Added by: badaboom | Karma: 5366.29 | Non-Fiction, Science literature, Medicine | 24 October 2010
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The Cognitive Neuropsychology of Schizophrenia
Schizophrenic patients have bizarre experiences which reflect a disorder in the contents of consciousness. For example, patients hear voices talking about them or they are convinced that alien forces are controlling their actions. Their abnormal behaviour includes incoherence and lack of will. In this book an explanation of these baffling signs and symptoms is provided using the framework of cognitive neuropsychology. The cognitive abnormalities that underlie these signs and symptoms suggest impairment in a system which constructs and monitors representations of certain abstract (especially mental) events in consciousness.
The three essays that follow take as their point of departure the formulation of grammatical theory presented in such work as J. J. Katz and P. M. Postal, An Integrated Theory of Linguistic Descriptions, 1954, and Chomsky, Aspects of the Theory of Syntax, 1965. For ease of exposition, I refer to this formulation as the "standard theory". The essays deal with problems that arise within this framework, and present a revision of the standard theory to an "extended standard theory" (EST). The status of deep structure is a central concern in all three essays.
This market-leading book continues to provide users with sound, consistently structured explanations of the mathematical concepts. Designed for a one- or two-term course that prepares users to study calculus, the new Eighth Edition retains the features that have made PRECALCULUS a complete solution for users: interesting applications, cutting-edge design, and innovative technology combined with an abundance of carefully written exercises.
George Orwell is regarded as the greatest political writer in English of the twentieth century. The massive critical literature on Orwell has not only become extremely specialized, and therefore somewhat inaccessible to the nonscholar, but it has also attributed to and even created misconceptions about the man, the writer and his literary legacy. For these reasons, an overview of Orwell's writing and influence is an indispensable resource. Accordingly, this Companion serves as both an introduction to Orwell's work and furnishes numerous innovative interpretations and fresh critical perspectives on it.
Radiation Physics With Applications in Medicine and Biology
An introduction to nuclear physics which includes chapters on present and past applications of nuclear medicine, nuclear imagery, compartment theory, neutrons and other heavy particles, X-rays and Y-rays. Recent information on the principles of radiation protection is also addressed.
