Human Cognition: A Multidisciplinary Perspective - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761992499 ISBN 13: 9780761992493

Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd, 1998

Synopsis

With contributions from experimental cognitive psychology, neuroscience, developmental psychology, medical science and linguistics, this volume demonstrates the diversity of approaches to human cognition in research conducted in the East and West.

A panoramic overview of recent studies of cognition is provided, with a range of fundamental issues covered, including: the role of neuroscience; the relative scope of symbolic and sub-symbolic levels of explanation; representational questions; and applications of cognitive methods. Specific topics examined include: mechanisims of attention; Alzheimer′s Disease; linguistic diversity; and social functioning.

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CONTRIBUTORS OUTSIDE SOUTH ASIA

Anita Ambardar Northeastern Illinois University

Jose F Arocha McGill University

Roy Davies Aston University Birmingham

John E Deaton Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

Arthur D Fisk Georgia Institute of Technology

Pamela M Greenwood Catholic University of America

Trevor A Harley University of Dundee

David R Kaufmann University of California Berkeley

Gerald Matthews University of Dundee

Robert Molloy National Transportation and Safety Board, Washington DC

Mustapha Mouloua University of Central Florida

Sangeeta Panicker American Psychological Association

Vimla L Patel McGill University

Michael I Posner University of Oregon

Thomas Rammsayer Friedrich Schiller University, Jena

Wendy Rogers University of Georgia

Nirbhay N Singh Medical College of Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth University

Claire A Stewart Private Practice New Zealand

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761992499
• ISBN 13: 9780761992493
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 360
• Editor: Singh Indramani, Parasuraman R.