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  • Current Topics in Animal Learning

    Brain, Emotion, and Cognition

    Edited by Lawrence Dachowski, Charles F. Flaherty ...
    This book, based on the Flowerree Mardi Gras Symposium at Tulane University, juxtaposes contemporary research and theory from several areas of animal learning -- learning theory, comparative cognition, animal models of human behavior, and functional neurology. Investigators pursuing these different routes often work in isolation of progress being made in, what should be, related fields. This book ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD

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    Work, Effort and Control

    by Robert Hockey ...
    Fatigue can have a major impact on an individual's performance and well-being, yet is poorly understood, even within the scientific community. There is no developed theory of its origins or functions, and different types of fatigue (mental, physical, sleepiness) are routinely confused. The widespread interpretation of fatigue as a negative consequence of work may be true only for externally ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Mirrors in the Brain

    How our minds share actions and emotions

    by Giacomo Rizzolatti, Corrado Sinigaglia ...
    Emotions and actions are powerfully contagious; when we see someone laugh, cry, show disgust, or experience pain, in some sense, we share that emotion. When we see someone in distress, we share that distress. When we see a great actor, musician or sportsperson perform at the peak of their abilities, it can feel like we are experiencing just something of what they are experiencing. Yet only ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • The Psychobiology of Consciousness

    Edited by Richard Davidson ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE BRAIN SELF-REGULATION PARADOX The relationship of consciousness to biology has intrigued mankind thoroughout recorded history. However, little progress has been made not only in understanding these issues but also in raising fundamental questions central to the problem. As Davidson and Davidson note in their introduction, William James suggested, almost a century ago in his ... Read more

    $128.99 CAD

  • Embodied

    The psychology of physical sensation

    by Christopher Eccleston ...
    We grow up thinking there are five senses, but we forget about the ten neglected senses of the body that both enable and limit our experience. Embodied explores the psychology of physical sensation in ten chapters: balance, movement, pressure (acting in gravity), breathing, fatigue, pain, itch, temperature, appetite, and expulsion (the senses of physical matter leaving the body). For each sense, ... Read more

    $58.99 CAD

  • Fundamentals of Motor Control

    by Mark L. Latash ...
    Motor control is a relatively young field of research exploring how the nervous system produces purposeful, coordinated movements in its interaction with the body and the environment through conscious and unsconscious thought. Many books purporting to cover motor control have veered off course to examine biomechanics and physiology rather than actual control, leaving a gap in the literature. This ... Read more

    $66.39 CAD

  • New Frontiers in Mirror Neurons Research

    Edited by Pier Francesco Ferrari, Giacomo Rizzolatti ...
    The discovery of mirror neurons caused a revolution in neuroscience and psychology. Nevertheless, because of their profound impact within life sciences, mirror neuron are still the subject of numerous debates concerning their origins and their functions. With more than 20 years of research in this area, it is timely to synthesise the expanding literature on this topic. 'New frontiers in Mirror ... Read more

    $105.99 CAD

  • Cognition, Brain, and Consciousness

    Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience

    by Bernard J. Baars, Nicole M. Gage ...
    Cognition, Brain, and Consciousness, Second Edition, provides students and readers with an overview of the study of the human brain and its cognitive development.It discusses brain molecules and their primary function, which is to help carry brain signals to and from the different parts of the human body. These molecules are also essential for understanding language, learning, perception, thinking ... Read more

    $79.19 CAD

  • Criminological Theory

    A Genetic-Social Approach

    by T. Owen ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    In an age of rapid advances in behavioural genetics, this book applies a unique genetic-social framework to the study of crime and criminal behaviour. Drawing upon evidence from evolutionary psychology and behavioural genetics, it offers an up-to-date and balanced account of the mutuality between genes and environment. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Unhappiness, Sadness and 'Depression'

    Antidepressants and the Mental Disorder Epidemic

    by Tullio Giraldi ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This book examines existing treatments, legislation and research methodology of depression and exposes their limitations, championing psycho-social support as an alternative. Depression, affecting 350 million people according to the World Health Organisation, is almost invariably diagnosed by the criteria of the American Psychiatric Association – a definition which encompasses those with normal ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Life History Evolution and Sociology

    The Biological Backstory of Coming Apart: The State of White America 1960-2010

    by Steven C. Hertler ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This book supplies the evolutionary and genetic framework that Charles Murray, towards the end of Coming Apart: The State of White America 1960-2010, predicts will one day explain revolutionary change in American society. Murray’s Coming Apart documents 50 years of changed college admissions, government incentives, mating and migration patterns that have wrought national divisions across indexes ... Read more

    $70.99 CAD

  • The Varieties of Orthographic Knowledge

    II: Relationships to Phonology, Reading, and Writing

    Edited by V.W. Berninger ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    The role of orthography in reading and writing is not a new topic of inquiry. For example, in 1970 Venezky made a seminal contribution with The Structure of English Orthography in which he showed how both sequential redundancy (probable and permissible letter sequences) and rules of letter-sound correspondence contribute to orthographic structure. In 1972 Kavanagh and Mattingly edited Language by ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD