Unmatched in the quality of its world-renowned contributors, this multidisciplinary companion serves as both a course text and a reference book across the broad spectrum of issues of concern to cognitive science.List of Contributors and Website Notice.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Part I: The Life of Cognitive Science:.
William Bechtel (Washington University in St Louis), Adele Abrahamsen (Washington University in St Louis), and George Graham (University of Alabama at Birmingham).
Part II: Areas of Study in Cognitive Science:.
1. Analogy: Dedre Gentner (Northwestern University).
2. Animal Cognition: Herbert L. Roitblat (University of Hawaii).
3. Attention: A.H.C. Van Der Heijden (Leiden University).
4. Brain Mapping: Jennifer Mundale (Hartwick College).
5. Cognitive Anthropology: Charles W. Nuckolls (Emory University).
6. Cognitive and Linguistic Development: Adele Abrahamsen (Washington University in St Louis).
7. Conceptual Change: Nancy J. Nersessian (Georgia Institute of Technology).
8. Conceptual Organization: Douglas Medin (Northwestern University) and Sandra R. Waxman (Northwestern University).
9. Consciousness: Owen Flanagan (Duke University).
10. Decision Making: J. Frank Yates (University of Michigan) and Paul A. Estin (University of Michigan).
11. Emotions: Paul E. Griffiths (Otago University).
12. Imagery and Spatial Representation: Rita E. Anderson (Memorial University of Newfoundland).
13. Language Evolution and Neuromechanisms: Terrence W. Deacon (Boston University).
14. Language Processing: Kathryn Bock (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Susan M. Garnsey (Ul3a