Table of Contents
List of Contributors. The XXVII International Congress of Psychology. Committees. L. Bäckman, C. von Hofsten, Preface. Section 1. Neural Mechanisms Underlying Psychological Processes. P. Balaban, Declarative and Procedural Memory in Animals with Simple Nervous Systems. B.J. Frost, Neural Processing of Visual and Auditory Information. S. de Schonen, Epigenesis of the Cognitive Brain: A Task for the 21st Century. K. Hugdahl, Brain Asymmetry and Cognition. D. Schön, M. Besson, Musica, Maestro! Section 2. Experimental Psychology: Perception, Attention, Learning and Memory. G. d'Ydewalle, The Mind at the Crossroad of Multiple Ongoing Activities: A Challenge to Cognitive Psychology. C. Bundesen, A General Theory of Visual Attention. V. Bruce, Face Perception. R.A. Rescorla, Extinction. R.L. Klatzky, J.M. Loomis, R.G. Golledge , Nonvisual Navigation Based on Information about Self-motion. F.I.M. Craik, Human Memory and Aging. Section 3. Psychological Health. N.S. Endler, Multidimensional Interactionism: Stress, Anxiety, and Coping. M. Frankenhäuser, Ancient Humans in the Newborn Millennium: Stress and Gender Perspectives. M. Johnston, D. Bonetti, B. Pollard , Disability as Behaviour: Models of Measurement and Explanation. L. Keltikangas-Järvinen, Psychology and the Risk for Cardiovascular Disorder: A Developmental Perspective. Section 4. Interaction between Cognitive and Emotional Processes. R.J. Davidson, Prefrontal Cortex and Amygdala Contributions to Emotion and Affective Style. P.J. Lang, M. Davis, A. Öhman, Fear and Anxiety: Animal Models and Human Cognitive Psychophysiology. J. Vila, Cardiac Defence and Emotion: Psychophysiological and Clinical Implications. A. Mathews, Emotional Processing Biases: Nature and Modification. J.P. Forgas, Feeling and Thinking: The Influence of Affect on Social Cognition and Behaviour. Section 5. Higher Cognitive Processes. G. Gigerenzer, The Adaptive Toolbox: Towards a Darwinian Rationality. J. Morais, R. Kolinsky, Literacy Effects on Language and Cognition. I. Kurcz, Representational and Communicative Aspects as Two Facets of Contemporary Psycholinguistics. C.D. Wickens, Aviation Psychology. Author Index. Subject Index.