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Neuroeconomics: Hype or Hope?

Neuroeconomics: Hype or Hope?
  • Edited by Caterina Marchionni, and Jack Vromen.

Published January 2012

Is neuroeconomics a flimsy fad likely to pass without leaving a discernible trace in economics? Or is it a promising new field with the potential to enrich and improve economic theory? Neuroeconomics brings together a unique mix of perspectives ranging from philosophy of science to neuroeconomics…
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Police Responses to People with Mental Illnesses

Global Challenges

Police Responses to People with Mental Illnesses
  • Edited by Duncan Chappell.

Published November 2011

According to the World Health Organisation during their lifetime more than one quarter of all individuals will develop one or more mental or behavioural disorders. Given prevalence data like this it is not surprising that wherever they reside on the planet many persons suffering from a mental…
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Clinical Applications of Learning Theory

Clinical Applications of Learning Theory
  • Edited by Mark Haselgrove, and Lee Hogarth.

Published November 2011

This book examines a variety of psychological disorders from the perspective of the psychology of learning. Grounded in the study of classical and instrumental conditioning, learning theory provides an explanatory framework for the way in which humans acquire information, and when applied, how…
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The Pragmatics Reader

The Pragmatics Reader
  • Edited by Dawn Archer, and Peter Grundy.

Published March 2011

The Pragmatics Reader is the indispensable set of readings for all students studying Pragmatics at advanced undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Combining key classic texts with newer extracts covering current developments in contemporary Pragmatics, each reading has been carefully selected to…
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Starting from Scratch

The Origin and Development of Expression, Representation and Symbolism in Human and Non-Human Primates

Starting from Scratch
  • By John Matthews.

Published October 2010

This book compares the beginning of symbolic thought in human infancy with that of our close primate relatives, the chimpanzees. The author investigates the precursors of symbolism by studying the actions and interactions of a small group of these intelligent, non-human primates who live in…
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Learning from Animals?

Examining the Nature of Human Uniqueness

Learning from Animals?
  • Edited by Louise S. Röska-Hardy, and Eva M. Neumann-Held.

Published October 2008

Human language, cognition, and culture are unique; they are unparalleled in the animal kingdom. The claim that we can learn what makes us human by studying other animal species provokes vigorous reactions and many deny that comparative research can shed any light on the origins and character of…
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Comparative Psychology

Evolution and Development of Behavior, 2nd Edition

Comparative Psychology
  • By Mauricio R. Papini.

Published May 2008

Comparative Psychology (second edition) is a core textbook for senior undergraduate and graduate courses in Comparative Psychology, Animal Behavior, and Evolutionary Psychology. Its main goal is to introduce the student to evolutionary and developmental approaches to the study of animal behavior.…
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Behavior Analysis and Learning

Fourth Edition

Behavior Analysis and Learning
  • By W. David Pierce, and Carl D. Cheney.

Published May 2008

Behavior Analysis and Learning, Fourth Edition is an essential textbook covering the basic principles in the field of behavior analysis and learned behaviors, as pioneered by B. F. Skinner. The textbook provides an advanced introduction to operant conditioning from a very consistent Skinnerian…
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Animal Learning and Cognition, 3rd Edition

An Introduction

Animal Learning and Cognition, 3rd Edition
  • By John M. Pearce.

Published February 2008

Animal Learning and Cognition: An Introduction provides an up-to-date review of the principal findings from more than a century of research into animal intelligence. This new edition has been expanded to take account of the many exciting developments that have occurred over the last ten years.…
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Human Contingency Learning: Recent Trends in Research and Theory

A Special Issue of the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Human Contingency Learning: Recent Trends in Research and Theory
  • Edited by Tom Beckers, Jan De Houwer and Helena Matute.

Published March 2007

The present special issue presents an overview of recent developments and controversies in research on human contingency learning. Contributions range from purely fundamental, theoretical analyses, over empirically oriented reports, to more applied contributions, reflecting the breadth of scope of…
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