Introduction to the Study of the Neural Basis of Action and Thought / Pierre Nelson, Gérard Lot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nelson, Pierre, author.

Lot, Gérard, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neurophysiology.

Neurosciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Bentham Science, 2015.

Summary:

How do neurons work in processes that guide thought and action? This eBook answers this question by presenting an accurate analysis of all the physico-chemical phenomena occurring between interconnected neurons. Once researchers have this information, they can then build a functional catalog of neurons and understand the working behind the simplest physiological elements and these can hopefully be replicated into devices. Microscopic and macroscopic experimental results can assist in the study of sensorial analysis, instincts and motor control of skeletal muscles. The book also presents a description of memory at the cellular level and gives insights about the learning process in living systems. Such research has increased our understanding of the mechanisms of animal behaviors from the honeybee to the dog. In human beings, the efficiency of the same neural mechanisms overtakes a threshold when language allows building new abstract signals from previous abstract signals. Introduction to the Neural Basis of Action and Thought demonstrates to readers how physiological processes allow us to recall words and generate sentences and how these processes support abstract thought, action and self awareness. This book is a useful primer for anyone interested in cognitive sciences and related research.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Introduction; PART 1 GETTING IN; 1. Education and career counselling; 2. The internship class: subjectivity and inequalities

gender, race and class; 3. Understanding and researching 'choice' in women's career trajectories; 4. Gender scripts as access codes to management positions; 5. Gendered understanding of recruitment processes: applications and résumés; 6. Presumed incompetent: perceived lack of fit and gender bias in recruitment and selection. 7. Talking yourself into work: insights from sociolinguistics about gender and the employment interview8. 'This is just the way it is': executive search and gendered careers; 9. Inclusion and exclusion processes in the executive search business: an intersectional approach; 10. Breaking down barriers; PART 2 GETTING ON; 11. Theories of vertical segregation in feminized occupations: rethinking dominant perspectives and making use of Bourdieu; 12. Women's beliefs about breaking glass ceilings; 13. Risk aversion among women: reality or simply 'doing gender'? 14. Pursuing, doing and reviewing mentoring relationships15. Women managers, careers and organizations; 16. How some women achieve success; 17. Creating and sustaining positive careers for women: a closer look at organizational context; 18. Women and leadership; 19. 'Woman as a project': key issues for women who want to get on; 20. Women on boards in Australia: achieving real change or more of the same?; 21. Global career challenges for women crossing international borders; 22. Pursuing partnerships: flexible work arrangements in US accounting and law firms. 23. Back to the future: a gendered analysis of' getting on' in the professional services firm24. What's 'woman's work'? Work-family interface among women entrepreneurs in Italy; PART 3 GETTING OUT; 25. Playing, quitting or changing the game? A discussion of women managers' responses to organizational conditions; 26. Encore careers: motivating factors for career exit and rebirth; 27. Senior women, work-life balance and the decision to quit: a generational perspective; 28. Exploring the career decisions of professional women with dependent children. 29. Retirement

a new beginning or the beginning of the end?30. Transitioning with Grace: women's post-retirement needs and adjustment; Index.

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ISBN:

1-60805-982-0

OCLC:

1128028711