Cognition
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My Stroke Of Insight
by Taylor, Jill Bolte
On the morning of December 10, 1996 Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven-year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a massive stroke when a blood vessel exploded in the left side of her brain. A neuroanatomist by profession, she observed her own mind completely deteriorate to the point that she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life, all within the space of four brief hours. As the damaged left side of her brain – the rational, grounded, detail and time-oriented side –...
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Incognito
by Eagleman, David
David Eagleman is a neuroscientist at Baylor College of Medicine, where he directs the Laboratory for Perception and Action as well as the Initiative on Neuroscience and Law. His scientific research has been published in journals from Science to Nature, and his neuroscience books include Wednesday Is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia (with Richard Cytowic) and the forthcoming Live-Wired. He is also the author of the internationally best-selling book of fiction Sum: Forty Tales from the...
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Philosophy and the Brain
by Young, J. Z
Oxford University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine book in NF dust jacket. Jacket is rubbed, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book has no defects, appears unread. . O P U S Series. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 224 pages. J1 .
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CA$43.56
Perspectives in Memory Research
by Gazzaniga, Michael S. , Ed
The MIT Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New book in VG dust jacket. Jacket has light edgewear, a bit of chipping, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book has no defects and appears unread. . Eight papers, Index. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 330 pages. L3 .
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CA$38.03
The Limitations of Language
by Moore, Terence & Chris Carling
St. Martin's. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Back panel of jacket has light scuffing and rubbing, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. Book has no defects; binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. This is the first edition of the hardback. . "Wide-ranging and lucid." (jacket blurb) Book is in beautiful condition. Scarce thus. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 180 pages. I6 .
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CA$43.56
The Mind's Past
by Gazzaniga, Michael S
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. 1998. 12mo [approx 12.7x18.7cm]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy in 'as new' condition. xv, 201 pages. One of the world's foremost cognitive neuroscientists, show how our mind and brain accomplich the amazing feat of constructing our past. The implications of his ideas reach deeply into the nature of perception and memory, the profundity of human instinct, and...
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CA$27.12
How the Mind Works
by Steven Pinker
London: The Softback Preveiw, 1998. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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CA$10.38
Silent Running My Years on a World War II Attack Submarine
by Calvert, James F
Wiley. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. No defects in book or jacket, the latter now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked, appears unread. . Includes eight pages of plates, seven charts. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 304 pages. G6 .
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CA$38.03
Rational Choice and Judgment Decision Analysis for the Decider
by Brown, Rex
Wiley-Interscience. New. 2005. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. New, no defects, unread. . Systems Engineering and Management Series. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 245 pages. A1 .
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CA$69.15
The Cult of Uncertainty,
by Kandel, Isaac Leon
MacMillan. Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1943. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Like New book in VG- dust jacket. Jacket has age-toning, sunning to spine and clipped corner (but price of $1.50 is visible on an unclipped corner. Jacket now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book has no defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked, appears unread. . A handsome copy of the first printing. This is NOT a reprint. . The Kappa Delta Pi Lecture Series. [No. 15] Series. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 129...
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How the Mind Works
by Pinker, Steven
Viking/Allen Lane. Very Good. 1997. Paperback. 0713992409 . Some light annotations. Edges and pages foxed ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal About the Mind; Chicago
by Lakoff, George
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. First edition, first printing (lowest year in date line matches copyright date.). Hardcover. About fine (binding a wee bit cocked) in a very good(+) jacket. Please see photos. Jacket now housed in archival mylar./very good(+). Large Octavo in pink & white DJ; xvii, 614 p. ; 27 cm.; includes indexes & bibliography: p. 589-600. Contents: The mind beyond the machine -- Importance of categorization -- From Wittgenstein to Rosch -- Prototype effects in language --...
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The Society of Mind
by Marvin Minsky
Simon & Schuster. Good in Good dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0671607405 . Book contains markings and notes from previous owner. Small spill stain to edge of pages. Yellowing to pages. - Good overall condition. General wear. No major blemishes. .
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CA$55.31
Belief and Resistance Dynamics of Contemporary Intellectual Controversy
by Smith, Barbara Herrnstein
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Havard University Press. 1997. Very Good condition. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 221 pages. . 1st thus. Trade Paperback.
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CA$16.27
How the Mind Works.
by Pinker, Steven
W. W. Norton & Company, 1997. 8th printing. Tight and unmarked. 660pp. In a very nice unclipped jacket.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.
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CA$20.74
Languages of the Mind Essays on Mental Representation
by Jackendoff, Ray S
The MIT Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Faint date stamp on last endpaper, no other defects in book or jacket. Pages are clean and crisp, binding is tight; book appears unread. . Eight related but independent essays. Notes, references, index. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 200 pages. H4 .
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CA$43.56
The Society of Mind
by Minsky, Marvin
London: Picador, 1988. First printing of this edition. Paperback. near Very Good. First printing of this 4to paperback edition (280 x 210mm). Pp 339. Previous owner's initials neatly in ink on the half-title else a clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers. The wrappers are a little soiled and worn.
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CA$25.95
Introduction to the Theory of Complexity
by Bovet, Daniel P. & Pierluigi Crescenzi
Prentice Hall. Fine with no dust jacket. 1994. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. No defects. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . Classic work on complexity theory. This is the 3rd printing. . Prentice Hall International Series in Computer Science Series. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 282 pages. D4 .
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CA$55.32
The Representation of Knowledge and Belief (Arizona Colloquium in Cognition)
by Brand, Myles [Editor]; Harnish, Robert M. [Editor];
University of Arizona Press, 1987-02-01. Hardcover. Clean & Unmarked . 8x6x1. A very clean and straight copy. No dust jacket, as issue. 368 pp.
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CA$16.60
Atualidade de Jean Piaget
by Ferreiro, Emilia
Artmed. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2001. Softcover. Cover corners are slightly bumped, no other defects. Book is unread. Softcover with stiff card wrappers. . Text is in Portuguese. . Trade PB. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 143 pages. G3 .
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CA$55.32
The Society of Mind
by Minsky, Marvin
Touchstone Books, 1988. Paperback. New. illustrated edition. 336 pages. 10.75x8.50x0.75 inches.
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CA$35.07
Predication Theory: A Case Study for Indexing Theory
by Napoli, Donna Jo
Cambridge University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket is a little rubbed an scratched, no other defects. Book has no defects; binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 369 pages. H4 .
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CA$55.32
How the Mind Works
by Steven Pinker
Paperback / softback. New. Why do we laugh? What makes memories fade? Why do people believe in ghosts? How the Mind Works explores every aspect of mental life, showing that our minds are not a mystery, but a system of organs of computation designed by natural selection.
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CA$29.31
