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"This is the first introductory text in cognitive science that provides comprehensive coverage of the field. . .[it] provides a solid foundation for the beginning student." -- Arthur C. Graesser, Contemporary PsychologyCognitive Science is a single-source undergraduate text that broadly surveys the theories and empirical results of cognitive science within a consistent computational perspective. In addition to covering the individual contributions of psychology, philosophy, linguistics, and artificial intelligence to cognitive science, the book has been revised to introduce the connectionist approach as well as the classical symbolic approach and adds a new chapter on cognitively related advances in neuroscience. Cognitive science is a rapidly evolving field that is characterized by considerable contention among different views and approaches. Cognitive Science presents these in a relatively neutral manner. It covers many new orientations theories and findings, embedding them in an integrated computational perspective and establishing a sense of continuity and contrast with more traditional work in cognitive science. The text assumes no prerequisite knowledge, introducing all topics in a uniform, accessible style. Many topics, such as natural language processing and vision, however, are developed in considerable depth, which allows the book to be used with more advanced undergraduates or even in beginning graduate settings. A Bradford Book

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• List of Authors
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Preface to the First Edition
• Note to the Teacher
• Chapter 1 What Is Cognitive Science?
• 1.1 The Cognitive View
• 1.2 Some Fundamental Concepts
• 1.3 Information Processes Can Be Analyzed At Several Levels
• 1.4 Computers In Cognitive Science
• 1.5 Applied Cognitive Science
• 1.6 The Interdisciplinary Nature of Cognitive Science
• Suggested Readings
• References
• Chapter 2 Cognitive Psychology: The Architecture of the Mind
• 2.1 The Nature of Cognitive Psychology
• 2.2 The Notion of Cognitive Architecture
• 2.3 A Global View of The Cognitive Architecture
• 2.4 Propositional Representation
• 2.5 Schematic Representation
• 2.6 Cognitive Processes, Working Memory, and Attention
• 2.7 Mental Images
• 2.8 Automatic and Controlled Processes
• 2.9 The Acquisition of Skill
• 2.10 The Connectionist Approach to Cognitive Architecture
• Suggested Readings
• References
• Chapter 3 Cognitive Psychology: Further Explorations
• 3.1 Concepts and Categories
• 3.2 Memory
• 3.3 Reasoning
• 3.4 Problem Solving
• Suggested Readings
• References
• Chapter 4 Artificial Intelligence: Knowledge Representation
• 4.1 The Nature of Artificial Intelligence
• 4.2 Knowledge Representation
• Suggested Readings
• References
• Chapter 5 Artificial Intelligence: Search, Control, and Learning
• 5.1 Search and Control
• 5.2 Learning
• Suggested Readings
• References
• Chapter 6 Linguistics: The Representation of Language
• 6.1 The Study of Linguistic Knowledge
• 6.2 Phonology
• 6.3 Syntax
• 6.4 Universals
• Suggested Readings
• References
• Chapter 7 Neuroscience: Brain and Cognition
• 7.1 Introduction to the Study of the Nervous System
• 7.2 Organization of the Central Nervous System
• 7.3 Neural Representation
• 7.4 Neuropsychology
• 7.5 Computational Neuroscience
• Suggested Readings
• References
• Chapter 8 Philosophy: Foundations of Cognitive Science
• 8.1 Philosophy in Cognitive Science
• 8.2 The Enterprise of Cognitive Science
• 8.3 Ontological Issues
• 8.4 Epistemological Issues
• 8.5 The State of Cognitive Science
• Suggested Readings
• References
• Chapter 9 Language Acquisition
• 9.1 Milestones in Acquisition
• 9.2 Theoretical Perspectives
• Suggested Readings
• References
• Chapter 10 Semantics
• 10.1 Semantics and Cognitive Science
• 10.2 Meaning and Entailment
• 10.3 Reference
• 10.4 Sense
• 10.5 Problems in Possible-Worlds Semantics
• 10.6 Cognitive and Computational Models of Semantic Processing
• Suggested Readings
• References
• Chapter 11 Natural Language Processing
• 11.1 Preliminaries
• 11.2 On the Role of Grammar in Language Processing
• 11.3 Connectionist Models
• 11.4 On the Role of Discourse
• 11.5 More on the Role of General Knowledge
• 11.6 Production
• 11.7 Conclusion
• Suggested Readings
• References
• Chapter 12 Vision
• 12.1 The Problem of Vision
• 12.2 Low-Level Visual Processes
• 12.3 Intermediate Processes and Representations in Vision
• 12.4 High-Level Visual Processes
• 12.5 The Architecture of Visual Computation
• Suggested Readings
• References
• Index

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CHOICE Review

This is an introductory textbook in cognitive science. It is a good review of many of the current topics of concern to specialists in the field. The authors are extremely well qualified for the task at hand; six of the authors teach in Hampshire College's School of Communications and Cognitive Science, and the seventh author is a member of the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) Computer and Information Science Department. The authors provide very concise and cogent descriptions of the topic areas. The bibliographic references are very comprehensive and provide the reader with considerable opportunity to follow topics of specific interest. Because it is an introductory text, the book should interest undergraduates and faculty at institutions with programs in cognitive science.-N.J. Bean, Vassar College