Working memory is currently a 'hot' topic in cognitive psychology and neuroscience. Because of their radically different scopes and emphases, however, comparing different models and theories and understanding how they relate to one another has been a difficult task. This volume offers a much-needed forum for systematically comparing and contrasting existing models of working memory.

It does so by asking each contributor to address the same comprehensive set of important theoretical questions ...

This book introduces the reader to the main quantitative concepts, methods, and computational techniques needed for the development, evaluation, and application of tests in the behavioral/social sciences, including educational tests. Two empirical examples are carried throughout to illustrate alternative methods. Other data sets are used for special illustrations.

Self-contained programs for confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis are available on the Web. Intended for students of psycho...

This is a translation of Patocka's final work in which he treats prehistory through the concepts of Husserl and Heidegger. He believes the technological society to be decadent, and in the 20th century, war has become the basic reality which prevails through apparent "peace".

Multiple regression is at the heart of social science data analysis, because it deals with explanations and correlations. This book is a complete introduction to this statistical method.

Evolved from McQuarrie and Simon's best-selling textbook, Physical Chemistry: A Molecular Approach, this text focuses in on the thermodynamics portion of the course. Although many of the chapters in Molecular Thermodynamics are similar to chapters in the larger physical chemistry text, new material has been added throughout along with three entirely new chapters on "The Energy Levels of Atoms and Molecules", "Thermodynamics of Electrochemical Cells", and "Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics". The t...

Kennis van de wiskunde is noodzakelijk voor studenten en onderzoekers in de biologie, de chemie, farmacie, economie, milieuwetenschappen en in vele andere vakgebieden. Het bijbrengen van vaardigheid in het gebruik van wiskundige methoden is het uitgangspunt geweest bij het schrijven van dit boek. Hierbij is speciaal aandacht gegeven aan de dynamische evolutie van processen, waarbij een aantal moderne ontwikkelingen van de theorie aan de orde komen.De tekst bevat, zonder deizigheid en deemster...

Wilde Vaart zet in feite de bekende serie "Onze mooiste koopvaardijschepen" voort waar vooral de lijnschepen werden behandeld. In dit boek staan de anonieme zwoegers centraal, niet minder mooi en zeker niet minder interessant. Zij waren in beheer van rederijen van de Wilde Vaart (trampvaart), een vorm van zeevaart waar zeker de kustvaarders en tankers in groten getale aan deelnamen.

De complete vlootlijsten van N.V. Halcyon Lijn en Invotra zijn in het boek opgenomen, alsmede een lange rij va...