Encyclopedia of cognitive science / editor-in-chief, Lynn Nadel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nadel, Lynn.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognitive Science.

Cognitive science.

Cognitive science--Encyclopedias.

Medical Subjects:

Cognitive Science.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

4 volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Nature Pub. Group, 2003.

Contents:

v. 1. Academic achievement - Environmental psychology - v. 2. Epilepsy - mental imagery, philosophical issues about - v. 3. Mental models - signal detection theory - v. 4. Similarity - zombies. Glossary and subject index.

Editors

Preface

What is Cognitive Science?

Contributors

Glossarys

Academic Achievement

Acalculia

ACT

Action

Action, Philosophical Issues about

Adaptive Resonance Theory

Addiction

Addiction, Neural Basis of

Aesthetics

Affective Disorders: Depression and Mania

Aggression and Defense, Neurohormonal Mechanisms of

Aging and Cognition

Aging, Neural Changes in

Agreement

Alzheimer Disease

Amnesia

Amygdala

Analogical Reasoning, Psychology of

Analogy-making, Computational Models of

Anaphora

Anaphora, Processing of

Animal Cognition

Animal Language

Animal Learning

Animal Navigation and Cognitive Maps

Anomalous Monism

Anosognosia

Antisocial Personality and Psychopathy

Anxiety Disorders

Aphasia

Apraxia

Articulation: Dynamic Models of Motor Planning

Artificial Intelligence, Gödelian Arguments against

Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of

Artificial Life

Asset Market Experiments

Attention

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Attention, Models of

Attention, Neural Basis of

Attitudes

Attractor Networks

Audition, Neural Basis of

Auditory Event-related Potentials

Auditory Perception, Psychology of

Autism

Autism, Psychology of

Autobiographical Memory

Automaticity

Autonomic Nervous System

Backpropagation

Bartlett, Frederic Charles

Basal Forebrain

Basal Ganglia

Bayesian and Computational Learning Theory

Bayesian Belief Networks

Bayesian Learning in Games

Behavior, Genetic Influences on

Behavioral Neuropharmacological Methods

Behaviorism, Philosophical

Bidding Strategies in Single-unit Auctions

Binding Problem

Binding Theory

Blindsight

Blindsight, Neural Basis of

Bloomfield, Leonard

Brain Asymmetry

Brain Damage, Treatment and Recovery from

Brain Self-stimulation

Brazier, Mary A.B.

Broca, Paul

Catastrophic Forgetting in Connectionist Networks

Categorial Grammar and Formal Semantics

Categorical Perception

Categorization, Development of

Causal Perception, Development of

Causal Reasoning, Psychology of

Cerebellum

Cerebral Commissures

Change Blindness

Change Blindness, Psychology of

Chinese Room Argument, The

Choice Selection

Choice under Uncertainty

Circadian Rhythms

Classifier Systems

Cognitive Assessment

Cognitive Development, Computational Models of

Cognitive Linguistics

Cognitive Processing Through the Interaction of Many Agents

Cognitive Science: Experimental methods

Cognitive Science: Philosophical Issues

Color Perception, Psychology of

Color Vision, Neural Basis of

Color Vision, Philosophical Issues about

Comparative Psychology

Computability and Computational Complexity

Computation, Formal Models of

Computation, Philosophical Issues about

Computational Models of Cognition: Constraining

Computational Models: Why Build Them?

Computational Neuroscience: From Biology to Cognition

Computer Modeling of Cognition: Levels of Analysis

Computer Vision

Concept Learning

Concept Learning and Categorization: Models

Concepts, Philosophical Issues about

Conceptual Change

Conceptual Representations in Psychology

Conditioning

Connectionism

Connectionism and Systematicity

Connectionist Architectures: Optimization

Connectionist Implementationalism and Hybrid Systems

Consciousness

Consciousness and Attention

Consciousness and Higher-order Thought

Consciousness and Representationalism

Consciousness, Animal

Consciousness, Cognitive Theories of

Consciousness, Disorders of

Consciousness, Function of

Consciousness, Machine

Consciousness, Philosophical Issues about

Consciousness, Sleep, and Dreaming

Consciousness, Stream of

Consciousness, Unity of

Constraint Satisfaction

Constraint-based Processing

Constraints on Movement

Construction Grammar

Constructivism

Conversation, Structure of

Convolution-based Memory Models

Cooperation and Conflict, Large-scale Human

Cooperative and Collaborative Learning

Cortical Columns

Cortical Map Formation

Counterfactual Thinking

Creativity

Cultural Differences in Abstract Thinking

Cultural Differences in Causal Attribution

Cultural Processes: The Latest Major Transition in Evolution

Cultural Psychology

Cultural Transmission and Diffusion

Culture and Cognitive Development

Decision-making

Decision-making, Intertemporal

Decoding Neural Population Activity

Decoding Single Neuron Activity

Deductive Reasoning

Delusions

Depression

Depth Perception

Descartes, René

Descending Motor Tracts

Development

Developmental Disorders of Language

Diffusion Models and Neural Activity

Direct Reference

Discourse Processing

Disfluencies in Spoken Language

Disorders of Body Image

Dissociation Methodology

Distinctive Feature Theory

Distributed Representations

Down Syndrome

Dualism

Dynamic Decision Makers, Classification of Types of

Dynamical Systems Hypothesis in Cognitive Science

Dynamical Systems: Mathematics

Dynamical Systems, Philosophical Issues about

Dyslexia

Early Experience and Cognitive Organization

Ebbinghaus, Hermann

Economics, Experimental Methods in

Economics Experiments, Learning in

Education, Learning in

Electroencephalography (EEG)

Eliminativism

Ellipsis

Embodiment

Emergence

Emotion

Emotion, Neural Basis of

Emotion, Philosophical Issues about

Encoding and Retrieval, Neural Basis of

Environmental Psychology.

v. 2. Epilepsy

Epiphenomenalism

Episodic Memory, Computational Models of

Epistemology

Ethics

Event-related Potentials and Mental Chronometry

Evolutionary Algorithms

Evolutionary Psychology: Applications and Criticisms

Evolutionary Psychology: Theoretical Foundations

Executive Function, Models of

Expert Systems

Expertise

Explanatory Gap

Externalism

Eye Movements

Face Cells

Face Perception, Neural Basis of

Face Perception, Psychology of

False Memory

Fechner, Gustav Theodor

Finite State Processing

Folk Psychology

Fragile X Syndrome

Frame Problem, The

Free Will

Frege, Gottlob

Freud, Sigmund

Frontal Cortex

Functionalism

Fuzzy Logic

Game Theory

Game Theory in Economics

Game-playing Programs

Games: Centipede

Games: Coordination

Games: Dictator

Games: Principal-Agent

Games: Sequential Bargaining

Games: Signaling

Games: Trust and Investment

Games: Ultimatum

Games: Voluntary Contributions

Gamma Oscillations in Humans

Gender Differences in Cognition and Educational Performance

Gene-Culture Coevolution

Generalization

Generalized Quantifiers

Geschwind, Norman

Gesture

Gibson, James J.

Golgi Staining

Government-Binding Theory

Group Behavior

Gustation

Hebb, Donald Olding

Hebb Synapses: Modeling of Neuronal Selectivity

Hebbian Cell Assemblies

Helmholtz, Hermann von

Hill-climbing Search

Hippocampus

History of Cognitive Science and Computational Modeling

Hodgkin-Huxley

Hormones, Learning and Memory

Hull, Clark L.

Human Altruism

Human Behavioral Ecology

Human Brain, Evolution of the

Human Cognition

Human Evolution

Human Factors and Ergonomics

Human Reproduction and Life Histories

Human-Computer Interaction

Hume, David

Hunger, Meals, and Obesity

Huntington Disease

Hypnosis and Suggestion

Hypothalamus

Iconicity

Idioms, Comprehension of

Illusions

Imagery

Implicature

Implicit and Explicit Representation

Implicit Cognition

Implicit Learning

Implicit Learning Models

Indexicals and Demonstratives

Individual Differences

Inducing Risk Preferences

Inductive Reasoning, Psychology of

Infant Cognition

Inference using Formal Logics

Information Cascades and Rational Conformity

Information Processing

Information Theory

Innateness and Universal Grammar

Innateness, Philosophical Issues about

Instruction and Cognition

Instructional Design

Intellectual Ability

Intelligence

Intelligent Tutoring Systems

Intention

Intentional Stance

Intentionality

Intermodal Perception, Development of

Intonation

Introspection

Intuitive Physics

Inverted Spectrum

Jakobson, Roman

James, William

Judgment

Kant, Immanuel

Kindling

Knowledge Argument, The

Knowledge Representation

Knowledge Representation, Psychology of

Köhler, Wolfgang

Language Acquisition

Language Acquisition and Language Change

Language Acquisition by Animals

Language and Brain

Language and Cognition

Language Comprehension

Language Comprehension and Verbal Working Memory

Language Comprehension, Methodologies for Studying

Language, Connectionist and Symbolic Representations of

Language Development, Critical Periods in

Language Disorders

Language Learning, Computational Models of

Language of Thought

Language Production, Incremental

Lashley, Karl S.

Latent Semantic Analysis

Learnability Theory

Learning Aids and Strategies

Learning and Instruction, Cognitive and Situative Theories of

Learning and Memory, Models of

Learning and Memory, the Ecology of

Learning from Advice

Learning in Simple Organisms

Learning, Psychology of

Learning Rules and Productions

Learning through Case Analysis

Levels of Analysis in Neural Modeling

Levels of Analysis, Philosophical Issues about

Lewin, Kurt

Lexical Access

Lexical Acquisition

Lexical Ambiguity Resolution

Lexical Development

Lexical Semantics

Lexical-Functional Grammar

Lexicon

Lexicon, Computational Models of

Linguistic Evidence, Status of

Linguistic Relativity

Literacy: Reading (Early Stages)

Literacy: Reading (Later Stages)

Literacy: Writing

Local Dependencies and Word-order Variation

Long-term Potentiation and Long-term Depression

Long-term Potentiation, Discovery of

Luria, Alexander R.

Machine Learning

Machine Translation

Markets, Institutions and Experiments

Markov Decision Processes, Learning of

Marr, David

Masking

Material Culture

Materialism

Mathematical Processes

Mathematical Psychology

McCulloch, Warren

McCulloch-Pitts Neurons

Meaning

Means-Ends Analysis

Memory

Memory Consolidation

Memory, Development of

Memory Distortions and Forgetting

Memory: Implicit versus Explicit

Memory, Long-term

Memory Mnemonics

Memory Models

Memory, Neural Basis of: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms

Memory, Philosophical Issues about

Mental Causation

Mental Content, Causal Theories of

Mental Content, Nonconceptual

Mental Content, Teleological Theories of

Mental Disorders, Computational Models of

Mental Imagery, Philosophical Issues about.

v. 3. Mental Models

Mental Rotation

Metacognition

Metaphor

Metaphor Processing, Psychology of

Metaphysics

Mind-Body Problem

Minimal Group Experiments

Mirror Neurons

Mixture Models of Individual Heterogeneity

Model Fitting

Modeling Coordinate Transformations

Modeling Individual Neurons and Small Neural Networks

Modularity

Modularity in Neural Systems and Localization of Function

Morphological Processing

Morphology

Morphology, Computational

Motion Perception, Neural Basis of

Motion Perception, Psychology of

Motivation

Motor Areas of the Cerebral Cortex

Motor Control and Learning

Motor Control: Models

Motor Development

Motor Learning Models

Multidimensional Scaling

Multiple Realizability

Multiple Sclerosis

Music Cognition

Naive Theories, Development of

Narrow Content

Natural Kinds and Artifacts

Natural Language Processing

Natural Language Processing, Disambiguation in

Natural Language Processing: Models of Roger Schank and his Students

Natural Language Processing, Statistical Approaches to

Navigation

Navigation and Homing, Neural Basis of

Neglect

Neural Basis of Memory: Systems Level

Neural Behavior: Mathematical Models

Neural Correlates of Consciousness as State and Trait

Neural Correlates of Visual Consciousness

Neural Degeneration

Neural Development

Neural Development, Models of

Neural Inhibition

Neural Oscillations

Neural Prostheses

Neural Regeneration

Neural Transplantation

Neuroeconomics

Neurogenesis

Neurogenetic Approaches

Neuroimaging

Neuron Doctrine

Neurons, Computation in

Neurons, Representation in

Neuropsychological Development

Neuropsychological Disorders, Animal Models of

Neurotransmitters

Newell, Allen

Non-Alzheimer Dementias

Non-monotonic Logic

Nootropic Drugs

Object Concept, Development of

Object Perception, Development of

Object Perception, Neural Basis of

Occipital Cortex

Olds, James

Olfaction and Gustation, Neural Basis of

Optimality Theory

Other Minds: The Problems

Pain

Pain and Analgesia, Neural Basis of

Pain, Philosophical Issues about

Panpsychism

Parietal Cortex

Parkinson Disease

Parsing

Parsing: Overview

Pattern Recognition, Statistical

Pattern Vision, Neural Basis of

Pavlov, Ivan Petrovich

Penfield, Wilder

Perception, Direct

Perception, Gestalt Principles of

Perception, Haptic

Perception: Overview

Perception, Philosophical Issues about

Perception: The Ecological Approach

Perception, Unconscious

Perceptron

Perceptual Learning

Perceptual Systems: The Visual Model

Performance

Performance and Competence

Personal Identity

Phenomenology

Phenomenology, Psychological

Philosophy of Language

Philosophy of Linguistics

Philosophy of Mind

Philosophy of Neuroscience

Philosophy of Science

Phonetics

Phonological Encoding of Words

Phonological Processes

Phonology

Phonology and Phonetics, Acquisition of

Phonology, Computational

Phonology, Neural Basis of

Phrase Structure and X-bar Theory

Phrase Structure Grammar, Head-driven

Piaget, Jean

Piagetian Theory, Development of Conceptual Structure

Place Cells

Planning: Neural and Psychological

Possible Worlds Semantics

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

Pragmatics, Formal

Prejudice

Priming

Priming in Psychopathology

Problem Solving

Problem Solving, Psychology of

Production Systems and Rule-based Inference

Production-Comprehension Interface

Propositional Attitudes

Prosody

Prosopagnosia

Prototype Representations

Psychoactive Drugs

Psycholinguistics

Psycholinguistics, Computational

Psychology: Experimental Methods

Psychophysics

Qualia

Quantitative Reasoning

Rate versus Temporal Coding Models

Rational Models of Cognition

Rationality

Reaction Time

Reading and Writing

Reading, Psychology of

Real-valued Computation and Complexity

Real-valued Mathematical Tools for Cognitive Modeling

Reasoning

Reasoning about Time

Reasoning and Thinking, Neural Basis of

Reasoning under Uncertainty

Receptive Fields

Reduction

Reference, Theories of

Reinforcement Learning: A Biological Perspective

Reinforcement Learning: A Computational Perspective

Religious Thought

Reorganization of the Brain

Representation Formats in Psychology

Representation, Philosophical Issues about

Representations, Abstract and Concrete

Representations Using Formal Logics

Resolution Theorem Proving

Reticular Activating System

Reward, Brain Mechanisms of

Robotics

Rule-based Thought

Samuel's Checkers Player

Sapir, Edward

Saussure, Ferdinand de

Schemas in Psychology

Scientific Thinking

Scientific Thought

Search

Search, Adversarial

Second Language Acquisition

Second Language Learning and Instruction

Selective Attention

Self

Self, Philosophical Issues about

Self, Psychology of

Self-consciousness

Self-organizing Systems

Self-regulated Learning

Semantic Memory: Computational Models

Semantic Networks

Semantics, Acquisition of

Semantics and Cognition

Semantics and Pragmatics: Formal Approaches

Semantics, Dynamic

Sense and Reference

Sensory Integration, Neural Basis of

Sentence Comprehension, Linguistic Complexity in

Sentence Processing

Sentence Processing: Mechanisms

Sex Differences in Cognition

Sex Differences in the Brain

Sexual Arousal

Shannon, Claude

SHRDLU

Sign Language

Signal Detection Theory

Similarity

Simon, Herbert A.

Simulation Theory

Single Neuron Recording

Situated Cognition

Situated Robotics

Skill Acquisition: Models

Skill Learning

Skinner, Burrhus Frederic

Sleep and Dreaming

Sleep: Polyphasic

Sleep Reduction, Cognitive Effects of

Soar

Social Cognition

Social Learning in Animals

Social Processes, Computational Models of

Sociobiology

Somesthesis, Neural Basis of

Space Perception, Development of

Sparse Distributed Memory

Spatial Attention, Neural Basis of

Spatial Cognition, Models of

Spatial Cognition, Psychology of

Spatial Disorders

Spatial Language

Spatial Representation and Reasoning

Speaker Recognition

Speaking and Listening Skills

Speech Acts

Speech Error Models of Language Production

Speech Perception

Speech Perception and Recognition, Theories and Models of

Speech Perception, Development of

Speech Production

Speech Recognition, Automatic

Sperry, Roger

Split Brains, Philosophical Issues about

Split-brain Research

Spreading-activation Networks

Statistical Methods

Statistical Methods: Overview

Stereotypes

Story Understanding

Stress

Stress and Cognitive Function, Neuroendocrinology of

STRIPS

Stroke

Supervenience

Symbol Systems

Symbol-grounding Problem

Symbolic Versus Subsymbolic

Synaesthesia

Synapse

Synaptic Plasticity, Mechanisms of

Syntactic Encoding and Syntactic Choice

Syntactic Form Frequency: Assessing

Syntax

Syntax, Acquisition of

Syntax and Semantics: Formal Approaches

Syntax and Semantics, Neural Basis of

Temporal Cortex

Tense and Aspect

Teuber, Hans-Lukas

Thalamocortical Interactions and Binding

Theory of Mind

Theory-of-mind in Two-person

Thinking Skills

Thought Experiments

Thought Suppression and Mental Control

Time Perception

Time Perception and Timing, Neural Basis of

Tolman, Edward C.

Topology and Cognition

Tourette Syndrome

Turing, Alan

Turing Test

Tversky, Amos

Typology

Unconscious Processes

Unified Theories of Cognition

User Interface Design

Vagueness

Vision, Early

Vision: Early Psychological Processes

Vision: Form Perception

Vision, High-level

Vision: Object Recognition

Vision: Occlusion, Illusory Contours and 'Filling-in'

Vision: Top-down Effects

Visual Art

Visual Attention

Visual Evoked Potentials

Visual Imagery, Neural Basis of

Visual Scene Perception

Von Neumann, John

Vygotsky, Lev

Walter, Grey

Wernicke-Geschwind model

What and Where/How Systems

Whorf, Benjamin Lee

Williams Syndrome

Wittgenstein, Ludwig

Word Learning

Word Meaning, Psychology of

Word Recognition

Working Memory

Working Memory, Computational Models of

Working Memory, Neural Basis of

Wundt, Wilhelm

Zombies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

0333792610

OCLC:

50495155