Books from MIT Press
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The New Cognitive Neurosciences
By Michael S. Gazzaniga84 TODD M. PREUSS proposed human brain specializations , and discusses some ... To be sure , we know a great deal about mammalian and primate brains ...
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The Cognitive Neurosciences
By Michael S. Gazzaniga, Christof Koch, Todd F. HeathertonChristof Koch, Michael S. Gazzaniga, Todd F. Heatherton, Joseph E. Ledoux, ... bank models have had success in predicting a great deal of the data involving ...
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Studying Sound: A Theory and Practice of Sound Design
By Karen CollinsMurch takes us through his theories on mixing and then presents a breakdown of his mixing approach on Apocalypse Now. David Gibson, The Art of Mixing: A Visual Guide to Recording (2018) Although Gibson's book is about mixing music ...
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Playing with Sound: A Theory of Interacting with Sound and Music in Video Games
By Karen CollinsLeonardo Music Journal 14 : 97-104 . Gibbs , M. R. , K. Hew , and G. Wadley . 2004. Social Translucence of the Xbox Live Voice Channel . In Entertainment Computing , ed . M. Rauterberg . 377–385 . Berlin : Springer - Verlag Gibson ...
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A Mark of the Mental: In Defense of Informational Teleosemantics
By Karen NeanderGibson, J. J. 1977. The theory of affordances. In Perceiving, Acting, and Knowing: Toward an Ecological Psychology, ed. Robert Shaw and John Bransford, 67–82. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Gibson, J. J. 1986. The Ecological Approach to Visual ...
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The Consequences of Nuclear Proliferation: Lessons from South Asia
By Devin T. HagertyThe term was coined in 1987 by Benjamin Frankel who observed that there are now two " distinct nuclear cultures . " In the overt culture of the five declared nuclear powers , " nuclear weapons , their testing , and the means to deliver ...
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Game Sound: An Introduction to the History, Theory, and Practice of Video Game Music and Sound Design
By Karen CollinsThis book introduces readers to the various aspects of game audio, from its development in early games to theoretical discussions of immersion and realism.
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Social Neuroscience: People Thinking about Thinking People
By John T. Cacioppo, Penny S. Visser, Cynthia L. PickettShin, L. M., Dougherty, D. D., Orr, S. P., Pitman, R. K., Lasko, M., Macklin, M. L., et al. (2000). Activation of anterior paralimbic structures during guilt-related script-driven imagery. Biological Psychiatry, 48, 43–50.
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Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos, and Instability: Statistical Theory and Economic Evidence
By William A. Brock, David Arthur Hsieh, Blake Dean LeBaronBaek , E. , and Brock , W. 1988b . An Alternate Approach to Specification Error Test , Iowa State University and University of Wisconsin , Madison . Barnett , W. , Berndt , E. , and White , H. , eds . 1988. Dynamic Econometric Modelling ...
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A General Equilibrium Analysis of US Foreign Trade Policy
By Jaime De Melo, David G. TarrWashington : Brookings Institution . Barnett , D. , and L. Schorsch . 1982. Steel : Upheaval in a Basic Industry . Cambridge , MA : Ballinger . Baumol , W. , J. Panzar , and R. Willig . 1982. Contestable Markets and the Theory of Market ...
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Toward the Healthy City: People, Places, and the Politics of Urban Planning
By Jason CorburnPorter, D. 2001. Health, Civilization and the State: A History of Public Health from Ancient to Modern Times. London: Routledge. Porter, T. 1995. Trust in Numbers: The Pursuit of Objectivity in Science and Public Life.
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Digital Citizenship: The Internet, Society, and Participation
By Karen Mossberger, Caroline J. Tolbert, Ramona S. McnealBut statistics show that significant segments of the population are still excluded from digital citizenship. The authors of this book define digital citizens as those who are online daily.
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Walking and Mapping: Artists as Cartographers
By Karen O'RourkeIronically, 4'33” relies for its meaning on the concert hall context, with a seated ticket-holding audience that expects a pianist to perform. This method proved to be ineffective. Said Neuhaus: ”the audience seemed more impressed with ...
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Current Controversies in the Biological Sciences: Case Studies of Policy Challenges from New Technologies
By Karen F. Greif, Jon F. MerzJackson, R. J., A. J. Ramsay, C. D. Christensen, S. Beaton, D. F. Hall, and I. A. Ramshaw. Expression of mouse interleukin-4 by a recombinant ectromelia virus suppresses cytolytic lymphocyte responses and overcomes genetic resistance to ...
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Pesticide Drift and the Pursuit of Environmental Justice
By Jill Lindsey HarrisonFraser 2000,113. 142. Young (1990, 58–59) defines cultural imperialism as cases in which “the dominant meanings of a society render the particular perspective of one's own group invisible at the same time as they stereotype one's group ...
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From the Inside Out: The Fight for Environmental Justice within Government Agencies
By Jill Lindsey HarrisonShilling, Fraser M., Jonathan K. London, and Raoul S. Liévanos. 2009. “Marginalization by Collaboration: Environmental Justice as a Third Party in and beyond CALFED.” Environmental Science and Policy 12 (6): 694–709.
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Human Rights in the Global Information Society
By Rikke Frank Jørgensen, World Summit on the Information SocietyOn this and other examples, see Cees J. Hamelink, “Human Rights for the Information Society,” in Bruce Girard and Seán ó ... Chris Brown, “Universal Human Rights: A Critique,” in Tim Dunne and Nicholas J. Wheeler, eds., Human Rights in ...
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Urban Computing
By Yu Zheng[149] Ye, Y., Y. Zheng, Y. Chen, J. Feng, and X. Xie. 2009. “Mining Individual Life Pattern Based on Location History.” In Proceedings, 2009 Tenth International Conference on Mobile Data Management: Systems, Services and Middleware.
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What Every Engineer Should Know about Artificial Intelligence
By William A. Taylor, WILLIAM A AUTOR TAYLORAI expert and consultant William Taylor provides a practical explanation of the parts of AI research that are ready for use by anyone with an engineering degree and that can help engineers do their jobs better.
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Categorizing Cognition: Toward Conceptual Coherence in the Foundations of Psychology
By Graeme S. Halford, William H. Wilson, Glenda AndrewsToward Conceptual Coherence in the Foundations of Psychology Graeme S. Halford, William H. Wilson, Glenda Andrews, ... K., 95, 131, 265 Kollias, P., 221 Kotovsky, L., 153, 157 Kovacs, S. L., 185 Kraemer, D. J. M., 86 Krascum, R. M., ...