In this elegantly written book, Jerome Kagan melds the history of the field of psychology
during the past 50 years with the story of his own research efforts of the same period and an …

Psychology aims to give us a scientific account of how the mind works. But what does it
mean to have a science of the mental, and what sort of picture of the mind emerges from our …

The search for mind-brain relationships, with a particular emphasis on distinguishing
hyperbole from solid empirical results in brain imaging studies. Cognitive neuroscience …

Originally published in 1907, this book explores the distinction between mind and matter.
Although Alfred Binet is best known for his contributions to the study of intelligence he had …

Developments in the philosophy of mind over the last 20 years have dramatically changed
the nature of the subject. In this major new introduction, Tim Bayne presents an outstanding …

The mental realm seems different to the physical realm; the mental is thought to be
dependent on, yet distinct from the physical. But how, exactly, are the two realms supposed …

One approach to the mind has been to avoid its mysteries by simply defining the mental in
terms of the behavioral. This approach has been popular among thinkers who fear that …

This volume is a direct result of a conference held at Princeton University to honor George A.
Miller, an extraordinary psychologist. A distinguished panel of speakers from various …

The World in the Head collects the best of Robert Cummins' papers on mental
representation and psychological explanation. Running through these papers are a pair of …

Neuropsychologists have an advantage on us dry cognitive scientists: They always have
impressive color slides of PET or MRI or fMRI images showing the exact location of whatever …