Perspectives on Fundamental Processes in Intellectual Functioning: A Survey of Research Approaches

by Sal Soraci, William J. McIlvane

Overview

This book represents a unique collection of diverse scientific perspectives, methods, and theoretical frameworks that collectively explore the wide range of processes involved in intellectual functioning. Chapters contributed by various researchers comprise sections on Information Processing, Neuroscience, Animal Models, Language Processing, and Applied Cognition. Issues involve both the scientific assessment of intellectual functioning, as well as its potential modifiability.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781567503593
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/11/1998
Series:	Perspectives on Fundamental Processes in Intellectual Functi
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.85(d)

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Table of Contents

Foreword
PART I. INFORMATION PROCESSING
Memory Competencies and Deficiencies: A Conceptual Framework and the Potential of Connectionist Models, Norman W. Bray, Kevin D. Reilly, Kathryn L. Fletcher, Lisa F. Huffman, Lisa A. Grupe, Mark F. Villa and Vivek Anumolu
Facilitating Visual Attention, Sal A. Soraci, Michael T. Carlin and Laura J. Wiltse
Prenatal Cognitive Development, Eugene K. Emory and Marlyne K. Israelian
Model-Based Measurement of Group Differences: An Application Directed Towards Understanding the Information-Processing Mechanisms of Developmental Dyslexia
PART II. NEUROSCIENCE
Brain Imaging and Classification of Mental Retardation, Richard J. Haier, Kay Hazen, James Fallon, Michael T. Alkire, Michael J. Schell and Ira Lott
Event-Related Brain Potentials and Language Comprehension: A Cognitive Neuroscience Approach to the Study of Intellectual Functioning, W. Caroline West, Timothy B. O'Rourke and Phillip J. Holcomb
Emergent Properties of Brain Function and Development, Curtis K. Deutsch
PART III. ANIMAL MODELS
Processes of Visual Cognition in the Pigeon, Robert G. Cook, Jeffrey S. Katz and Brian R. Cavoto
Behavior Analytic Assessment of Intellectual Functioning and Disability: An Interface between Research with Nonhumans and Humans with Limited Language, William J. McIlvane, Curtis K. Deutsch, R.W. Serna and W.V. Dube
PART IV. LANGUAGE PROCESSING
Applications of a Lexical Principles Framework for Studying Categorization and Word Learning in Different Populations, Krista M. Wilkinson and Helen Tager-Flusberg
Phonological Processing: A Modular Ability?, Frances A. Conners, Michael D. Carr, Aimin Wang and Beverly S. Wyatt
Emergent Behavior and Intellectual Functioning: Stimulus Classes, Generalization, and Transfer, Harry A. Mackay, Robert Stromer and Richard W. Serna
PART V. APPLIED COGNITION Harry A. Mackay, Robert Stromer and Richard W. Serna
PART V. APPLIED COGNITION
Designing Environments to Reveal, Support, and Expand our Children's Potentials, John Bransford and The Cognition and Technology Group at Vanderbilt
Transfer as a Measure of Intellectual Functioning, Adrienne Y. Lee
The Roles of Knowledge and Strategy in Cognitive Performance: The Case of Digit Span, Richard K. Wagner
Author Index
Subject Index