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Cognitive science : an introduction to mind and brain / Daniel Kolak ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New York ; London : Routledge, 2006.Description: ix, 243 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0415221005 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780415221009 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0415221013 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780415221016 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 153 22
LOC classification:
  • BF311 .C552322 2006
Contents:
1. Beginning concepts -- 2. Windows on the brain and mind -- 3. Perception -- 4. Thought: memory, reasoning, and knowledge -- 5. Action and emotion -- 6. Language -- 7. Consciousness.
Review: "Cognitive Science is a new guide to the central theories and problems in the study of the mind and brain. The authors clearly explain how and why cognitive science aims to understand the brain as a computational system that manipulates representations. They identify the roots of cognitive science in Descartes - who argued that all knowledge of the external world is filtered through some sort of representation - and examine the present-day role of artificial intelligence, computing, psychology, linguistics and neuroscience." "Throughout, the key building blocks of cognitive science are clearly illustrated: perception, memory, attention, emotion, language, control of movement, learning, understanding and other important mental phenomena."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-231) and index.

1. Beginning concepts -- 2. Windows on the brain and mind -- 3. Perception -- 4. Thought: memory, reasoning, and knowledge -- 5. Action and emotion -- 6. Language -- 7. Consciousness.

"Cognitive Science is a new guide to the central theories and problems in the study of the mind and brain. The authors clearly explain how and why cognitive science aims to understand the brain as a computational system that manipulates representations. They identify the roots of cognitive science in Descartes - who argued that all knowledge of the external world is filtered through some sort of representation - and examine the present-day role of artificial intelligence, computing, psychology, linguistics and neuroscience." "Throughout, the key building blocks of cognitive science are clearly illustrated: perception, memory, attention, emotion, language, control of movement, learning, understanding and other important mental phenomena."--BOOK JACKET.

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