The Cognitive Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Approach

By Carolyn P. Sobel

Book Overview

The Cognitive Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Approach, Second Edition offers an engaging, thorough introduction to the cognitive sciences. Authors Carolyn Sobel and Paul Li examine the historical and contemporary issues and research findings of the core cognitive science disciplines: cognitive psychology, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, linguistics, evolutionary psychology, and philosophy. For each of these core disciplines, the historical development and classic research studies are presented in one chapter and current research development and issues follow in a second chapter, offering students a broad understanding of the development of each concentration in the cognitive sciences. The text presents a student-friendly approach to understanding how each discipline has contributed to the growth of cognitive science and the implications for future research.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 141299716X
• ISBN13: 9781412997164
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A stunning achievement

This is a tour de force. Five discipines are presented, both historically and currently, illuminating the current state of the cognitive sciences and how these disciplines got to their present levels of achievement.