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MUMBLE, 590, 591<br />

Myth <strong>of</strong> Jones, xxix<br />

N<br />

Naive biology, 211, 575<br />

Naive ma<strong>the</strong>matics, xlvii, xlviii, cxix, cxxiii,<br />

129, 211, 261, 421, 575–577, 578, 584, 611,<br />

648, 732<br />

bit-bit <strong>the</strong>ory, 576<br />

formal ma<strong>the</strong>matics and, 576<br />

strategies <strong>of</strong>, 576<br />

Naive physics, xlvii, xlviii, cxvii, cxxiii, 261,<br />

296, 318, 404, 421, 560, 577–579, 581, 648,<br />

732<br />

Aristotelian mechanics and, 578<br />

classical mechanics, 577<br />

continuity and solidity, 578<br />

extended body motions and, 578<br />

intuitive physics, 577<br />

systematic reasoning in, 577<br />

Naive picture <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> world, 741<br />

Naive psychology, 579<br />

Naive sociology, cxx, cxxiii, 239, 283, 287, 318,<br />

340, 421, 579–581, 778, 805<br />

cognitive tasks and, 579<br />

concept <strong>of</strong> self in, 580<br />

domain specificity models and, 580<br />

human society and, 579<br />

social biases and, 580<br />

social psychology research and, 579<br />

Narrow content, xxx, 1, 171, 176, 277, 306, 332,<br />

398, 414, 514, 581–583, 748, 766, 813, 851<br />

approaches to, 582<br />

and broad content, 582<br />

as controversial concept, 582<br />

causal <strong>the</strong>ory, 582<br />

Nash equilibrium, 339<br />

National Assessment <strong>of</strong> Educational Progress<br />

(NAEP), 706<br />

Nativism, xviii, xlvii, xlviii, cvii, 29, 105, 129,<br />

178, 187, 190, 231, 239, 282, 285, 318, 346,<br />

384, 390, 404, 409, 445, 478, 577, 583–586,<br />

589, 596, 612, 634, 648, 661, 704, 742, 823,<br />

840, 887<br />

connectionist architectures and, 584<br />

and continental rationalism, 586<br />

domain specificity in, 584–585<br />

empiricism vs., 584–585<br />

history <strong>of</strong>, xviii, 79, 230, 282, 385, 409, 437,<br />

583, 586–588, 704<br />

innateness and, 583<br />

interactional nature <strong>of</strong> development and, 585<br />

specification <strong>of</strong> biases and constraints in, 584<br />

Nativist, 634<br />

Natural color system (NCS), 147<br />

Natural kinds, xxiv, xxv, 105, 121, 178, 283, 318,<br />

383, 428, 580, 588–589, 620, 691, 708, 715<br />

concepts acquisition <strong>of</strong>, 588<br />

conventional kinds, 588<br />

importance in cognitive sciences, 588<br />

inductive inference and, 588<br />

taxonomic systems and, 588<br />

Natural language generation, lxxxvi, 162, 364,<br />

456, 499, 589–592, 594, 792, 802<br />

canned items, 591<br />

cascaded patterns, 591<br />

defined, 589<br />

features, 591<br />

generation techniques, 591<br />

NLG architectures, 589<br />

schemas and rhetorical realtions, 590<br />

sentence planning, 590<br />

sentence realization, 590<br />

stylistic control, 591<br />

templates, 591<br />

text planning, 590<br />

Natural language processing, lxxviii, lxxix,<br />

lxxxv, lxxxvi, cvi, cvii, 10, 15, 81, 162, 164,<br />

188, 301, 322, 362, 441, 499, 564, 591, 592–<br />

594, 745, 792, 793, 801<br />

applications <strong>of</strong>, 594<br />

approaches to, 593<br />

motivations <strong>of</strong>, 592<br />

research areas in, 592<br />

Natural language <strong>the</strong>ory, 748<br />

Natural ontological attitude, 708<br />

Natural selection, 292, 301,780, 783<br />

Naturwissenschaften vs. Geisteswissenschaften,<br />

728<br />

Navigation, 594<br />

Navlab, 552<br />

Neandertal, 828<br />

Necker cube, xliv, 842<br />

Negative polarity item, cii<br />

Neighborhood activation model, 797<br />

Neo-Darwinism, <strong>the</strong>ory <strong>of</strong>, 783<br />

Net <strong>of</strong> action hierarchies (NOAH), 653<br />

Neural basis <strong>of</strong> language, 264<br />

Neural development, lxiii, lxv, lxix, 231, 309,<br />

594–596, 600, 654<br />

cerebral cortex, 595<br />

cortical, 595<br />

domain specificity in, 595<br />

and mental conservation, 595<br />

research in, 595<br />

Neural networks, xxvii, xxix, xl, xlv, lxxiii, lxxv,<br />

lxxvii, lxxix, 2, 26, 38, 41, 66, 73, 96, 118,<br />

137, 157, 159, 164, 167, 171, 174, 177, 183,<br />

188, 234, 237, 246, 293, 338, 347, 367, 413,<br />

433, 497, 513, 555, 597–598, 605, 622, 624,<br />

628, 630, 632, 651, 709, 716, 724, 737, 791,<br />

800, 814, 878<br />

Bayesian networks and, 598<br />

definition <strong>of</strong>, 597<br />

early research in, 597<br />

technical developments in, 597<br />

Neural plasticity, lxix, 57, 81, 263, 264, 344, 441,<br />

560, 596, 598–601, 654, 859, 863<br />

in adults, 600<br />

critical period <strong>of</strong>, 598<br />

functional mutability in, 600<br />

learning and, 599<br />

ocular dominance model <strong>of</strong>, 598<br />

reorganization <strong>of</strong>, 599<br />

role <strong>of</strong> hippocampus in, 600<br />

training and, 600<br />

Neural synchrony, 601<br />

Neurobiology <strong>of</strong>, 270<br />

Neuroendocrinology, lxviii, 566, 601–603, 604,<br />

607, 806<br />

adrenal steroids, 602<br />

endocrine system and hormone production, 601<br />

hormones and disease processes, 602<br />

hypothalamic hormones, 601<br />

stress hormones, 601<br />

thyroid and sex hormones, 601<br />

Neuroimaging, 603<br />

Neurological <strong>the</strong>ory <strong>of</strong> mental functioning, 684<br />

Neuron, liii, lv, lxxiii, lxxv, 99, 113, 150, 166,<br />

174, 266, 311, 353, 367, 597, 603–605, 606,<br />

613, 722, 767, 775, 818, 868<br />

cell <strong>the</strong>ory, 603<br />

computational neuroscience and, 605<br />

doctrine, 99<br />

function <strong>of</strong>, 603<br />

Subject Index 957<br />

research techniques and, 604<br />

structure <strong>of</strong>, 603<br />

types <strong>of</strong> circuits, 604<br />

Neuronal correlate <strong>of</strong> consciousness (NCC), 194<br />

Neuroplasticity, 600<br />

Neuropsychological deficits, 605<br />

Neurosciences, 94, 603<br />

Neurotransmitters, liv, lv, 59, 69, 244, 493, 523,<br />

602, 604, 605–607, 623, 766, 867, 892<br />

amine type <strong>of</strong>, 605<br />

amino acid type <strong>of</strong>, 606<br />

peptides group <strong>of</strong>, 606<br />

physiology <strong>of</strong>, 605<br />

Newell, xlii, xlv, lxxiv, lxxv, 116, 124, 141, 513,<br />

528, 558, 676, 702<br />

Newell, Allen, 607–608<br />

computer architectures and, 607<br />

information processing languages, 607<br />

Newtonian mechanics, 129, 331<br />

NMDA, 175, 492<br />

Nociception, 623<br />

Nomological dualism, 30<br />

Nomological monism, 30<br />

Nonconnectionist model, 169<br />

Nondeclarative memory, 7<br />

Nonlinear planner (Nonlin), 653<br />

Nonmonotonic logics, lxxix, lxxx, 93, 226, 248,<br />

325, 326, 485, 555, 608–611, 772, 854<br />

applications <strong>of</strong>, 609–610<br />

autoepistemic logic and, 609<br />

belief revision in, 609<br />

circumscription and, 609<br />

Nonreductive physicalism, 645<br />

Non-REM (NREM) sleep, 242, 774<br />

Norepinephrine, 605<br />

Normative <strong>the</strong>ory, 221<br />

NP-completeness, <strong>the</strong>ory <strong>of</strong>, 158<br />

NP-movement, 365<br />

NSS chess program, 607<br />

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), 505<br />

Number <strong>the</strong>ory, 323<br />

Numeracy and culture, cxx, cxxiii, 482, 577,<br />

611–612, 896<br />

O<br />

Object recognition, lxxxvi, 112, 145, 264,<br />

308, 309, 361, 375, 502, 511, 533, 615, 753,<br />

872<br />

animal studies, lxiii, lxxxvi, 42, 173, 313, 346,<br />

517, 613, 613–615, 616, 709, 868, 874<br />

human neuropsychology, lxiii, lxxxvi, 16, 173,<br />

308, 313, 346, 556, 565, 615, 615–618, 709,<br />

870, 874<br />

Object-relations, 686<br />

Oblique split, 224<br />

Occam’s razor, 70, 360, 550, 627<br />

Oculomotor control, lx, 68, 83, 157, 307, 565,<br />

618–620, 726, 786, 866<br />

classes <strong>of</strong>, 618<br />

neuromuscular physiology <strong>of</strong>, 618<br />

types <strong>of</strong> gaze-aligning movements, 618<br />

Oldowan industry, 828<br />

Olfaction, 620<br />

One-factor account, 332<br />

On-line memory, 890<br />

Ontological physicalism, 645<br />

Ontological promiscuity, 432<br />

Ontology, 620<br />

O-Plan, 653<br />

OPS5, 677<br />

Optic ataxia, 873<br />

Optical character recognition (OCR), 223

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