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  • The Freedom of Words

    Abstractness and the Power of Language

    by Anna M. Borghi ...
    The Freedom of Words is for anyone interested in understanding the role of body and language in cognition and how humans developed the sophisticated ability to use abstract concepts like 'freedom' and 'thinking'. This volume adopts a transdisciplinary perspective, including philosophy, semiotics, psychology, and neuroscience, to show how language, as a tool, shapes our minds and influences our ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • Words as Social Tools: An Embodied View on Abstract Concepts

    by Anna M. Borghi, Ferdinand Binkofski ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    How are abstract concepts and words represented in the brain? That is the central question addressed by the authors of “Words as Social Tools: An Embodied View on Abstract Concepts”. First, they focus on the difficulties in defining what abstract concepts and words are, and what they mean in psycholinguistic research. Then the authors go on to describe and critically discuss the main theories on ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

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    A Unified View of Parent-Infant Psychotherapy

    by Daniel N. Stern ...
    This book explores the nature of parent-infant psychotherapies, therapies that are a major segment of the rapidly growing, sprawling field of infant mental health. It examines the different elements that make up the parent-infant clinical system. ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • The Science of Reading

    A Handbook

    Edited by Margaret J. Snowling, Charles Hulme ...
    Series series Wiley Blackwell Handbooks of Developmental Psychology
    The Science of Reading: A Handbook brings together state-of-the-art reviews of reading research from leading names in the field, to create a highly authoritative, multidisciplinary overview of contemporary knowledge about reading and related skills.Provides comprehensive coverage of the subject, including theoretical approaches, reading processes, stage models of reading, cross-linguistic studies ... Read more

    $57.00 USD

  • The Feeling Body

    Affective Science Meets the Enactive Mind

    by Giovanna Colombetti ...
    A proposal that extends the enactive approach developed in cognitive science and philosophy of mind to issues in affective science.In The Feeling Body, Giovanna Colombetti takes ideas from the enactive approach developed over the last twenty years in cognitive science and philosophy of mind and applies them for the first time to affective science—the study of emotions, moods, and feelings. She ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • On the Frontiers of Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience

    Essays in Honor of Eric R. Kandel

    by Dr. Joseph LeDoux, Ph.D ...
    Building crucial bridges between psychoanalysis and the neurosciences, this compelling volume brings together prominent authorities from multiple disciplines. The volume highlights the contributions of Eric R. Kandel, whose seminal articles helped launch the fledgling field of neuropsychoanalysis. Contributors address what contemporary neuroscientific research reveals about how psychoanalytic ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Language and Action in Cognitive Neuroscience

    Edited by Yann Coello, Angela Bartolo ...
    Series series Contemporary Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience
    This book collates the most up to date evidence from behavioural, brain imagery and stroke-patient studies, to discuss the ways in which cognitive and neural processes are responsible for language processing.Divided into six sections, the edited volume presents arguments from evolutionist, developmental, behavioural and neurobiological perspectives, all of which point to a strong relationship ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Cognition

    From Memory to Creativity

    by Robert W. Weisberg, Lauretta M. Reeves ...
    From memory to creativity—a complete and current presentation of the field of cognitionThe process of cognition allows us to function in life; it translates inputs from the world so we can recognize the sound of the alarm clock, remember the day of the week, and decide which clothes to wear.Cognition: From Memory to Creativity provides readers with a clear, research-based, and well-illustrated ... Read more

    $128.00 USD

  • Understanding Dyscalculia

    A guide to symptoms, management and treatment

    Edited by Daniela Lucangeli ...
    Series series Understanding Atypical Development
    This accessible book provides evidence-based guidelines on dyscalculia, offering a thorough explanation of the science behind the disorder. It combines this theoretical framework with practical recommendations, offering interventions for managing the condition at home and school and avoiding potential behavioural consequences.Written in a straightforward style, this book provides a concise summary ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Cognitive Development

    Neo-Piagetian Perspectives

    by Sergio Morra, Camilla Gobbo, Zopito Marini, Ronald Sheese ...
    Tying together almost four decades of neo-Piagetian research, Cognitive Development provides a unique critical analysis and a comparison of concepts across neo-Piagetian theories. Like Piaget, neo-Piagetian theorists take a constructivist approach to cognitive development, are broad in scope, and assume that cognitive development is divided into stages with qualitative differences. Unlike Piaget, ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Access to Language and Cognitive Development

    Edited by Michael Siegal, Luca Surian ...
    One of the most important questions about children's development involves how knowledge acquisition depends on the effect of language experience. To what extent, and in what ways, is a child's cognitive development influenced by their early experience of, and access to, language? Likewise, what are the effects on development of impaired access to language? This book is the first to confront ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Neurolinguistic and Psycholinguistic Perspectives on SLA

    by ARABSKI, Janusz, WOJTASZEK, Adam ...
    Neurolinguistic and Psycholinguistic Perspectives on SLA is a collection of twelve chapters, reporting on research results and presenting theoretical insights into the processes of language acquisition. The first part outlines the neurobiological processes which assist formation of additional language in the brain, while the second part offers psycholinguistic modelling of a number of components ... Read more

    $12.79 USD