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It′s hard to conceive of a topic of more broad and personal interest than the study of the mind. In addition to its traditional investigation by the disciplines of psychology, psychiatry, and neuroscience, the mind has also been a focus of study in the fields of philosophy, economics, anthropology, linguistics, computer science, molecular biology, education, and literature. In all these approaches, there is an almost universal fascination with how the mind works and how it affects our lives and our behavior. Studies of the mind and brain have crossed many exciting thresholds in recent years, and the study of mind now represents a thoroughly cross-disciplinary effort. Researchers from a wide range of disciplines seek answers to such questionsas: What is mind? How does it operate? What is consciousness?

This encyclopedia brings together scholars from the entire range of mind-related academic disciplines from across the arts and humanities, social sciences, life sciences, and computer science and engineering to explore the multidimensional nature of the human mind.

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Library Journal Review

This set for college and university students studying cognitive science and related fields is not intended to be a study of the biology of the brain; rather it examines the activities of the mind. Pashler (psychology, Univ. of California, San Diego) won the Troland Award from the National Academy of Sciences for his research in this area. The two- to four-page entries, contributed by a wide range of scholars from across the arts and sciences, cover "topics and perspectives from all the major contemporary disciplines concerned with the study of the mind." Each offers enough information to be useful to those starting to research a topic; the provision of cross references, print and online further-reading suggestions, a short bibliography, and a list of related topics after the articles will allow students to explore the subject in more depth. VERDICT Best for college-level readers seeking information in the fields of cognitive science, philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience.-Christine Sharbrough, Chelmsford P.L., MA (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

CHOICE Review

This authoritative, comprehensive set, edited by psychologist Pashler (Univ. of California, San Diego) covers topics from all major contemporary disciplines concerned with the study of the mind. It describes the main bases of mental activity, but does not attempt to be the major reference resource on the biology of the brain. The two volumes offer 293 alphabetically arranged essay entries. Each volume starts with a reader's guide and a list of entries, providing easy avenues to finding entries on a particular topic. Each entry is followed by cross-references and suggestions for further reading. The major topics in this encyclopedia are "Action and Motor Control," "Attention," "Concepts and Categories," "Consciousness," "Decision Making," "Disorders and Pathology," "Emotion," "Epistemology," "Genetics," "Groups," "Intelligence," "Language and Communication," "Learning," "Memory," "Metaphysics," "Methodology," "Mind/Body Problem," "Morality/Ethics," "Perception," "Personality," "The Social Mind," and "Thinking and Reasoning." Under each of these broad topics, readers will find research perspectives, e.g., computational and cultural, developmental, evolutionary, and philosophical. More than 300 scholars worldwide, with multidisciplinary expertise, contributed to this work.Other recent reference sets that focus more on psychology include The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology, edited by I. B. Weiner and W. E. Craighead (4th ed., CH, Jul'10, 47-6008), and the 12-volume Handbook of Psychology, edited by Weiner (2nd ed., CH, Jun'13, 50-5892). The strengths of this new encyclopedia are its currency and its breadth and depth in exploring the multidimensional nature of the human mind. This extensive, highly informative publication will be a great reference resource for professionals, researchers, and students concentrating on cognitive science and related disciplines. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above. M. Slobodinsky independent scholar

Booklist Review

The mind has been covered within works of a differing primary topic, such as philosophy or brain biology, but has not had its own dedicated, comprehensive reference source. This two-volume set is a thorough treatment of a wide array of topics related to the mind. Additionally, Pashler and his contributors utilize interdisciplinary approaches to provide readers with multiple perspectives. The set is organized in traditional encyclopedic fashion, from A-Z. However, the book does include a Reader's Guide, which organizes the entries into 22 broad categories, including Action and Motor Control, Consciousness, Language and Communication, Personality, and others. Within each of these major areas, there are subcategories that identify more granular approaches within the major category, such as Philosophical Perspectives, Computational Perspectives, and Neural Basis. Each entry provides a brief introduction that includes the definition of the term or concept and a context for current understanding of the topic. The entry then contains relevant subsections that address various facets of each topic. Each section concludes with a see also list and a section of further readings that includes seminal works on the topic. The two volumes have a highly detailed index and excellent cross-referencing. Intended to be an introduction to the topic, The Encyclopedia of the Mind would be a meaningful addition to community-college and undergraduate libraries. The interdisciplinary approach and inclusion of multiple perspectives allow readers to gain understanding of the complexity of the mind and the different disciplines it reaches across. The arrangement and subject access through the Reader's Guide provide ease of access to the information within this set, making it user-friendly for both novice users and those with subject expertise.--Pinkley, Janet Copyright 2010 Booklist

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Harold Pashler is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, San Diego. He received undergraduate degrees in Psychology and in Logic & Philosophy of Science with honors from Brown University and his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania (1985). His research interests include basic cognitive processes and mechanisms, selective attention and visual perception, and human learning and practice effects, with implications for how people can learn more efficiently. He has authored and edited classic texts on attention (The Psychology of Attention, MIT Press, 1998; Attention, Taylor & Francis Press, 1998) and served as Editor in Chief of the Third Edition of the four-volume Stevens Handbook of Experimental Psychology(Wiley, 2001). He is a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Psychologists and the American Psychological Society and received the Troland Research Award in 1999 from the National Academy of Sciences "for his many experimental breakthroughs in the study of spatial attention and executive control, and for his insightful analysis of human cognitive architecture." He has served as an associate editor of Psychonomic Bulletin & Reviewand is on the editorial board of the Journal of Experimental Psychology, the American Journal of Psychology, Visual Cognition, and several other major journals within the field.