Perception, cognition, and language: essays in honor of Henry and Lila Gleitman / edited by Barbara Landau ... [et al.]

The essays range across fields foundational to cognitive science, including perception, attention, memory, and language, using formal, experimental, and neuroscientific approaches to issues of representation and learning. These original empirical research essays in the psychology of perception, cognition, and language were written in honor of Henry and Lila Gleitman, two of the most prominent psychologists of our time. The essays range across fields foundational to cognitive science, including perception, attention, memory, and language, using formal, experimental, and neuroscientific approaches to issues of representation and learning. An introduction provides a historical perspective on the development of the field from the 1960s onward. The contributors have all been colleagues and students of the Gleitmans, and the collection celebrates their influence on the field of cognitive science. Contributors Cynthia Fisher, Susan Goldin-Meadow, Katherine Hirsh-Pasek, John Jonides, Phillip Kellman, Michael Kelly, Donald S. Lamm, Barbara Landau, Jack Nachmias, Letitia Naigles, Elissa Newport, W. Gerrod Parrott, Daniel Reisberg, Robert A. Rescorla, Paul Rozin, John Sabini, Elizabeth Shipley, Thomas F. Shipley, John C. Trueswell. Der Urgleit / Jacob Nachmias -- The Wordgleits / Paul Rozin -- Multiple Mentorship: One Example Of Henry Gleitman's Influence / Robert A. Rescorla -- Some Lessons From Henry And Lila Gleitman / John Sabini -- Gleitology: The Birth Of A New Science / Donal S. Lamm -- Children's Categorization Of Objects: The Relevance Of Behavior, Surface Appearance, And Insides / Elizabeth F. Shipley -- Mechanisms Of Verbal Working Memory Revealed By Neuroimaging Studies / John Jonides -- The Nativist's View Of Learning: How To Combine The Gleitmans In A Theory Of Language Acquisition / Elissa L. Newport -- Learning With And Without A Helping Hand / Susan Goldin-meadow -- The Detachment Gain: The Advantage Of Thinking Out Loud / Daniel Reisberg -- An Update On Gestalt Psychology / Philip J. Kellman -- Beyond Shipley, Smith, And Gleitman: Young Children's Comprehension Of Bound Morphemes / Katherine Hirsch-pasek -- Language And Space / Barbara Landau -- The Psychologist Of Avon: Emotion In Elizabethan Psychology And The Plays Of Shakespeare / W. Gerrod Parrott -- Manipulating The Input: Studies In Mental Verb Acquisition / Lettia R. Naigles -- Partial Sentence Structure As An Early Constraint On Language Acquisition / Cynthia Fisher -- Perception Of Persistence: Stability And Change / Thomas F. Shipley -- Putting Some Oberon Into Cognitive Science / Michael Kelly -- The Organization And Use Of The Lexicon For Language Comprehension / John C. Trueswell. A Bradford Book. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.