The Nature of Thought

Essays in Honor of D.o. Hebb
Herausgeber: Jusczyk, P. W.; Klein, R. M.

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Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1980. This is a collection of lectures around Professor Emeritus Don O.Hebb of Dalhousie University on the major trends in cognitive psychology. It includes essays on Hebb's ideas and impact on current psychological theorizing; his 'structure of thought', and a collection under the section of 'Information-Processing Analysis'.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Psychology Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 1980
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 560g
• ISBN-13: 9780898590340
• ISBN-10: 0898590345
• Artikelnr.: 45330701

Autorenporträt

Edited by Jusczyk, P. W.; Klein, R. M.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Introduction
Chapter 1 D. O. Hebb, Raymond M. Klein
Chapter 2 The Structure of Thought, D. O. Hebb
Part 2 Information-Processing Analysis
Chapter 3 Information-Processing Explanations of Understanding, Herbert A. Simon
Chapter 4 The Comparative Study of Serially Integrated Behavior in Humans and Animals, T. G. Bever, R. O. Straub, H. S. Terrace, D. J. Townsend
Part 3 Attention and Performance
Chapter 5 Mental Chronometry and the Problem of Consciousness, Michael I. Posner
Chapter 6 The Limits of Cognition, Ulric Neisser
Part 4 Mental Representation
Chapter 7 On Weighing Things in Your Mind, Allan Paivio
Chapter 8 The Lingua Mentis and Its Role in Thought, Peter W. Jusczyk, Bruce Earhard
Chapter 9 On the Psychology of Structural Simplicity, Janet Krueger, Daniel Osherson
Part 5 Mind and Brain
Chapter 10 Cognitive and Neural Maps, Lynn Nadel
Chapter 11 Component Properties of the Memory Machine, Graham V. Goddard