The Mentalities of Gorillas and Orangutans: Comparative Perspectives

Study at the psychological talents of chimpanzees and bonobos has been largely celebrated and utilized in reconstructions of human evolution. by contrast, much less realization has been paid to the skills of gorillas and orangutans. This 1999 quantity goals to aid entire the image of hominoid cognition by way of bringing jointly the paintings on gorillas and orangutans and surroundings it in comparative viewpoint.

Proceedings of the 1993 Connectionist Models Summer School

The results of the 1993 Connectionist versions summer season college, the papers during this quantity exemplify the super breadth and intensity of study underway within the box of neural networks. even if the slant of the summer time tuition has continuously leaned towards cognitive technological know-how and synthetic intelligence, the various medical backgrounds and examine pursuits of approved scholars and invited school mirror the huge spectrum of components contributing to neural networks, together with man made intelligence, cognitive technological know-how, laptop technology, engineering, arithmetic, neuroscience, and physics.

Music therapy in mental health for illness management and recovery

Many tune therapists paintings in grownup psychological future health settings after qualifying. for lots of, it will likely be a demanding or even daunting prospect. but before, there was no psychiatric track remedy textual content delivering 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 convey how song remedy can successfully and successfully functionality inside a scientific situation.

The Oxford Compendium of Visual Illusions

Visible illusions minimize throughout educational divides and renowned pursuits: at the one hand, illusions supply leisure as curious tips of the attention; nevertheless, clinical examine on the topic of illusory phenomena has given generations of scientists and artists deep insights into the mind and ideas of brain and recognition.