Provides a historical look at the investigations into the functions of the brain
Does the brain create the mind, or is some external entity involved? This book synthesizes ideas borrowed from philosophy, religion, and science.
Does listening to Mozart make us more intelligent? Does the size of the brain matter? Can we communicate with the dead? This book presents a survey of common myths about the mind & brain.
First published in 1985, this collection of original essays traces the development of mind in animals and human beings from its origins in the evolution of larger brains with a capacity for creating mental models of the environment.
Uttal considers psychological and behavioral concerns that can help guide the neuroscientific discussion; work done before the advent of imaging systems; and what brain imaging has brought to recent research.
Examples of these types of studies can be found in Bruel-Jungerman, Davis, Rampon, & Laroche (2006); Eriksson, Perfilieva, Njork-Eriksson, Alborn, Nordborg, & Peterson (1998); Kornack & Rakic (1999); Santarelli, Saxe, Gross, Surget, ...
The book is generously illustrated, including many images of thinkers who contributed to the field.
This edited collection brings together contributions from experts in criminal behaviour, civil law and jurisprudence.
In classical lexical decision experiments that were published in 1981, Roger Schvaneveldt and James McDonald (Schvaneveldt and McDonald, 1981) presented word and non- word targets after R, N, or U word primes. Each prime remained on for ...
Understanding how the brain learns helps teachers do their jobs more effectively. Primary researchers share the latest findings on the learning process and address their implications for educational theory and practice.
... movement initiated, and hence either subjects' judgements without TMS or their judgements with TMS were illusory. See H.C. Lau, RD. Rogers, and RE. Passingham 'Manipulating the experienced onset of intention after action execution', ...