The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences (MITECS)
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Since the 1970s the cognitive sciences have offered multidisciplinary ways of understanding the mind and cognition. This reference work aims to represents the methodological and theoretical diversity of this changing field. It contains 471 concise entries, from acquisition and adaptationism to Wundt and X-bar theory. Each article provides an introduction to an important concept in the cognitive sciences, as well as references or further readings. Six extended essays provide overviews of each of six major areas of cognitive science: philosophy; psychology; neurosciences; computational intelligence; linguistics and language; and culture, cognition and evolution.
Author: Robert A. Wilson, PhD (University of Alberta)
Format: Paperback, 1096 pages, 216mm x 279mm, 2449 g
Published: 2001, MIT Press Ltd, United States
Genre: Psychology: Professional & General
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Since the 1970s the cognitive sciences have offered multidisciplinary ways of understanding the mind and cognition. This reference work aims to represents the methodological and theoretical diversity of this changing field. It contains 471 concise entries, from acquisition and adaptationism to Wundt and X-bar theory. Each article provides an introduction to an important concept in the cognitive sciences, as well as references or further readings. Six extended essays provide overviews of each of six major areas of cognitive science: philosophy; psychology; neurosciences; computational intelligence; linguistics and language; and culture, cognition and evolution.
The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences (MITECS)