Preface. Prologue.What is a Theory? Prototheories and Nontheories. Conceptual Issues. Macroneural Connectionist Theories of Cognition. Additional Critiques of Macroneural Connectionist Theories. Implications and Emerging Principles.
Biography
William R. Uttal is Professor Emeritus (Engineering) at Arizona State University and Professor Emeritus (Psychology) at the University of Michigan. He was one of the pioneering researchers in computational modeling and is the author of numerous books and over 140 scholarly articles.
"In Macroneural Theories in Cognitive Neuroscience, William R. Uttal describes the requirements for the development of prototheories (an intermediate step between data and an explanatory theory) and theories of cognitive neuroscience in clear and concise terms. Further, he presents balanced and fair evaluation of the extant research conducted in cognitive neuroscience and explains how it either hits or misses the mark for developing theories... The book's chapters flow in a way that makes the reading of the book remarkably smooth... I would recommend this text to anyone teaching a graduate course in cognitive neuroscience... I have already recommended the text to my colleagues in educational psychology who work with teacher eductors.... I will be able to discuss the state of macroneural theories in cognitive neuroscience in a much more intelligent manner having completed the text." - Christopher A. Was, Kent State University, PsycCritiques
