Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, La-Baume-les-Aix (Aix-en-Provence), France, June 27-July 7, 1985

These volumes represent the proceedings of NATO Advanced Study Institute on the topic of "Cognitive Processes and Spatial Orientation in Animal and Man" held at La-Baume-les-Aix, Aix-en-Provence, France, in June-July 1985. The motivation underlying this Institute stemmed from the recent advances and interest in the problems of spatial behavior. In Psychology, traditional S-R concepts were found to be unsatisfactorY for fully accounting for the complexity of spatial behavior. Coupled with the decline in such an approach, has been a resurgence of interest in cognitive types of concepts. In Ethology, investigators have begun to use more sophisticated methods for the study of homing and navigational behaviors. In the general area of Neuroscience, marked advances have been achieved in the understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying spatial behaviors. And finally, there has been a burgeoning interest and body of knowledge concerning the development of spatial behavior in humans. All of these factors combined to suggest the necessity of bringing together scientists working in these areas with the intent that such a meeting might lead to a cross-fertilization of the various areas. Possibly by providing a context in which members of the various disciplines could interact, it was felt that we might increase the likelihood of identifying those similarities and differences in the concepts and methods common to all groups. Such an identification could provide the basis for a subsequent interdisciplinary research effort.

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, La-Baume-les-Aix (Aix-en-Provence), France, June 27-July 7, 1985

In the novel Forward/Rewind - A Story of Remembrance and Renewal, Trish Manfield, an attractive middle-aged woman, finds herself alone after her husband dies suddenly. Her children have grown and moved away, except for Jessie, her youngest child. Trish struggles to proceed with her life and takes the first step by moving to a new house in a new town. After a few months in the new house, Jessie moves away to attend school and Trish finds herself truly alone. Trish's memories are all she has to keep her company during the long, sleepless nights in a house she occupies by herself. Her reluctance to let go of the past and her feeling of being totally alone intensifies her insomnia. She longs for her former hectic life as a mother and wife, and she finds herself reminiscing throughout the night. Close to a year after her daughter moves out, Trish still hasn't been able to pull herself up. She finds eerie comfort in the mundane late-night TV reruns that she watches but doesn't see, as she goes back in time, remembering happier days. Trish is mystified and frightened that although she has started over again many times in the past, this time life has given her more than she can overcome. Forward/Rewind is the story of Trish's journey, her strengthening reunions, and her ultimate awakening to a new beginning and sense of worth again. P. Ellen Manley grew up in Chicago, but now resides in Columbia, South Carolina. She is working on the sequel. http: //sbpra.com/PEllenManley