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  • Why "Good Kids" Turn into Deadly Terrorists

    Deconstructing the Accused Boston Marathon Bombers and Others Like Them

    by Alice LoCicero ...
    Using psychological theory and the author's direct experience working with at-risk youth, this book answers the questions on the minds of anyone shocked and appalled by the events of the Boston Marathon bombings.The shock of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings was soon followed by a revelation initially disturbing and mystifying: two apparently unremarkable brothers—one a teenager, the other a young ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Signal Detection

    Mechanisms, Models, and Applications

    Edited by Michael L. Commons, John A. Nevin, Michael C. Davison, Michael Davidson ...
    Series series Quantitative Analyses of Behavior Series
    This volume is based on the 10th annual Harvard Symposium for the Quantitative Analysis of Behavior. The first Harvard Symposium was devoted to signal-detection analyses of reinforcement and choice behavior. The present volume reprises the original signal- detection theme, incorporating additional insights based on experimental and theoretical analyses undertaken during the years separating the ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • The Closing Circle

    Nature, Man, and Technology

    by Barry Commoner ...
    "I regard him as right and compassionate on nearly every major issue." — Stephen Jay GouldA radical argument about the root causes of climate change, The Closing Circle was progressive when it was written in 1971 and its message remains increasingly relevant today. Barry Commoner, the father of modern ecology, claims that production for profit creates dangerous ecological ramifications and offers ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • Neural Network Models of Conditioning and Action

    Edited by Michael L. Commons, Stephen Grossberg, John Staddon ...
    Series series Psychology Library Editions: Cognitive Science
    Originally published in 1991, this title was the result of a symposium held at Harvard University. It presents some of the exciting interdisciplinary developments of the time that clarify how animals and people learn to behave adaptively in a rapidly changing environment. The contributors focus on aspects of how recognition learning, reinforcement learning, and motor learning interact to generate ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Foraging

    Quantitative Analyses of Behavior, Volume Vi

    Edited by Michael L. Commons, Alejandro Kacelnik, Sara J. Shettleworth ...
    Series series Quantitative Analyses of Behavior Series
    The sixth volume in this respected series systematically presents and evaluates quantitative models of various foraging phenomena, including: steady state decision rules; acquisition of decision rules; perception and learning in foraging behavior. ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Behavioral Approaches to Pattern Recognition and Concept Formation

    Quantitative Analyses of Behavior, Volume VIII

    Edited by Michael L. Commons, Richard J. Herrnstein, Stephen M. Kosslyn, David B. Mumford ...
    Series series Quantitative Analyses of Behavior Series
    Volume eight in this highly acclaimed series discusses the behavioral approaches to pattern recognition and concept formation in two sections: categories and concepts in birds, and shape and form. An ideal reference for students and professionals in experimental psychology and behavioral analysis. ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Computational and Clinical Approaches to Pattern Recognition and Concept Formation

    Quantitative Analyses of Behavior, Volume IX

    Edited by Michael L. Commons, Richard J. Herrnstein, Stephen M. Kosslyn, David B. Mumford ...
    Series series Quantitative Analyses of Behavior Series
    The ninth volume in this highly acclaimed series discusses the computational and clinical approaches to pattern recognition and concept formation regarding: visual and spatial processing models; computational models, templates and hierarchical models. An ideal reference for students and professionals in experimental psychology and behavioral analysis. ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Biological Determinants of Reinforcement

    Biological Determinates of Reinforcement

    Edited by Michael L. Commons, Russell M. Church, James R. Stellar, Allan R. Wagner ...
    Series series Quantitative Analyses of Behavior Series
    This seventh volume, divided into four parts, addresses the biological determinates of reinforcement and memory. Covers topics in electrical brain stimulation, drugs and reinforcement, and cellular mechanisms. ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • The Effect of Delay and of Intervening Events on Reinforcement Value

    Quantitative Analyses of Behavior, Volume V

    Edited by Michael L. Commons, James E. Mazur, John A. Nevin, Howard Rachlin ...
    Series series Quantitative Analyses of Behavior Series
    First published in 1986. This is Volume V of six in a series on Quantitative Analyses of Behavior. Quantitative analysis now generally refers to the fact that theoretical issues are represented by quantitative models. An analysis is not a matter of fitting arbitrary functions to data points. The volumes in the present series have been written for behavioral scientists. Those concerned with issues ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

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  • The Neurobiology of the Prefrontal Cortex

    Anatomy, Evolution, and the Origin of Insight

    by Richard E. Passingham, Steven P. Wise ...
    Series series Oxford Psychology Series
    The prefrontal cortex makes up almost a quarter of the human brain, and it expanded dramatically during primate evolution. The Neurobiology of the Prefrontal Cortex presents a new theory about its fundamental function. In this important new book, the authors argue that primate-specific parts of the prefrontal cortex evolved to reduce errors in foraging choices, so that particular ancestors of ... Read more

    $48.59 USD

  • Emotion and Decision-making Explained

    by Edmund T. Rolls ...
    What produces emotions? Why do we have emotions? How do we have emotions? Why do emotional states feel like something? What is the relation between emotion, and reward value, and subjective feelings of pleasure? How is the value of a good represented in the brain? Will neuroeconomics replace classical microeconomics? How does the brain implement decision-making? Are gene-defined rewards and ... Read more

    $82.79 USD

  • The Opposite of Hate

    A Field Guide to Repairing Our Humanity

    by Sally Kohn ...
    “Brilliantly illustrates the immense and disarming power of changing course and driving not toward division, but toward civility and mutual respect.” --Ms. magazineAs a progressive commentator on Fox News and now CNN, Sally Kohn has made a career out of bridging intractable political differences. In this age of dangerous partisan resentment and rising bigotry, she decided to investigate hate ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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