Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, Four-Volume Set
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- 1st Edition - April 18, 1994
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 8 8 5 7 5 - 9
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Request a sales quoteThe Encyclopedia of Human Behavior is a comprehensive four-volume reference source on human action and reaction, and the thoughts, feelings, and physiological functions behind those actions. Presented alphabetically by title, 250 articles probe both enduring and exciting new topics in physiological psychology, perception, personality, abnormal and clinical psychology, cognition and learning, social psychology, developmental psychology, language, and applied contexts. Written by leading scientists in these disciplines, every article has been peer-reviewed to establish clarity, accuracy, and comprehensiveness. The first reference source to provide both depth and breadth to the study of human behavior, the encyclopedia promises to be a much used reference source. This set appeals to public, corporate, university and college libraries, libraries in two-year colleges and some secondary schools.
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@bul:* Comprehensive250 signed articles across disciplines in education, psychology, gerontology, physiology, and anthropology
* 2500 pages
* 15000 index entries
* 275 figures and 50 Tables
* 2000 glossary entries
* 2000 bibliographic entries
* Accurate
* Written by established experts, every article has been peer-reviewed
* Truly international collection of contributors from U.S.A., Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Sweden, and the United Kingdom
* User-Friendly
* More than 1200 cross-references to other entries, each article notes related articles for additional reading
* Each article contains a table of contents, glossary, definition of topic, and bibliography
@bul:* Comprehensive250 signed articles across disciplines in education, psychology, gerontology, physiology, and anthropology
* 2500 pages
* 15000 index entries
* 275 figures and 50 Tables
* 2000 glossary entries
* 2000 bibliographic entries
* Accurate
* Written by established experts, every article has been peer-reviewed
* Truly international collection of contributors from U.S.A., Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Sweden, and the United Kingdom
* User-Friendly
* More than 1200 cross-references to other entries, each article notes related articles for additional reading
* Each article contains a table of contents, glossary, definition of topic, and bibliography
Public, corporate, university and college libraries
J.S. Lerner, Accountability and Social Cognition.
G.R. Goethals, Actor-Observer Differences in Attribution.
C. Barrett, Addictive Behavior.
G. Holmbeck, Adolescence.
L. Parker, Adrenal Glands.
R. Baenninger, Aggression.
M.R. Levenson, Aging, Personality, and Adaptation.
G.L. Thorpe, Agoraphobia.
M. Wilbur, AIDS and Sexual Behavior.
E.G. Clary, Altruism and Helping Behavior.
G.G. Glenner, Alzheimer's Disease.
J.F. Kihlstrom, Amnesia.
D.D. Cummins, Analogical Reasoning.
J.R. Averill, Anger.
R.G. Meyer, Antisocial Personality Disorder.
E.A. Meadows, Anxiety Disorders.
D.W. McNeil, Anxiety and Fear.
H.S. Kirschner, Aphasia.
N.D. Geary, Appetite.
R. Hanlon, Apraxia.
A. Anastasi, Aptitude Testing.
R.D. Bretz, Arbitration.
T. Kitajima, Associative Learning.
D.H. Saklofske, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders.
J.T. Cacioppo, Attitude Change.
A.R. Pratkanis, Attitude Formation.
J.A. Krosnick, Attitude Strength.
M.E. Losch, Attitude-Discrepant Behavior-Cognitive Dissonance.
G. Weary, Attribution.
E. Schubert, Auditory Discrimination.
B. Altemeyer, Authoritarianism.
R. Romanczyk, Autism.
C. Barclay, Autobiographical Remembering.
M. Katz, Behavior Measurement in Psychobiological Research.
R.G. Geen, Behavioral Effects of Observing Violence.
C.T. Nagoshi, Behavioral Genetics.
J.K. Luiselli, Behavioral Medicine.
W.A. McKim, Behavioral Pharmacology.
V. Gluhoski, Bereavement.
F. Genesee, Bilingualism.
J.P. Hatch, Biofeedback.
R. Eisenman, Birth Order, Effect on Personality and Behavior.
J.K. Thompson, Body Image.
J. Kroll, Borderline Personality Disorder.
B.E. Kolb, Brain.
E.C. Azmitia, Brain Chemicals.
M.C. Diamond, Brain Development and Plasticity.
V.G. Iyer, Brain Electric Activity.
D. Anthony, Brain Washing.
J.P. Blount, Caffeine: Psychosocial Effects.
M. McCloskey, Calculation.
S. Osipow, Career Development.
A.J. Friedhoff, Catecholamines and Behavior.
E. Rosch, Categorization.
F. Eustache, Central Auditory Disorders.
R.T. Brown, Central Nervous System.
V. Carlson, Child Abuse.
F.S. Bellezza, Chunking.
E. Gambrill, Clinical Assessment.
J.B. Persons, Cognitive Behavior Therapy.
M.W. Daehler, Cognitive Development.
K. Langfield-Smith, Cognitive Maps, Thinking.
R.S. Vealey, Competition.
A. Parker, Conflict.
D.D. Cahn, Conflict Communication.
M.D. Alicke, Conformity.
A.G. Miller, Conformity and Obedience.
B.J. Baars, Consciousness.
W.F. Stone, Conservatism/Liberalism.
T.Page, Consumer Psychology/Behavior.
S.T. Fiske, Control.
E. Zamble, Coping.
M.A. Runco, Creative and Imaginative Thinking.
C.L. Britt, III, Criminal Behavior.
J.R. Purvis, Crisis Management.
Y.Y. Kim, Cross Cultural Adaptation.
E.G. King, Crowd Psychology.
S.J. Lepore, Crowding: Effects on Health and Behavior.
J.N. Warfield, Cybernetics.
K.J. Radford, Decision-Making Individuals.
W.J. Lyddon, Deductive Reasoning.
P. Cramer, Defense Mechanisms.
J. Becker, Dementia.
R.F. Bornstein, Dependent Personality.
R.E. Ingram, Depression.
S. Coren, Depth Perception.
G.C.L. Davey, Disgust.
E. Shilony, Dissociative Disorders.
S. Stack, Divorce.
J. Antrobus, Dreaming.
D.N. Bub, Dysgraphia.
C. Chase, Dyslexia.
J.R. Pierce, Ears and Hearing.
R. Sommer, Ecological Psychology.
H. Singh, Economic Behavior, Traditional and Non-Traditional Approaches.
P. Winne, Educational Psychology.
D. Giannitrapani, EEG, Cognition, and Dementia.
R.J. Edelmann, Embarrassment and Blushing.
N. Eisenberg, Empathy.
C. Spencer, Environmental Cognition.
R. Gifford, Environmental Psychology.
P.J. Snyder, Epilepsy.
G. Gillund, Episodic Memory.
C. McClintock, Equity.
W.W. Tryon, Expectation.
J.E. Alcock, Extrasensory Perception.
B. Bridgeman, Eye Movements.
E. Loftus, Eyewitness Testimony.
R. Bruyer, Face Recognition.
D. Keltner, Facial Expressions of Emotion.
D. Miklowitz, Family Systems.
T.D. Crespi, Forensic Psychology.
H. Rachlin, Free Will.
T.S. Hartshorne, Friendship.
N.E. Jackson, Genius, Eminence, and Giftedness.
P. Bull, Gestures.
L. Hertz, Glial Cells.
P.B. Paulus, Group Dynamics.
D.L. Mosher, Guilt.
J.B. Hellige, Handedness.
G. Schoenewolf, Hate.
D.G. Amaral, Hippocampal Formation.
P.-M. Lledo, Homeostasis.
C.R. Snyder, Hope and Optimism.
C.M. Buchanan, Hormones and Behavior.
G.J. Dupaul, Hyperactivity.
S.J. Lynn, Hypnosis.
Q.J. Pittman, Hypothalamus.
D.K. Lapsley, Id/Ego/Superego.
S. Lewandowsky, Implicit Memory.
S.T. Fiske, Impression Formation.
N.A. Fox, Individual Differences in Temperament.
T.J. Schoeneman, Individualism.
P.W. Corrigan, Information Processing and Clinical Psychology.
D.B. Yaden, Jr., Inner Speech, Composing and the Reading/Writing Connection.
R.J. Sternberg, Intelligence.
S.T. Fiske, Intention.
S. Duck, Interpersonal Attraction and Personal Relationships.
J.H. Fleming, Interpersonal Communication.
J.H. Harvey, Interpersonal Perception and Communication.
D.H. Saklofske, Introversion/Extraversion.
P.N. Stearns, Jealousy.
I.F. Tucker, Jungian Personality Types.
A.J. Hart, Jury Psychology.
M.M. Chemers, Leadership.
C. Peterson, Learned Helplessness.
R. Joseph, Limbic System.
J. Langer, Logic.
E. Hatfield, Love and Intimacy.
G.R. Birchler, Marital Dysfunction.
N. Epstein, Marriage.
H.J. Markman, Mate Selection.
G.A. Radvansky, Memory.
D. Tranel, Memory, Neural Substrates.
S.M. Kosslyn, Mental Imagery.
R.M. Hodapp, Mental Retardation.
T.O. Nelson, Metacognition.
H.L. Taylor, Military Psychology.
F.C. Power, Moral Development.
C.E. Izard, Motivation, Emotional Basis.
S. Swinnen, Motor Control.
J.E. Clark, Motor Development.
D. Lester, Murder.
R.E. Radocy, Musical Ability.
S. Akhtar, Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
P.J. Carnevale, Negotiation.
B.L. Finlay, Neocortex.
N.C. Spitzer, Neurons.
R. Rosenthal, Nonverbal Behavior.
N.G. Hamilton, Object Relations Theory.
M.A. Stanley, Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior.
E.J. Mahon, Oedipus Complex.
W.F. Angermeier, Operant Learning.
K.H. Roberts, Organizational Behavior.
Y. Lampl, Pain.
J.A. Lucas, Panic.
A. Fenigstein, Paranoia.
B.I. Fagot, Parenting.
W.R. Uttal, Pattern Recognition.
K.H. Rubin, Peer Relationships and Influences in Childhood.
D.W. Massaro, Perceptual Development.
P.T. Costa, Personality Assessment.
K.B. MacDonald, Personality Development.
R.G. Meyer, Personality Disorders.
M. Winkler, Persuasion.
J.H. Riskind, Phobias.
J.K. Torgesen, Phonological Processing and Reading.
E.K. Scholnick, Planning.
A. Pellegrini, Play.
W.A. Fisher, Pornography, Effect on Behavior.
R. Katz, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
D.A. Houston, Preference Judgments.
W. Bergmann, Prejudice and Stereotypes.
M.L. Moline, Premenstrual Syndrome.
R.E. Mayer, Problem-Solving.
H.S. Friedman, Psychological Predictors of Heart Disease.
D.H. Saklofske, Psychology and Pseudoscience.
R.W. Hood, Psychology and Religion.
K.S. Dobson, Psychopathology.
R.S. Guglielmi, Psychosomatic Illness.
K.S. Dobson, Psychotherapy.
C.A. Weaver, III, Reading.
W.F. Overton, Reasoning.
J.C. Smith, Relaxation.
M. Thayer, Risk Compensating Behavior.
M.F. Lenzenweger, Schizophrenia.
R.C. Curtis, Self-Defeating Behaviors.
A. Bandura, Self-Efficacy.
R.F. Baumeister, Self-Esteem.
J.H. Fleming, Self-Fulfilling Prophesies.
C. Chiarello, Semantic Memory.
C. Goddard, Semantics.
J.H. Patton, Sensation-Seeking.
S. Van Toller, Sense of Smell.
B. MacWhinney, Sentence Processing.
J.D. Sinnott, Sex Roles.
J.D. Baldwin, Sexual Behavior.
R.M. Doctor, Sexual Disorders.
K. Kelley, Sexual Orientation.
K. Emmorey, Sign Language.
R. Armitage, Sleep, Biological Rhythms and Human Performance.
E. Borgida, Social Cognition.
R.M. Arkin, Social Comparison.
S.J. Karau, Social Loafing.
S.J. Lepore, Social Support.
J. Beggan, Social Values.
H.R. Holcomb, Sociobiology.
R.A. Thompson, Socioemotional Development.
S.C. Hirtle, Spatial Knowledge Representations.
J.J. Rieser, Spatial Orientation.
H.R. Schiffman, Spatial Perception.
S.R. Heyman, Sport Psychology.
R.M. Doctor, Stress.
T.B. Herbert, Stress and Illness.
H.C. Triandis, Subjective Culture.
B. Segal, Substance Abuse.
D. Lester, Suicide.
W.-U. Meyer, Surprise.
S.M. Stahl, Synaptic Transmitters and Neuromodulators.
H. Lasnik, Syntax.
D.W. Smothergill, Tactile Perception.
R. Drozdenko, Taste/Gustation.
A. Merari, Terrorism.
D.J. Bateson, Test Behavior.
N. Brody, Traits.
J. Sulls, Type A-Type B Personalities.
M. Smithson, Uncertainty.
P. Grobstein, Variability in Brain Function and Behavior.
S. Grossberg, Visual Motion Perception.
W.L. Gulick, Visual Perception.
M. Tarr, Visual Representation.
G.W. Peterson, Vocational Choice.
R.A. Gabriel, War.
D. Burke, Word Retrieval.
E.B. Goldsmith, Work Efficiency and Motivation.
G.R. Goethals, Actor-Observer Differences in Attribution.
C. Barrett, Addictive Behavior.
G. Holmbeck, Adolescence.
L. Parker, Adrenal Glands.
R. Baenninger, Aggression.
M.R. Levenson, Aging, Personality, and Adaptation.
G.L. Thorpe, Agoraphobia.
M. Wilbur, AIDS and Sexual Behavior.
E.G. Clary, Altruism and Helping Behavior.
G.G. Glenner, Alzheimer's Disease.
J.F. Kihlstrom, Amnesia.
D.D. Cummins, Analogical Reasoning.
J.R. Averill, Anger.
R.G. Meyer, Antisocial Personality Disorder.
E.A. Meadows, Anxiety Disorders.
D.W. McNeil, Anxiety and Fear.
H.S. Kirschner, Aphasia.
N.D. Geary, Appetite.
R. Hanlon, Apraxia.
A. Anastasi, Aptitude Testing.
R.D. Bretz, Arbitration.
T. Kitajima, Associative Learning.
D.H. Saklofske, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders.
J.T. Cacioppo, Attitude Change.
A.R. Pratkanis, Attitude Formation.
J.A. Krosnick, Attitude Strength.
M.E. Losch, Attitude-Discrepant Behavior-Cognitive Dissonance.
G. Weary, Attribution.
E. Schubert, Auditory Discrimination.
B. Altemeyer, Authoritarianism.
R. Romanczyk, Autism.
C. Barclay, Autobiographical Remembering.
M. Katz, Behavior Measurement in Psychobiological Research.
R.G. Geen, Behavioral Effects of Observing Violence.
C.T. Nagoshi, Behavioral Genetics.
J.K. Luiselli, Behavioral Medicine.
W.A. McKim, Behavioral Pharmacology.
V. Gluhoski, Bereavement.
F. Genesee, Bilingualism.
J.P. Hatch, Biofeedback.
R. Eisenman, Birth Order, Effect on Personality and Behavior.
J.K. Thompson, Body Image.
J. Kroll, Borderline Personality Disorder.
B.E. Kolb, Brain.
E.C. Azmitia, Brain Chemicals.
M.C. Diamond, Brain Development and Plasticity.
V.G. Iyer, Brain Electric Activity.
D. Anthony, Brain Washing.
J.P. Blount, Caffeine: Psychosocial Effects.
M. McCloskey, Calculation.
S. Osipow, Career Development.
A.J. Friedhoff, Catecholamines and Behavior.
E. Rosch, Categorization.
F. Eustache, Central Auditory Disorders.
R.T. Brown, Central Nervous System.
V. Carlson, Child Abuse.
F.S. Bellezza, Chunking.
E. Gambrill, Clinical Assessment.
J.B. Persons, Cognitive Behavior Therapy.
M.W. Daehler, Cognitive Development.
K. Langfield-Smith, Cognitive Maps, Thinking.
R.S. Vealey, Competition.
A. Parker, Conflict.
D.D. Cahn, Conflict Communication.
M.D. Alicke, Conformity.
A.G. Miller, Conformity and Obedience.
B.J. Baars, Consciousness.
W.F. Stone, Conservatism/Liberalism.
T.Page, Consumer Psychology/Behavior.
S.T. Fiske, Control.
E. Zamble, Coping.
M.A. Runco, Creative and Imaginative Thinking.
C.L. Britt, III, Criminal Behavior.
J.R. Purvis, Crisis Management.
Y.Y. Kim, Cross Cultural Adaptation.
E.G. King, Crowd Psychology.
S.J. Lepore, Crowding: Effects on Health and Behavior.
J.N. Warfield, Cybernetics.
K.J. Radford, Decision-Making Individuals.
W.J. Lyddon, Deductive Reasoning.
P. Cramer, Defense Mechanisms.
J. Becker, Dementia.
R.F. Bornstein, Dependent Personality.
R.E. Ingram, Depression.
S. Coren, Depth Perception.
G.C.L. Davey, Disgust.
E. Shilony, Dissociative Disorders.
S. Stack, Divorce.
J. Antrobus, Dreaming.
D.N. Bub, Dysgraphia.
C. Chase, Dyslexia.
J.R. Pierce, Ears and Hearing.
R. Sommer, Ecological Psychology.
H. Singh, Economic Behavior, Traditional and Non-Traditional Approaches.
P. Winne, Educational Psychology.
D. Giannitrapani, EEG, Cognition, and Dementia.
R.J. Edelmann, Embarrassment and Blushing.
N. Eisenberg, Empathy.
C. Spencer, Environmental Cognition.
R. Gifford, Environmental Psychology.
P.J. Snyder, Epilepsy.
G. Gillund, Episodic Memory.
C. McClintock, Equity.
W.W. Tryon, Expectation.
J.E. Alcock, Extrasensory Perception.
B. Bridgeman, Eye Movements.
E. Loftus, Eyewitness Testimony.
R. Bruyer, Face Recognition.
D. Keltner, Facial Expressions of Emotion.
D. Miklowitz, Family Systems.
T.D. Crespi, Forensic Psychology.
H. Rachlin, Free Will.
T.S. Hartshorne, Friendship.
N.E. Jackson, Genius, Eminence, and Giftedness.
P. Bull, Gestures.
L. Hertz, Glial Cells.
P.B. Paulus, Group Dynamics.
D.L. Mosher, Guilt.
J.B. Hellige, Handedness.
G. Schoenewolf, Hate.
D.G. Amaral, Hippocampal Formation.
P.-M. Lledo, Homeostasis.
C.R. Snyder, Hope and Optimism.
C.M. Buchanan, Hormones and Behavior.
G.J. Dupaul, Hyperactivity.
S.J. Lynn, Hypnosis.
Q.J. Pittman, Hypothalamus.
D.K. Lapsley, Id/Ego/Superego.
S. Lewandowsky, Implicit Memory.
S.T. Fiske, Impression Formation.
N.A. Fox, Individual Differences in Temperament.
T.J. Schoeneman, Individualism.
P.W. Corrigan, Information Processing and Clinical Psychology.
D.B. Yaden, Jr., Inner Speech, Composing and the Reading/Writing Connection.
R.J. Sternberg, Intelligence.
S.T. Fiske, Intention.
S. Duck, Interpersonal Attraction and Personal Relationships.
J.H. Fleming, Interpersonal Communication.
J.H. Harvey, Interpersonal Perception and Communication.
D.H. Saklofske, Introversion/Extraversion.
P.N. Stearns, Jealousy.
I.F. Tucker, Jungian Personality Types.
A.J. Hart, Jury Psychology.
M.M. Chemers, Leadership.
C. Peterson, Learned Helplessness.
R. Joseph, Limbic System.
J. Langer, Logic.
E. Hatfield, Love and Intimacy.
G.R. Birchler, Marital Dysfunction.
N. Epstein, Marriage.
H.J. Markman, Mate Selection.
G.A. Radvansky, Memory.
D. Tranel, Memory, Neural Substrates.
S.M. Kosslyn, Mental Imagery.
R.M. Hodapp, Mental Retardation.
T.O. Nelson, Metacognition.
H.L. Taylor, Military Psychology.
F.C. Power, Moral Development.
C.E. Izard, Motivation, Emotional Basis.
S. Swinnen, Motor Control.
J.E. Clark, Motor Development.
D. Lester, Murder.
R.E. Radocy, Musical Ability.
S. Akhtar, Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
P.J. Carnevale, Negotiation.
B.L. Finlay, Neocortex.
N.C. Spitzer, Neurons.
R. Rosenthal, Nonverbal Behavior.
N.G. Hamilton, Object Relations Theory.
M.A. Stanley, Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior.
E.J. Mahon, Oedipus Complex.
W.F. Angermeier, Operant Learning.
K.H. Roberts, Organizational Behavior.
Y. Lampl, Pain.
J.A. Lucas, Panic.
A. Fenigstein, Paranoia.
B.I. Fagot, Parenting.
W.R. Uttal, Pattern Recognition.
K.H. Rubin, Peer Relationships and Influences in Childhood.
D.W. Massaro, Perceptual Development.
P.T. Costa, Personality Assessment.
K.B. MacDonald, Personality Development.
R.G. Meyer, Personality Disorders.
M. Winkler, Persuasion.
J.H. Riskind, Phobias.
J.K. Torgesen, Phonological Processing and Reading.
E.K. Scholnick, Planning.
A. Pellegrini, Play.
W.A. Fisher, Pornography, Effect on Behavior.
R. Katz, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
D.A. Houston, Preference Judgments.
W. Bergmann, Prejudice and Stereotypes.
M.L. Moline, Premenstrual Syndrome.
R.E. Mayer, Problem-Solving.
H.S. Friedman, Psychological Predictors of Heart Disease.
D.H. Saklofske, Psychology and Pseudoscience.
R.W. Hood, Psychology and Religion.
K.S. Dobson, Psychopathology.
R.S. Guglielmi, Psychosomatic Illness.
K.S. Dobson, Psychotherapy.
C.A. Weaver, III, Reading.
W.F. Overton, Reasoning.
J.C. Smith, Relaxation.
M. Thayer, Risk Compensating Behavior.
M.F. Lenzenweger, Schizophrenia.
R.C. Curtis, Self-Defeating Behaviors.
A. Bandura, Self-Efficacy.
R.F. Baumeister, Self-Esteem.
J.H. Fleming, Self-Fulfilling Prophesies.
C. Chiarello, Semantic Memory.
C. Goddard, Semantics.
J.H. Patton, Sensation-Seeking.
S. Van Toller, Sense of Smell.
B. MacWhinney, Sentence Processing.
J.D. Sinnott, Sex Roles.
J.D. Baldwin, Sexual Behavior.
R.M. Doctor, Sexual Disorders.
K. Kelley, Sexual Orientation.
K. Emmorey, Sign Language.
R. Armitage, Sleep, Biological Rhythms and Human Performance.
E. Borgida, Social Cognition.
R.M. Arkin, Social Comparison.
S.J. Karau, Social Loafing.
S.J. Lepore, Social Support.
J. Beggan, Social Values.
H.R. Holcomb, Sociobiology.
R.A. Thompson, Socioemotional Development.
S.C. Hirtle, Spatial Knowledge Representations.
J.J. Rieser, Spatial Orientation.
H.R. Schiffman, Spatial Perception.
S.R. Heyman, Sport Psychology.
R.M. Doctor, Stress.
T.B. Herbert, Stress and Illness.
H.C. Triandis, Subjective Culture.
B. Segal, Substance Abuse.
D. Lester, Suicide.
W.-U. Meyer, Surprise.
S.M. Stahl, Synaptic Transmitters and Neuromodulators.
H. Lasnik, Syntax.
D.W. Smothergill, Tactile Perception.
R. Drozdenko, Taste/Gustation.
A. Merari, Terrorism.
D.J. Bateson, Test Behavior.
N. Brody, Traits.
J. Sulls, Type A-Type B Personalities.
M. Smithson, Uncertainty.
P. Grobstein, Variability in Brain Function and Behavior.
S. Grossberg, Visual Motion Perception.
W.L. Gulick, Visual Perception.
M. Tarr, Visual Representation.
G.W. Peterson, Vocational Choice.
R.A. Gabriel, War.
D. Burke, Word Retrieval.
E.B. Goldsmith, Work Efficiency and Motivation.
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 18, 1994
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9780080885759
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Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
V. S. Ramachandran is Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition and Distinguished Professor with the Psychology Department and Neurosciences Program at the University of California, San Diego, and Adjunct Professor of Biology at the Salk Institute. Ramachandran initially trained as a doctor and subsequently obtained a Ph.D. from Trinity College at the University of Cambridge. Ramachandran's early work was on visual perception but he is best known for his experiments in behavioral neurology which, despite their apparent simplicity, have had a profound impact on the way we think about the brain. He has been called "The Marco Polo of neuroscience" by Richard Dawkins and "The modern Paul Broca" by Eric Kandel.
In 2005 he was awarded the Henry Dale Medal and elected to an honorary life membership by the Royal Institution of Great Britain, where he also gave a Friday evening discourse (joining the ranks of Michael Faraday, Thomas Huxley, Humphry Davy, and dozens of Nobel Laureates). His other honors and awards include fellowships from All Souls College, Oxford, and from Stanford University (Hilgard Visiting Professor); the Presidential Lecture Award from the American Academy of Neurology, two honorary doctorates, the annual Ramon Y Cajal award from the International Neuropsychiatry Society, and the Ariens-Kappers medal from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences. In 2003 he gave the annual BBC Reith lectures and was the first physician/psychologist to give the lectures since they were begun by Bertrand Russel in 1949. In 1995 he gave the Decade of the Brain lecture at the 25th annual (Silver Jubilee) meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. In 2010 he delivered the annual Jawaharlal Nehru memorial lecture in New Delhi, India. Most recently the President of India conferred on him the second highest civilian award and honorific title in India, the Padma Bhushan. And TIME magazine named him on their list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2011.
Ramachandran has published over 180 papers in scientific journals (including five invited review articles in the Scientific American). He is author of the acclaimed book "Phantoms in the Brain" that has been translated into nine languages and formed the basis for a two part series on Channel Four TV (UK) and a 1 hour PBS special in USA. NEWSWEEK magazine has named him a member of "The Century Club" one of the "hundred most prominent people to watch in the next century." He has been profiled in the New Yorker Magazine and appeared on the Charlie Rose Show. His book, "The Tell Tale Brain" is a New York Times best-seller.
Affiliations and expertise
Director, Center for Brain and Cognition, and Professor, Psychology Department and Neurosciences Program, University of California, San Diego; Adjunct Professor of Biology, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, CA, USA