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Where do spontaneous thoughts come from? It may be surprising that the seemingly straightforward answers "from the mind" or "from the brain" are in fact an incredibly recent understanding of the origins of spontaneous thought. For nearly all of human history, our...
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Oxford University Press
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2018-05-16
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Karl Testor schafft anhand einer Synthese verschiedener Konzepte der Neuro- und Kognitionswissenschaft ein Modell, das einen Ansatz für das Entstehen von Neuem bietet und die dafür relevanten Aspekte herausarbeitet. Die wissenschaftliche Betrachtung erfährt so eine...
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Springer
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2018-05-04
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One of the most important psychologists alive today tells the story of the transformation of modern psychology through the lens of his own career and change of heart.Martin E. P. Seligman is one of the most decorated and popular psychologists of his generation. When he...
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John Murray One
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2018-04-05
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Metacognition refers to our awareness of our own mental processes, such as perceiving, remembering, learning, and problem solving. It is a fascinating area of research for psychologists, neuroscientists, anthropologists, sociologists and philosophers.
This book...
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OUP Oxford
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2018-03-30
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A pioneering neuroscientist argues that we are more than our brains To many, the brain is the seat of personal identity and autonomy. But the way we talk about the brain is often rooted more in mystical conceptions of the soul than in scientific fact. This blinds us to...
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Basic Books
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2018-03-13
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A thought-provoking treatise on understanding and treating the aging mind and brain This handbook recognizes the critical issues surrounding mind and brain health by tackling overarching and pragmatic needs so as to better understand these multifaceted issues. This...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2018-03-09
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Metacognition refers to our awareness of our own mental processes, such as perceiving, remembering, learning, and problem solving. It is a fascinating area of research for psychologists, neuroscientists, anthropologists, sociologists and philosophers.
This book...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-03-09
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This volume brings together the primary challenges for 21st century cognitive sciences and cultural neuroscience in responding to the nature of human identity, self, and evolution of life itself. Through chapters devoted to intricate but focused models, empirical...
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Springer
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2018-02-26
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This book explains the foundation of approximate Bayesian computation (ABC), an approach to Bayesian inference that does not require the specification of a likelihood function. As a result, ABC can be used to estimate posterior distributions of parameters for...
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Springer
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2018-02-07
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Computational Approaches to Cognition and Perception
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This book explores new findings on the long-neglected topic of theory construction and discovery, and challenges the orthodox, current division of scientific development into discrete stages: the stage of generation of new hypotheses; the stage of collection of relevant...
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Springer
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2018-01-18
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Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics
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Once, human-computer interaction was limited to a privileged few. Today, our contact with computing technology is pervasive, ubiquitous, and global. Work and study is computer mediated, domestic and commercial systems are computerized, healthcare is being reinvented,...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2017-12-28
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This book, at the crossroads of creativity, design and interdisciplinary studies, offers an overview of these major trends in scientific research, society, culture and economics. It brings together different approaches and communities around a common reflection on...
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Springer
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2017-12-18
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Creativity in the Twenty First Century
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This book explores new points of view of human memory in the link among mind, brain, and society. Research of human memory traditionally has been in the field of experimental psychology, and a number of psychological researchers have come upon important findings...
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Springer
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2017-12-15
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Each of us has a protected zone two or three feet wide, swelling around the head and narrowing towards the feet. This zone isn't fixed in size: if you're nervous, it grows; if you're relaxed, it shrinks. It also depends on your cultural upbringing. Personal space is...
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Oxford University Press
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2017-12-06
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This book is about the representations - both visual and linguistic - which people give of their own places of origin. It examines the drawings of interviewees who were asked to draw their own place of origin on a white A3 sheet, using pencil or colour, according to...
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Springer
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2017-12-05
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Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy & Psychology
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Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains, therefore, are designed not just to hunt and gather, but also to help us get ahead socially, often via deception and self-deception. But while we may be self-interested schemers, we benefit by...
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Oxford University Press
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2017-12-01
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We remember in social contexts.We reminisce about the past together, collaborate to remember shared experiences, and, even when we are alone, we remember in the context of our communities and cultures.
Taking an interdisciplinary approach throughout, this text...
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OUP Oxford
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2017-12-01
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We remember in social contexts.We reminisce about the past together, collaborate to remember shared experiences, and, even when we are alone, we remember in the context of our communities and cultures.
Taking an interdisciplinary approach throughout, this text...
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OUP Oxford
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2017-12-01
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This Brief offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the current developments in the field of prospective memory, or memory for delayed intentions. It explores several key areas in prospective memory research, including computational modeling, neuroscience and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-11-17
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Psychology
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This SpringerBrief provides an interdisciplinary synthesis based on psychology, logic, mathematics, cognitive science, and the history of science. It presents psychology as a science that suffers from a reduced understanding of the most fundamental logic in our...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-11-03
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SpringerBriefs in Psychology
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