Psychology at the Turn of the Millennium, Cognitive, Biological and Health Perspectives volume 1

These two volumes represent the cutting edge of contemporary theory and research in psychological science. Based on the keynote and state-of-the-art lectures from the 27th International Congress of Psychology, the volumes feature a collection of chapters written by international leaders in psychological scholarship. The chapters reflect the diversity of current research topics in psychology, where old boundaries have become obsolete and subdivisions from the past merge to form new objects of study. Volume 1 addresses cognitive, biological, and health perspectives. It includes sections on the neural mechanisms underlying psychological processes; the core areas in experimental psychology, perception, attention, learning, and memory; the multiple aspects of psychological health; the interaction between cognitive and emotional processes; and higher cognitive processes with special focus on decision-making and language. Volume 2 deals with social, developmental, and clinical perspectives. The sections highlight human development across the life span; basic and applied issues in personality, emotion, and clinical psychology; social psychology, ranging from experimental work through social constructivism; and gender. Book-Cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 List of contributors......Page 9 Committee......Page 12 Preface......Page 13 1. Declarative and procedural memory in animals with simple nervous systems......Page 18 2. Neural processing of visual and auditory information......Page 43 3. Epigenesis of the cognitive brain: A task for the 21st century......Page 70 4. Brain asymmetry and cognition......Page 101 5. Musica, maestro!......Page 129 6. The mind at the crossroad of multiple ongoing activities: A challenge to cognitive psychology......Page 161 7. A general theory of visual attention......Page 184 8. Face perception......Page 205 9. Extinction......Page 222 10. Nonvisual navigation based on information about self-motion......Page 248 11. Human memory and aging......Page 262 12. Multidimensional interactionism: Stress, anxiety, and coping......Page 282 13. Ancient humans in the newborn millennium: Stress and gender perspectives......Page 308 14. Disability as behaviour: Models of measurement and explanation......Page 318 15. Psychology and the risk for cardiovascular disorder: A developmental perspective......Page 334 16. Prefrontal cortex and amygdala contributions to emotion and affective style......Page 353 17. Fear and anxiety: Animal models and human cognitive psychophysiology......Page 374 18. Cardiac defense and emotion: Psychophysiological and clinical implications......Page 409 19. Emotional processing biases: Nature and modification......Page 435 20. Feeling and thinking: The influence of affect on social cognition and behavior......Page 448 21. The adaptive toolbox: Towards a Darwinian rationality......Page 473 22. Literacy effects on language and cognition......Page 498 23. Representational and communicative aspects as two facets of contemporary psycholinguistics......Page 519 24. Aviation psychology......Page 531 Author index......Page 557 Subject index......Page 607 Edited By Lars Bäckman And Von Claes Hofsten. Cogress Proceedings: Xxvii International Congress Of Psychology; Stockholm, 2000--t.p. It is no longer necessary to praise the usefulness of neurobiological investigations in invertebrates.