Cognition and cognitive psychology

Relying on a thorough understanding of the role of ideology, discourse, and framing, this volume discusses ISIS as an Islamist ideological organization, and examines its philosophical scaffolding within the material conditions produced by neoliberal capital.

Heroes are often admired for their ability to act without having "e;one thought too many,"e; as Bernard Williams put it.

The opening of the former Soviet Union to the West has provided an opportunity to describe Russian human factors/ergonomics and to compare American theories and methods with it.

In the past ten years, there has been growing interest in applying our knowledge of the functioning of the human brain to the field of education-including reading, learning, language and mathematics.

In this handbook, renowned scholars from a range of backgrounds provide a state of the art review of key developmental findings in language acquisition.

Useful to researchers as well as practitioners looking for guidance on designing automated instruction systems, this book provides a snapshot of the state-of-the-art in this research area.

Originally published in 1992, The Esoteric Scene, Cultic Milieu, and Occult Tarot examines beliefs, practices, and activities described as mystical, psychical, magical, spiritual, metaphysical, theophysical, esoteric, occult, and/or pagan, among other possible labels, by their American disciplines.

We differentiate instruction to honor the reality of the students we teach.

The first book-length collection of papers presented at a Flowerree Symposium, this volume provides an in-depth analysis of a variety of the newest and most critical empirical and theoretical issues in the study of human cognition.

This book unveils the concept of social love as a kind of "e;Karst River"e; that flows through the history of sociology, reassessing it as a form criticism by people in everyday life.

Integrating findings from bilingualism research with the study of endangered languages, this book gives new perspectives for both fields.

Expertise, Pedagogy and Practice takes as its focus recent work on situated and embodied cognition, the concepts of expertise, skill and practice, and contemporary pedagogical theory.

Adaptive Learning and the Human Condition provides a coherent and comprehensive introduction to the basic principles of classical (Pavlovian) and instrumental (Skinnerian) conditioning.

For nearly four centuries, our understanding of human development has been controlled by the debate between nativism and empiricism.

Despite a long research tradition in visual neuroscience, the rehabilitation of cerebral visual deficits has, until recently, been neglected.

This book is about cultural models.

An examination of how we use the term ''dyslexia'' and how this may undermine aid for struggling readers.

Phonics for Pupils with Special Educational Needs is a complete, structured, multisensory programme for teaching reading and spelling, making it fun and accessible for all.

A comprehensive overview of the current state of research on memory and mind, this book captures the career and influence of Gordon H.

In Corpus Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition, Xiaofei Lu comprehensively reviews empirical studies that employ corpus linguistic methods to investigate issues in second language variation, processing, production, and development.

What does it really mean to be intelligent?

Over the past 20 years, the study of human memory has become an increasingly popular topic of study for psychologists, and since the late 1960s a new framework for studying memory has begun to take shape.

From an award-winning writer and linguist, a scientific and personal meditation on the phenomenon of language loss and the possibility of renewal.

Digressions and the Human Imagination makes a significant contribution to our anthropological knowledge about human creativity.

AI for Digital Warfare explores how the weaponising of artificial intelligence can and will change how warfare is being conducted, and what impact it will have on the corporate world.

This book compares the beginning of symbolic thought in human infancy with that of our close primate relatives, the chimpanzees.

The feedback model of self-regulation developed by the authors of the lead article in this volume has been one of the most successful theoretical formulations of regulatory processes to date.

The recent development of cognitive theories and therapies within the ranks of behavior therapy has to be classified as one of the more intriguing developments in contemporary clinical psychology.

School success in the 21st century requires proficiency with expository discourse -- the use and understanding of informative language in spoken and written modalities.

This edited volume examines aspects of the mind/consciousness that are relevant to the interpretations of quantum mechanics.

Cognitive Development and Acquisition of Language

Paves the way towards a fully-fledged science of human information-seeking by discussing how and why people seek knowledge.

The past fifteen years have witnessed an increasing interest in the cognitive study of the bilingual.

From the Foreword: "e;Is it possible at present to identify a core cluster of theoretical ideas, concepts, and methods with which everyone working in the area of learning and cognition needs to be familiar?

This concise, accessible guide explores the different models behind the concept of giftedness, examining the criteria for evaluating and identifying gifted children, in order to provide a deeper understanding of the lives of children and young people with high cognitive potential.

Excellence and the highest levels of performance in the arts and sciences, sports, and games have always been an object of fascination to both scientists and lay people.

When one is immersed in the fascinating world of neuroscience findings, the brain might start to seem like a collection of "e;modules,"e; each specializes in a specific mental feat.

Anthony J.

This volume descibes, in up-to-date terminology and authoritative interpretation, the field of neurolinguistics, the science concerned with the neural mechanisms underlying the comprehension, production and abstract knowledge of spoken, signed or written language.

If the difference between a student's success and failure were something specific you could teach, wouldn't you?

This is a collection of chapters by some of the most influential memory researchers.

Originally published in 1981, the subject matter of Wholly Human is integrated Man, the man whose functions and faculties work together in harmony, the man who is wholly human - aware and accepting of the disparities between who he thinks he is and who he really is.

Hypothetical thought involves the imagination of possibilities and the exploration of their consequences by a process of mental simulation.

In this powerful, multidisciplinary book, Tove Skutnabb-Kangas shows how most indigenous and minority education contributes to linguistic genocide according to United Nations definitions.

Advances in the Study of Behavior is the leading series in its field.

This collection of essays was written by former students, associates, admirers, critics and friends of Donald R.

This new book, Processing Instruction: Theory, Research, and Commentary, edited by Bill VanPatten--a pioneer in processing instruction (PI)--is a refreshing presentation of 10 related and not widely available articles that illustrate the role of processing instruction in second language acquisition.

This collection pays tribute to Professor Wallace E.

Anyone who claims the right 'to choose how to live their life' excludes any purely deterministic description of their brain in terms of genes, chemicals or environmental influences.