Encyclopedia of the mind

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Pashler Harold E. (editor of compilation.)
Published: SAGE Publications, Inc.,
Publisher Address: Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Publication Dates: 2013.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xxxi, 839 p.: ill. ; 29 cm.
ISBN: 9781452257044
1452257043
Index Number: B842
CLC: B842.5-61
Call Number: B842.5-61/E564
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"It's hard to conceive of a topic of more broad and personal interest than the study of the mind. In addition to its traditional investigation by the disciplines of psychology, psychiatry, and neuroscience, the mind has also been a focus of study in the fields of philosophy, economics, anthropology, linguistics, computer science, molecular biology, education, and literature. In all these approaches, there is an almost universal fascination with how the mind works and how it affects our lives and our behavior. Studies of the mind and brain have crossed many exciting thresholds in recent years, and the study of mind now represents a thoroughly cross-disciplinary effort. Researchers from a wide range of disciplines seek answers to such questions as: What is mind? How does it operate? What is consciousness? This encyclopedia, to be produced by SAGE Reference, brings together scholars from the entire range of mind-related academic disciplines from across the arts and humanities, social sciences, life sciences, and computer science and engineering to explore the multidimensional nature of the human mind." -- from the publisher.