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Cognitive psychology has matured and flourished in the last
half-century, as new theories, research tools, and theoretical
frameworks have allowed cognitive psychologists and researchers to
explore a broad array of topics. In the same vein, the depth of
understanding and the methodological and theoretical sophistication
have also grown in wonderful ways. Given the expanse of the field,
an up-to-date and inclusive resource such as this handbook is
needed for aspiring generalists who wish to read the book cover to
cover, and for the many readers who are simply curious to know the
current happenings in other cognition laboratories. Guided by this
need, this volume's 64 chapters cover all aspects of cognition,
spanning perceptual issues, attention, memory, knowledge
representation, language, emotional influences, judgment, problem
solving, and the study of individual differences in cognition.
Additional chapters turn to the control of complex actions and the
social, cultural, and developmental context of cognition. The
authors include a mix of well-established influential figures and
younger colleagues in order to gain an understanding of the field's
forward trajectory. The volume also includes a mix of "tutorial"
chapters and chapters that powerfully represent a particular
research team's point of view.
Current Topics in Developmental Biology provides a comprehensive
survey of the major topics in the field of developmental biology.
The volumes are valuable to researchers in animal and plant
development, as well as to students and professionals who want an
introduction to cellular and molecular mechanisms of development.
The series has recently passed its 30-year mark, making it the
longest-running forum for contemporary issues in developmental
biology.
* Includes 20 color figures
* Latest volume in series, with eight reviews in more than 250
pages
* Topics covered include bone remodeling, ex vivo adult stem cell
expansion, calcium sensing receptors and more
The Nobel Prize is the only scientific prize that has achieved
worldwide recognition among the general public. Each year,
announcement of the prizes is covered by the national news media,
and countries and universities brag about how many Nobel Prize
winners they have. As of 2015, 172 individuals have received the
Nobel Prize in chemistry. This book explores the reasons why the
Nobel Prize has not been awarded to various deserving chemists over
the years, and points specifically to eleven deceased chemists in
particular who did not receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Recently, the 50th anniversary of the publication of Animal
Behaviour has passed. To mark the occasion, a group of prominent
behaviourists have written essays relevant to their fields. These
essays provide a glimpse of the study of behaviour looking in all
directions. History and future aside, it is imperative to broadcast
this information from the perspective of the behaviourists who have
helped shape both the past and the future. It is important for any
field to be both retrospective and prospective: where have we been,
where are we going, where are we now? These essays provide a unique
personal reflection on the history of animal behaviour from John
Alcock, Stuart and Jeanne Altmann, Steve Arnold, Geoff Parker, and
Felicity Huntingford. Six topics are reflected on and include: The
History of Animal Behavioural Research, Proximate Mechanisms,
Development, Adaptation, and Animal Welfare.
* Broad range of essays on animal behaviour
* Written by leaders in the field
* Offers a history of the study of behaviour plus essays on the
future of behavioural studies
* Contains over 30 full color illustrations
* Includes essays on development, mechanisms and adaptive
significance of behaviour
This brand new series puts learners in charge with an exploratory
inquiry-led approach to MYP Mathematics. Each full-colour book and
accompanying eBook contains detailed worked examples, reflections,
differentiated exercises, and check your knowledge questions to put
learning into practice. Clear links to key concepts, related
concepts and global contexts in addition to statements of inquiry
and inquiry questions for each chapter. ATLs identified throughout.
Investigations encourage learners to seek knowledge and develop ATL
skills. Written by an international team of highly experienced
authors and teachers, and led by Series Editor, Ibrahim Wazir, this
new series matches the 2020 Subject Guide.
The role of the Maillard reaction in forming flavors from amino
acid and sugar precursors has been studied for many years. To
establish the basic chemistry of the reaction, researchers have
used model systems, often solutions of a single amino acid with a
single sugar. Despite the apparent simplicity of the system,
heating such a solution can generate tens if not hundreds of
compounds, which requires careful and time-consuming analysis to
identify and quantify each component.
Data from the model systems has allowed researchers to study the
pathways that lead to flavor formation, and various schemes have
been proposed to identify the main "routes" that lead to flavor
compounds. Such schemes have led to one of the main control
principles, namely an understanding of the role of amino acids in
forming some characteristic aromas, e.g., bread flavor from
proline, as well as an appreciation of the role of C5 and C6 sugars
in controlling the rate of reaction.
Recently, the formation of taste compounds through the Maillard
reaction has been investigated and new potent compounds have been
discovered that can contribute to the overall flavor formed during
the Maillard reaction. These findings also offer the potential for
control and manipulation of the Maillard reaction to form specific
types of flavor. Although the nature of the end-products of the
Maillard reaction in both food and model systems are well
documented, applying these principles to control flavor formation
in real foods has proved difficult.
This book describes recent research and developments related to the
control of the Maillard reaction to give optimum flavor quality.
These include kinetic modeling of the reaction, the effect of
physical parameters (temperature, time, moisture content, pH), and
the effect of chemical parameters (amino acid and sugar
composition, the presence of other components). The topics covered
relate to real food systems and reaction product flavorings, as
well as model systems. Contributors from academia and industry have
come together to provide an up to date overview of progress in this
important area of flavor research.
Half of all insect species are dependent on living plant tissues,
consuming about 10 per cent of plant annual production in natural
habitats and an even greater percentage in agricultural systems,
despite sophisticated control measures. Plants possess defences
that are effective against almost all herbivorous insect species.
Host-plant specialization, observed in over 80 percent of these
animals, appears to be an effective adaptation to breach these
defence systems. The mechanisms underlying plant defence to
invading herbivores on the one side, and insect adaptations to
utilize plants for nutrition, defence and shelter on the other, are
the main subjects of this book. For plants exposed to insect
herbivores, these mechanisms include the activation of defence
systems and the emission of chemical signals which may attract
natural enemies of the invading herbivores and may even be
exploited by neighbouring plants to induce an early defence.
Advances in Physical Organic Chemistry provides the chemical
community with authoritative and critical assessments of the many
aspects of physical organic chemistry. The field is a rapidly
developing one, with results and methodologies finding applications
from biology to solid state physics. This text is ideal for those
interested in the relationship between the structure and function
of organic compounds, including physical and theoretical chemists
as well as organic and bioorganic chemists.
This volume in the Progress in Brain Research series features
reviews on the functional neuroanatomy and connectivity of the
brain areas involved in controlling eye movements. Oculomotor
control of the eyes is now the subject of many research projects
and advances in this field are relevant to understanding motor
control in general.
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