Research Catalog

Title

The Oxford companion to the mind / edited by Richard L. Gregory.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Supplementary Content

• Publisher description
• Contributor biographical information

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Additional Authors

Gregory, R. L. (Richard Langton)

Description

xx, 1004 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Subjects

• Psychology > Dictionaries
• Neurophysiology > Dictionaries
• Philosophy > Dictionaries

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The Oxford Companion to the Mind includes discussions of concepts such as language, memory, and intelligence, side by side with definitions of common human experiences such as the 'cocktail-party' and 'halo' effects, and the least effort principle. Richard Gregory again brings his wit, wisdom, and expertise to bear on this most elusive of subjects. The new edition of the Companion includes three 'mini symposia'--on consciousness, brain scanning, and artificial intelligence--with contributions from a number of specialists, and encompassing a range of approaches. Cultural as well as scientific in approach, this offers authoritative descriptions and analysis. With new entries on controversial topics such as artificial life, attachment theory, caffeine, cruelty, drama, extra-terrestrial intelligence, genetics of mental illness, imagination, lying, puzzles, and twins, this second edition explores the most intriguing of subjects.

Call Number

BF31

ISBN

• 0198662246 (acid-free paper)
• 9780198662242 (acid-free paper)

LCCN

2004275127

OCLC

56627645

Title

The Oxford companion to the mind / edited by Richard L. Gregory.

Imprint

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Edition

2nd ed.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Publisher description

Table of contents only

Contributor biographical information

Added Author

Gregory, R. L. (Richard Langton)

Research Call Number

*R-RMRR BF31 .O94 2004