Cognitive studies

Why people are not as gullible as we thinkNot Born Yesterday explains how we decide who we can trust and what we should believe-and argues that we're pretty good at making these decisions.

How is it that thoroughly physical material beings such as ourselves can think, dream, feel, create and understand ideas, theories and concepts?

An authoritative, up-to-date survey of the state of the art in artificial intelligence, written for non-specialists.

Emotional Development is a topic that embraces a range of disciplines, including, psychology, neuroscience, sociology, primatology, philosophy, history, cognitive science, computer science, and education.

The volume offers a number of representative papers on cognitive models that are invoked when people deal with questions of social identity, political and economic manipulation, and more general issues such as the genomic discourse.

A look at the extraordinary ways the brain turns thoughts into actions-and how this shapes our everyday livesWhy is it hard to text and drive at the same time?

Why you should worry less about AI and more about what makes us humanWe are at a crossroads in history.

Das zweisprachige Buch (Deutsch/Spanisch) setzt sich aus drei Beiträgen zusammen – Fallstudien, die sich an der Schnittstelle von Politik und Sprache in Lateinamerika bewegen.

Humans possess an extraordinary capacity for culture, from the arts and language to science and technology.

Inwiefern hat der Frühaufklärer Spinoza mit seinen Ansätzen zur Ethik, Religion und Spiritualität die neuesten Erkenntnisse der Neurobiologie vorgedacht?

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Perception is a survey by leading philosophical thinkers of contemporary issues and new thinking in philosophy of perception.

Most seminars are useless - it's an open secret in HR circles.

With contributions from founders of the field, including Justin Barrett, E.

STEM education is a multi-disciplinary approach that incorporates various pedagogies to offer a comprehensive and engaging learning environment.

Improvisation informs a vast array of human activity, from creative practices in art, dance, music, and literature to everyday conversation and the relationships to natural and built environments that surround and sustain us.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE PHYSICS WORLD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019'One of the deepest and most original thinkers of his generation of cognitive scientists.

Im Mittelpunkt des Buches steht die Auseinandersetzung um den Mythos als Gegenbegriff zum heutigen wissenschaftlichen Denken.

First Published in 1988.

This book explores new developments in the dialogues between science and theatre and offers an introduction to a fast-expanding area of research and practice.

Den drei in sich abgeschlossenen Beiträgen ist eines gemeinsam: die Intensität der auf das Künstlerindividuum und sein Werk konzentrierten Beobachtungsarbeit.

Gustave Le Bon in seiner Höchstform.

Sentence First, Arguments Afterward collects the most important papers of Lila Gleitman's career, spanning over 50 years of work.

The study of the chimpanzee, one of the human species' closest relatives, has led scientists to exciting discoveries about evolution, behavior, and cognition over the past half century.

A major new theory of why human intelligence has not evolved in other speciesThe Human Evolutionary Transition offers a unified view of the evolution of intelligence, presenting a bold and provocative new account of how animals and humans have followed two powerful yet very different evolutionary paths to intelligence.

Why birds are smarter than we thinkBirds have not been known for their high IQs, which is why a person of questionable intelligence is sometimes called a "e;birdbrain.

Musik spielt bei der Politisierung der Gesellschaft im 19.

A new theory is taking hold in neuroscience.

Our Brains at War: The Neuroscience of Conflict and Peacebuilding suggests that we need a radical change in how we think about war, leadership, and politics.

In the course of the eighteenth century, understanding human cognitive life came to be construed as something to be explored in terms of the physiology of the sensory organs, the nerves, and the brain: a form of naturalization that effectively moved cognition out of the realm of philosophy as it had traditionally been understood.

A beautifully written exploration of how cooperation shaped life on earth, from its single-celled beginnings to complex human societiesIn this rich, wide-ranging, beautifully illustrated volume, Egbert Leigh explores the results of billions of years of evolution at work.

This book investigates context-sensitivity in natural language by examining the meaning and use of a target class of theoretically recalcitrant expressions.

The purpose of this book is to catalyze a conversation between Cognitive Scientists and Educators.

Paul Thagard uses new accounts of brain mechanisms and social interactions to forge theories of mind, knowledge, reality, morality, justice, meaning, and the arts.

Machine learning, big data and AI are reshaping the human experience and forcing us to develop a new ethical intelligence.

'A riveting ride through your own brain' - Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of OriginalsWINNER of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology's book prize for 'The Promotion of Social and Personality Science'If humans are fundamentally good, why do we engage in acts of great cruelty?

In this pioneering book, Joseph Shaules presents exciting new research from cultural psychology and neuroscience.

Paul Thagard uses new accounts of brain mechanisms and social interactions to forge theories of mind, knowledge, reality, morality, justice, meaning, and the arts.

Computational media govern our experiences by externalizing our knowledge and memories, mining data from our behaviour to influence our decision-making, and creating emotionally rewarding and sensory pleasures.

Von der Physik der Töne zum Konzert der Neuronen Wenn wir etwas mögen, ist es Musik in unseren Ohren, wer den Ton angibt, spielt die erste Geige, und wem der Marsch geblasen wird, der pfeift auf dem letzten Loch.

The idea that we might be robots is no longer the stuff of science fiction; decades of research in evolutionary biology and cognitive science have led many esteemed scientists to the conclusion that, according to the precepts of universal Darwinism, humans are merely the hosts for two replicators (genes and memes) that have no interest in us except as conduits for replication.