Understanding of the Physical World. A. de Ribaupierre, Développement Cognitif et Différences Individuelles. R. Gelman, Domain Specificity in Cognitive Development: Universals and Non-universals. K. Plunkett, Connectionism and Development. Author Index. Subject Index.

O autorze

Craik, Fergus; Michele Robert, ; Sabourin, Michel