The Mentalities of Gorillas and Orangutans: Comparative Perspectives

Examine at the psychological skills of chimpanzees and bonobos has been largely celebrated and utilized in reconstructions of human evolution. by contrast, much less recognition has been paid to the skills of gorillas and orangutans. This 1999 quantity goals to assist whole the image of hominoid cognition by way of bringing jointly the paintings on gorillas and orangutans and atmosphere it in comparative point of view.

Proceedings of the 1993 Connectionist Models Summer School

The results of the 1993 Connectionist versions summer time institution, the papers during this quantity exemplify the great breadth and intensity of study underway within the box of neural networks. even though the slant of the summer season college has consistently leaned towards cognitive technological know-how and synthetic intelligence, the various clinical backgrounds and examine pursuits of authorized scholars and invited college replicate the vast spectrum of parts contributing to neural networks, together with synthetic intelligence, cognitive technological know-how, computing device technology, engineering, arithmetic, neuroscience, and physics.

Music therapy in mental health for illness management and recovery

Many song therapists paintings in grownup psychological overall healthiness settings after qualifying. for lots of, it is going to be a hard or even daunting prospect. but before, there was no psychiatric song treatment textual content supplying suggestion on affliction administration and restoration. This crucial booklet fills the space within the literature, delivering the required breadth and intensity to notify readers of the psychotherapeutic learn base and exhibit how tune remedy can successfully and successfully functionality inside of a scientific situation.

The Oxford Compendium of Visual Illusions

Visible illusions minimize throughout educational divides and renowned pursuits: at the one hand, illusions offer leisure as curious tips of the attention; nonetheless, medical examine with regards to illusory phenomena has given generations of scientists and artists deep insights into the mind and ideas of brain and attention.