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The Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks

Second Edition

Edited by Michael A. Arbib

 

A new, dramatically updated edition of the classic resource on the

constantly evolving fields of brain theory and neural networks.

November 2002 ISBN 0-262-01197-2

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Handbook of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Edited by Charles A. Nelson and Monica Luciana

 

An overview of the new techniques that account for the progress and

heightened activity in developmental cognitive science research.

April 2001 ISBN 0-262-14073-X

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Table of Contents Available

 

 

 

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The MIT Encyclopedia of Communication Disorders

Edited by Raymond D. Kent

 

A major new reference work with entries covering the entire field of

communication and speech disorders.

October 2003 ISBN 0-262-11278-7

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The Handbook of Multisensory Processes

Edited by Gemma A. Calvert, Charles Spence and Barry E. Stein

 

A reference work for the emerging field of multisensory integration,

covering multidisciplinary research that goes beyond the

traditional " sense-by-sense " approach and recognizes that perception

is fundamentally a multisensory experience.

June 2004 ISBN 0-262-03321-6

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The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences (MITECS)

Edited by Robert A. Wilson and Frank C. Keil

 

A landmark, comprehensive reference work that represents the

methodological and theoretical diversity of this changing field.

September 2001 ISBN 0-262-73144-4

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The Parallel Brain

The Cognitive Neuroscience of the Corpus Callosum

Edited by Eran Zaidel and Marco Iacoboni

 

An overview of the central role in cognitive neuroscience of the

corpus callosum, the bands of tissue connecting the brain's two

hemispheres.

July 2003 ISBN 0-262-24044-0

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Lingua ex Machina

Reconciling Darwin and Chomsky with the Human Brain

By William H. Calvin and Derek Bickerton

 

This book presents an engaging challenge to those who view the human

capacity for language as a winner-take-all war between Chomsky and

Darwin.

October 2001 ISBN 0-262-53198-4

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Taking Action

Cognitive Neuroscience Perspectives on Intentional Acts

Edited by Scott H. Johnson-Frey

 

Recent cognitive neuroscientific research that crosses traditional

conceptual boundaries among perceptual, cognitive, and motor

functions in an effort to understand intentional acts.

July 2003 ISBN 0-262-10097-5

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Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 10

Edited by Michael I. Jordan, Michael J. Kearns and Sara A. Solla

 

The annual conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS)

is the flagship conference on neural computation. These proceedings

contain all of the papers that were presented.

June 1998 ISBN 0-262-10076-2

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Adaptive Dynamics

The Theoretical Analysis of Behavior

By J. E. R. Staddon

 

In this book J. E. R. Staddon proposes an explanation of behavior

that lies between cognitive psychology, which seeks to explain it in

terms of mentalistic constructs, and cognitive neuroscience, which

tries to explain it in terms of the brain.

May 2001 ISBN 0-262-19453-8

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Journey from Cognition to Brain to Gene

Perspectives from Williams Syndrome

Edited by Ursula Bellugi and Marie St. George

 

A blueprint for the investigation of neurodevelopmental disorders,

this book presents the work of a team of scientists using a

multidisciplinary, integrated approach to link genes with human

behavior.

November 2001 ISBN 0-262-52312-4

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Knowledge-Based Neurocomputing

Edited by Ian Cloete and Jacek M. Zurada

 

Looking at ways to encode prior knowledge and to extract, refine, and

revise knowledge within a neurocomputing system.

February 2000 ISBN 0-262-03274-0

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Chase, Chance, and Creativity

The Lucky Art of Novelty

By James H. Austin

 

A personal story of the ways in which persistence, chance, and

creativity interact in biomedical research.

September 2003 ISBN 0-262-51135-5

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Pride and a Daily Marathon

By Jonathan Cole

 

" It is a remarkable human document, a neurological epic. A case-

history, a physiological investigation, a detective story and a

romance. "

-- Oliver Sacks

July 1995 ISBN 0-262-53136-4

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