Main description:

This book specialises in articles that cover the latest developments and pinpoints directions for future research on cognitive sciences and theory. It discusses topics that include research in memory, cognitive psychology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, philosophy, computer science, neurophysiology, neuroscience and neuropharmacology. Essential reading for those working directly in the cognitive sciences or in related specialist areas, this book provides an instant overview of current thinking for both experts and newcomers to cognitive sciences.

Contents:

Preface; The Effects of Acute, Chronic & Withdrawal from Chronic Ethanol on Emotional Learning; Enhanced Odorant Preference Associative Learning in C. Elegans with Protein Kinase C-Interactive Protein (PKCI)/Hint1 Mutation; Brain Derives Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) & Adult Neurogenesis; Neural Mechanisms for Expertise in Mental Imagery; Language Processing Across Modalities: Insights from Bimodal Bilingualism; Exploiting the Relationship of Natural Language & Computer Science: A Novel Theoretical Approach to Fairness; Zero Power & Selflessness: What Meditation & Conscious Perception Have in Common; Early Memories of Children & Adults: Implications for Infantile Amnesia; APOE ? 4 Allele & Alheimer's Disease: Perspectives on AD Pathogenesis & Therapy; The "Egocentric" Americans? Long-Term Memory for Public Events in Five Countries; Ecological Validity & the Study of Procedural & Episodic Memory Function in Songbirds; Need Dendritic Spines? There's an APP for That; Cholesterol & Neuronal Susceptibility to Beta-Amyloid Toxicity; Index.