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  • Reason and Less

    Pursuing Food, Sex, and Politics

    by Vinod Goel ...
    A new, biologically driven model of human behavior in which reason is tethered to the evolutionarily older autonomic, instinctive, and associative systems.In Reason and Less, Vinod Goel explains the workings of the tethered mind. Reason does not float on top of our biology but is tethered to evolutionarily older autonomic, instinctive, and associative systems. After describing the conceptual and ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • Towards a Theory of Thinking

    Building Blocks for a Conceptual Framework

    Edited by Vinod Goel, Albrecht Müller, Britt Glatzeder ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    What is Thinking? – Trying to Define an Equally Fascinating and Elusive Phenomenon Human thinking is probably the most complex phenomenon that evolution has come up with until now. There exists a broad spectrum of definitions, from subs- ing almost all processes of cognition to limiting it to language-based, sometimes even only to formalizable reasoning processes. We work with a “medium sized” ... Read more

    $179.39 CAD

  • Brain Informatics

    12th International Conference, BI 2019, Haikou, China, December 13–15, 2019, Proceedings

    Edited by Peipeng Liang, Vinod Goel, Chunlei Shan ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
    This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Brain Informatics, BI 2019, held in Haikou, China, in December 2019.The 26 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 36 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: cognitive and computational foundations of brain science; human information processing systems; ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

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    How Neural Circuits Weigh the Options

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  • The Neuroscience of Freedom and Creativity

    Our Predictive Brain

    by Joaquín M. Fuster ...
    Joaquín M. Fuster is an eminent cognitive neuroscientist whose research over the last five decades has made fundamental contributions to our understanding of the neural structures underlying cognition and behaviour. This book provides his view on the eternal question of whether we have free will. Based on his seminal work on the functions of the prefrontal cortex in decision-making, planning, ... Read more

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  • Encyclopedia of Human Behavior

    by Vilayanur S. Ramachandran ...
    The Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, Second Edition, Three Voluime Set is an award-winning three-volume reference on human action and reaction, and the thoughts, feelings, and physiological functions behind those actions. Presented alphabetically by title, 300 articles probe both enduring and exciting new topics in physiological psychology, perception, personality, abnormal and clinical psychology, ... Read more

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  • Developmental Psychology: An Evolutionary Perspective

    by M.D. Rutherford ...
    This textbook introduces the field of developmental psychology from an evolutionary and adaptationist perspective. This perspective allows us to make sense of the interaction between the developing child and the environment in which the child is developing. It allows us to ask why the human mind is designed the way it is, what functions psychological processes serve, and how our human psychology ... Read more

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  • In Consciousness we Trust

    The Cognitive Neuroscience of Subjective Experience

    by Hakwan Lau ...
    In Consciousness We Trust is a synthesis of Hakwan Lau's 20-year research programme exploring the neuroscience of consciousness. Discussing studies from his own laboratory, Lau uses various neuroscience techniques to address challenging philosophical questions about the nature of our subjective experience. Considering the qualitative nature of subjective experience, the book reviews the current ... Read more

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  • Foundations in Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience

    Edited by Steven M. Platek, Todd K. Shackelford ...
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  • The Biopsychosocial Model of Health and Disease

    New Philosophical and Scientific Developments

    by Derek Bolton, Grant Gillett ...
    This open access book is a systematic update of the philosophical and scientific foundations of the biopsychosocial model of health, disease and healthcare. First proposed by George Engel 40 years ago, the Biopsychosocial Model is much cited in healthcare settings worldwide, but has been increasingly criticised for being vague, lacking in content, and in need of reworking in the light of recent ... Read more

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  • Social Learning

    An Introduction to Mechanisms, Methods, and Models

    by William Hoppitt, Kevin N. Laland ...
    Many animals, including humans, acquire valuable skills and knowledge by copying others. Scientists refer to this as social learning. It is one of the most exciting and rapidly developing areas of behavioral research and sits at the interface of many academic disciplines, including biology, experimental psychology, economics, and cognitive neuroscience. Social Learning provides a comprehensive, ... Read more

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  • Biology and Knowledge Revisited

    From Neurogenesis to Psychogenesis

    Edited by Sue Taylor Parker, Jonas Langer, Constance Milbrath ...
    Series series Jean Piaget Symposia Series
    Based on the Annual Symposium of the Jean Piaget Society, Biology and Knowledge Revisited focuses on the classic issue of the relationship between nature and nurture in cognitive and linguistic development, and their neurological substrates.Contributors trace the history of ideas concerning the relationship between evolution and development, and bring powerful new conceptual systems and research ... Read more

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