Cognition and the symbolic processes : applied and ecological perspectives / edited by Robert R. Hoffman, David S. Palermo.

Other author Hoffman, Robert R.
Other author Palermo, David Stuart, 1929-
Format Book
Publication InfoHillsdale, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1991.
Descriptionxvii, 545 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Retrospections on the study of memory and cognition / David L. Horton -- Direct perception and other forms of knowing / Ulric Neisser -- Modularity and the effects of experience / Alvin M. Liberman and Ignatius G. Mattingly -- A note on linguistic nativism / Michael Studdert-Kennedy -- Auditory enhancement in speech perception and phonology / Randy L. Diehl ... [et al.] -- Holistic models of word recognition / Neal F. Johnson -- Syntactic modularity in sentence comprehension / Charles Clifton, Jr. -- Global and local context effects in sentence processing / Donald J. Foss and Shari R. Speer -- The complexity of reading / Philip B. Gough -- Cognition, motivation, and emotion : ideology revisited / William N. Dember -- Metaphor and context in the language of emotion / Robert R. Hoffman, John E. Waggoner and David S. Palermo -- Fogcat fog / Háj Ross.
Contents Children's theories vs. scientific theories : differences in reasoning or differences in knowledge? / William F. Brewer and Ala Samarapungavan -- Cognitive physics and event perception : two approaches to the assessment of people's knowledge of physics / John B. Pittenger -- Mathematical cognition : accomplishments and challenges in research / James G. Greeno -- Understanding memory access / Jeffrey Franks ... [et al.] -- The aesthetic basis of pedagogy / David Premack -- Pragmatic skills and the acquisition of linguistic competence / Judith A. Becker -- Educating for applications : possibilities and paradoxes / James J. Jenkins -- Light and mind : understanding the structure of film / RobertN. Kraft -- Ecological units of analysis and baseball's "illusions" / Claudia Carello and M.T. Turvey.
Contents The role of attractors in the self-organization of intentional systems / Peter N. Kugler ... [et al.] -- Perception and representation in the development of mobility / Herbert L. Pick, Jr. and Karl S. Rosengren -- An eventful approach to studying mental retardation / Penelope H. Brooks and James Van Haneghan -- An ecological framework for ergonomic research and design / Leonard S. Mark ... [et al.] -- Methodological problems in applied cognition and perception research : theoretical implications / Rik Warren.
General noteIncludes papers presented at the conference "Speaking, Reading, Thinking, and Development" held at the University of South Florida, Jan. 16-17, 1987.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 90022617
ISBN0805809031
ISBN080580904X (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks BF311 .C54865 1991 ✔ Available Place Hold