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An overview of current research at the intersection of psychology and biology, integrating evolutionary and developmental data and explanations.In the past few decades, sources of inspiration in the multidisciplinary field of cognitive science hav...

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Current perspectives on the Phillips curve, a core macroeconomic concept that treats the relationship between inflation and unemployment.In 1958, economist A. W. Phillips published an article describing what he observed to be the inverse relations...

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This first comprehensive overview of what scientists and scholars know about WMD terrorism clears away many of the misconceptions that surround this topic.Terrorism by means of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) has been studied for decades-since t...

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Recent developments in the tools and techniques of data acquisition and analysis in cognitive electrophysiology.Cognitive electrophysiology concerns the study of the brain's electrical and magnetic responses to both external and internal events. T...

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Neuroimagers and philosophers of mind explore critical issues and controversies that have arisen from the use of brain mapping in cognitive neuroscience and cognitive science.The field of neuroimaging has reached a watershed. Brain imaging researc...

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Autobiographical essays, framed by two interpretive essays by the editor, describe the power of an object to evoke emotion and provoke thought: reflections on a cello, a laptop computer, a 1964 Ford Falcon, an apple, a mummy in a museum, and other...

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Passion for objects and love for science: scientists and students reflect on how objects fired their scientific imaginations."e;This is a book about science, technology, and love,"e; writes Sherry Turkle. In it, we learn how a love for sci...

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Leading addiction researchers survey the latest findings in addiction science, countering the simplistic cultural stereotypes of the addict.The image of the addict in popular culture combines victimhood and moral failure; we sympathize with addict...

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An examination of how widely distributed and specialized activities of the brain are flexibly and effectively coordinated.A fundamental shift is occurring in neuroscience and related disciplines. In the past, researchers focused on functional spec...

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An overview of recent efforts in the machine learning community to deal with dataset and covariate shift, which occurs when test and training inputs and outputs have different distributions.Dataset shift is a common problem in predictive modeling ...

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The Internet gives us access to a wealth of information in languages we don't understand. The investigation of automated or semi-automated approaches to translation has become a thriving research field with enormous commercial potential. This volu...

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State-of-the-art algorithms and theory in a novel domain of machine learning, prediction when the output has structure.Machine learning develops intelligent computer systems that are able to generalize from previously seen examples. A new domain o...

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The phenomena of effortless attention and action and the challenges they pose to current cognitive models of attention and action.This is the first book to explore the cognitive science of effortless attention and action. Attention and action are ...

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A survey of the latest research, covering such topics as plasticity in the adult brain and the underlying mechanisms of plasticity. The notion that neurons in the living brain can change in response to experience-a phenomenon known as "e;plast...

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Scientists elucidate the astounding collective sensory capacity of Earth and its evolution through time.Chimeras and Consciousness begins the inquiry into the evolution of the collective sensitivities of life. Scientist-scholars from a range of fi...

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The essential reference to SuperCollider, a powerful, flexible, open-source, cross-platform audio programming language.SuperCollider is one of the most important domain-specific audio programming languages, with potential applications that include...

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How visual content is represented in neuronal population codes and how to analyze such codes with multivariate techniques.Vision is a massively parallel computational process, in which the retinal image is transformed over a sequence of stages so ...

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Studies from around the world show how the social media tools of Web 2.0 are shaping engagement with cities, communities, and spaces. Web 2.0 tools, including blogs, wikis, and photo sharing and social networking sites, have made possible a more p...

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A multidisciplinary overview of key approaches in the study of cognitive control and decision making.This volume offers a range of perspectives on a simple problem: How does the brain choose efficiently and adaptively among options to ensure coher...

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An up-to-date account of the interplay between optimization and machine learning, accessible to students and researchers in both communities.The interplay between optimization and machine learning is one of the most important developments in moder...

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How eliminating "e;risk illiteracy"e; among doctors and patients will lead to better health care decision making.Contrary to popular opinion, one of the main problems in providing uniformly excellent health care is not lack of money but la...

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State-of-the-art research on MRFs, successful MRF applications, and advanced topics for future study.This volume demonstrates the power of the Markov random field (MRF) in vision, treating the MRF both as a tool for modeling image data and, utiliz...

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A multidisciplinary overview of key approaches in the study of cognitive control and decision making.This volume offers a range of perspectives on a simple problem: How does the brain choose efficiently and adaptively among options to ensure coher...

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An up-to-date account of the interplay between optimization and machine learning, accessible to students and researchers in both communities.The interplay between optimization and machine learning is one of the most important developments in moder...

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Papers from a flagship robotics conference that cover topics ranging from kinematics to human-robot interaction and robot perception. Robotics: Science and Systems VI spans a wide spectrum of robotics, bringing together researchers working on the ...

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Advanced statistical modeling and knowledge representation techniques for a newly emerging area of machine learning and probabilistic reasoning; includes introductory material, tutorials for different proposed approaches, and applications.Handling...

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An empirically rich study of the influence of social networks on corporate governance across countries and the emergence of a new transnational community.The financial crisis of 2008 laid bare the hidden network of relationships in corporate gover...

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Prominent economists reconsider the fundamentals of economic policy for a post-crisis world.In 2011, the International Monetary Fund invited prominent economists and economic policymakers to consider the brave new world of the post-crisis global e...

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Activists, analysts, and practitioners describe innovative strategies that promote healthy neighborhoods, fair housing, and accessible transportation throughout America's cities and suburbs.The emerging metropolitan regional-equity movement promot...

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