Conversations about Psychology, Volume 2.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burton, Howard.

Series:

Ideas Roadshow Collections

Ideas Roadshow Collections ; v.9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autism.

Mirror neurons.

Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Open Agenda Publishing, 2021.

Summary:

Conversations About Psychology, Volume 2, is a five-part Ideas Roadshow Collection of carefully-edited Ideas Roadshow Conversations featuring leading experts with a detailed preface highlighting the connections between the different books. All five books include a detailed essay setting up the different ideas and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter. The following experts have participated in this Collection: 1. Ellen Bialystok, Professor of Psychology at York University;2. Victor Ferreira, Professor of Psychology and Principal Investigator at the Language Production Lab at the University of California at San Diego;3. Uta Frith, Professor of Cognitive Development at University College London;4. Greg Hickok, Professor of Cognitive science at UC Irvine;5. Martin Monti, Associate Professor in Psychology and Neurosurgery, Brain Injury Research Centre, UCLA.Howard Burton is the creator and host of Ideas Roadshow and was the Founding Executive Director of Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and an MA in philosophy.

Contents:

Intro

Textual Note

Preface

The Psychology of Bilingualism

A conversation with Ellen Bialystok

Introduction

I. Focusing on Bilingualism

II. Becoming Scientific

III. Out of the Minds of Babes

IV. Differences and Definitions

V. Multitasking and Focusing

VI. In The Brain

VII. The Art of Measurement

VIII. Bilingualism, Extended

IX. Bilingualism and Dementia

X. Public Policy Implications

XI. Open Questions and Speculations

Speaking and Thinking

A conversation with Victor Ferreira

I. Linguistic Beginnings

II. Minimizing Ambiguity

III. Retrieval

IV. The Division of Labour

V. Disambiguating Ambiguity

VI. Probing with Pronouns

VII. Grammar

VIII. Monitoring

IX. In the Brain

X. Philosophical Divertimento

XI. Language and Thought

XII. Future Investigations

XIII. Mind-Brain Redux

The Limits of Consciousness

A conversation with Martin Monti

I. Dualism and Science Journalism

II. Inside The Other

III. The Vegetative State

IV. Probing Vegetative States

V. Beyond Reflex

VI. Assessing Consciousness

VII. Extracting Information

VIII. Quantifying Consciousness

IX. Interdisciplinary Interlude

X. Language and Thought

XI. Structural Similarities?

XII. What Makes Us Human

Beyond Mirror Neurons

A conversation with Greg Hickok

I. Talking Neuroscience

II. Enter Mirror Neurons

III. One Size Fits All?

IV. Imitation

V. Seeking a Controller

VI. The Community Responds

VII. A Different Perspective

VIII. Sociological Explorations

IX. Neuroplasticity

X. On the Front Burner

Continuing the Conversation

Exploring Autism

A conversation with Uta Frith

I. Assessing the Landscape

II. Searching for a Definition

III. A Stunning Result.

IV. Looking Inside

V. Vaccines

VI. Probing the Spectrum

VII. Gender

VIII. Ways Forward

Continuing the Conversation.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781771701952

1771701951

9781771701709

1771701706

OCLC:

1255224906