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  • The Evolved Mind and Modern Education

    Status of Evolutionary Educational Psychology

    by David C. Geary ...
    Series series Elements in Applied Evolutionary Science
    Humans have an extraordinary ability to create evolutionarily novel knowledge, such as writing systems and mathematics. This accumulated knowledge over several millennia supports large, dynamic societies that now require children to learn this novel knowledge in educational settings. This Element provides a framework for understanding the evolution of the brain systems that enable innovation and ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • Evolution of Vulnerability

    Implications for Sex Differences in Health and Development

    by David C. Geary ...
    Biologists have known for decades that many traits involved in competition for mates or other resources and that influence mate choice are exaggerated, and their expression is influenced by the individuals' ability to tolerate a variety of environmental and social stressors. Evolution of Vulnerability applies this concept of heightened sensitivity to humans for a host of physical, social, ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Evolutionary Origins and Early Development of Number Processing

    Edited by David C. Geary, Daniel B. Berch, Kathleen Mann Koepke ...
    Series Book 1 - Mathematical Cognition and Learning (Print)
    The first volume in this ground-breaking series focuses on the origins and early development of numerical cognition in non-human primates, lower vertebrates, human infants, and preschool children. The text will help readers understand the nature and complexity of these foundational quantitative concepts and skills along with evolutionary precursors and early developmental trajectories. - Brings ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Evolutionary Perspectives on Child Development and Education

    Edited by David C. Geary, Daniel B. Berch ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This stimulating volume assembles leading scholars to address issues in children’s cognitive, academic, and social development through the lens of evolutionary psychology.Debates and controversies in the field highlight the potential value of this understanding, from basic early learning skills through emerging social relationships in adolescence, with implications for academic outcomes, ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

  • Development of Mathematical Cognition

    Neural Substrates and Genetic Influences

    Edited by Daniel B. Berch, David C. Geary, Kathleen Mann Koepke ...
    Series Book 2 - Mathematical Cognition and Learning (Print)
    Development of Mathematical Cognition: Neural Substrates and Genetic Influences reviews advances in extant imaging modalities and the application of brain stimulation techniques for improving mathematical learning. It goes on to explore the role genetics and environmental influences have in the development of math abilities and disabilities. Focusing on the neural substrates and genetic factors ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Acquisition of Complex Arithmetic Skills and Higher-Order Mathematics Concepts

    Edited by David C. Geary, Daniel B. Berch, Robert Ochsendorf, Kathleen Mann Koepke ...
    Series Book 3 - Mathematical Cognition and Learning (Print)
    Acquisition of Complex Arithmetic Skills and Higher-Order Mathematics Concepts focuses on typical and atypical learning of complex arithmetic skills and higher-order math concepts. As part of the series Mathematical Cognition and Learning, this volume covers recent advances in the understanding of children's developing competencies with whole-number arithmetic, fractions, and rational numbers. ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Cognitive Foundations for Improving Mathematical Learning

    Edited by David C. Geary, Daniel B. Berch, Kathleen Mann Koepke ...
    Series Book 5 - Mathematical Cognition and Learning (Print)
    The fifth volume in the Mathematical Cognition and Learning series focuses on informal learning environments and other parental influences on numerical cognitive development and formal instructional interventions for improving mathematics learning and performance. The chapters cover the use of numerical play and games for improving foundational number knowledge as well as school math performance, ... Read more

    $134.99 USD

  • Language and Culture in Mathematical Cognition

    Edited by Daniel B. Berch, David C. Geary, Kathleen Mann Koepke ...
    Series Book 4 - Mathematical Cognition and Learning (Print)
    Language and Culture in Mathematical Cognition, First Edition focuses on the role of linguistic and cultural factors in math cognition and development. It covers a wide range of topics, including analogical mapping in numerical development, arithmetic fact retrieval in the bilingual brain, cross-cultural comparisons of mathematics achievement, the shaping of numerical processing by number word ... Read more

    $112.49 USD

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    Prediction, Action, and the Embodied Mind

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    How is it that thoroughly physical material beings such as ourselves can think, dream, feel, create and understand ideas, theories and concepts? How does mere matter give rise to all these non-material mental states, including consciousness itself? An answer to this central question of our existence is emerging at the busy intersection of neuroscience, psychology, artificial intelligence, and ... Read more

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  • Beyond the DSM

    Toward a Process-Based Alternative for Diagnosis and Mental Health Treatment

    Edited by Steven C. Hayes, PhD, Stefan G. Hofmann, PhD ...
    As a mental health clinician, you know that every client is unique, and a client’s symptoms are the result of a complex combination of psychological, environmental, genetic, and neural factors. However, the de facto DSM model poses considerable constraints on how you can treat clients—often resulting in a one-size-fits-all diagnosis. This important volume challenges the assumptions and approach ... Read more

    $40.29 USD

  • The Number Sense

    How the Mind Creates Mathematics, Revised and Updated Edition

    by Stanislas Dehaene ...
    Our understanding of how the human brain performs mathematical calculations is far from complete, but in recent years there have been many exciting breakthroughs by scientists all over the world. Now, in The Number Sense, Stanislas Dehaene offers a fascinating look at this recent research, in an enlightening exploration of the mathematical mind. Dehaene begins with the eye-opening discovery that ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Working Memory

    The state of the science

    Edited by Robert Logie, Valerie Camos, Nelson Cowan ...
    Working memory refers to how we keep track of what we are doing moment to moment throughout our waking lives. It allows us to remember what we have just done, focus on what we are doing now, to solve problems, be creative, think about what we will be doing in the next few seconds, and continually to update in our mind changes around us throughout the day. This book brings together in one volume, ... Read more

    $55.79 USD