Puluwat Atoll in Micronesia, with a population of only a few hundred proud seafaring people, can fulfill anyone's romantic daydream of the South Seas. Thomas Gladwin has written a beautiful and perceptive book which describes the complex navigational systems of the Puluwat natives, yet has done so principally to provide new insights into the effects of poverty in Western cultures.
The cognitive system which enables the Puluwatans to sail their canoes without instruments over trackless expanses of the Pacific Ocean is sophisticated and complex, yet the Puluwat native would score low...
Puluwat Atoll in Micronesia, with a population of only a few hundred proud seafaring people, can fulfill anyone's romantic daydream of the South Se...
The brain transforms information in two competing ways. Automatic processing runs independently of current goals and is based on the long-term encoding of patterns and expectations. Controlled processing is the modulation of automatic processes to reach a desired outcome, when that might not be achieved by automatic processing alone. The interplay between these processes plays an important role in determining our behaviour and internal mental states. Converging lines of evidence suggest that the control of information processing is associated with rhythmic patterns in brain activity....
The brain transforms information in two competing ways. Automatic processing runs independently of current goals and is based on the long-term encodin...
This brief text challenges readers who believe religious faith is "belief without evidence" to critically test their assumptions. In doing so, an alternative view of theism is presented in which religion and science not only coexist but can be meaningfully connected, and questions about God could have surprising new answers. The book covers four broad topics. First, throughout the history of the Church theologians have presented a view of religious faith that complements rather than contradicts science, but does contradict many assumptions about faith common today. This is illustrated via a...
This brief text challenges readers who believe religious faith is "belief without evidence" to critically test their assumptions. In doing so, an alte...