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.
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