The great riddle?of archaeology, cognitive science, neuroscience, anthropology, sociology, political science, linguistics, religious studies, and the humanities from literature and music to dance and art?is how we became human, how we acquired modern minds. Human beings with mental architecture like ours came into existence only yesterday, evolutionarily speaking?perhaps fifty thousand years ag…

This volume is based on edited papers presented at the Language and Space Workshop: Defining Functional and Spatial Features, held at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN in June 2001. As we discuss in the introductory chapter, the goal of the conference was to examine how the concepts of ?feature? and ?function? and ?functional feature? are defined across the domain of cognitive scienc…

Dr. Miller provides the reader with a comprehensive view of one of Jung?s most important early works. In addition to tracing its vital and central role in Jung?s analytical psychology, Miller links the transcendent function to other psychological theories, as well as to ancient and contemporary philosophical, scientific, social, artistic, and religious traditions. He gives examples of ways it a…

Collaboration may be the most important concept in business today. A recent search for the term on the Internet turned up thousands and thousands of business-related references. Yet in March 2000, while researching our last book, Collaborative Communities: Partnering for Profit in the Networked Economy, a similar online search came up with just a few references, and they mainly related to coope…

We know everything we need to know to end the needless emotional suffering that many people currently experience. High self-esteem and personal effectiveness are available to anyone willing to take the time to pursue them. It is difficult to translate the spirit of a live presentation into the written word. Stories we tell every day have had to be rewritten five times to work as well in print a…

Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great. We don't have great schools, principally because we have good schools. We don't have great government, principally because we have good government. Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is just so easy to settle for a good life. The vast majority of companies never become g…

This book represents the union of the two sides of my professional career?communications and leadership. As a result, this book reflects the sum of the experiences I have had in working to help men and women become better communicators and better leaders. The people who have contributed to this book are many. I want to thank some special people at Ford Motor Company. Anne Marie Gattari allowed …

The brain is an organ of communication. Neurons within the brain connect in networks that communicate with each other to provide behavioral function. This network organization is particularly evident with regard to cognitive function, from simple sensorimotor plasticity to attentional, learning and memory processes. Cognitive function involves the participation of diverse brain areas including …

Fifty years of research in cognitive science have demonstrated that the study of cognition is essential for a scientific understanding of human behavior. A growing number of researchers in the field are proposing that mental processes such as remembering, thinking, and understanding language are based on the physical interactions that people have with their environment. Rather than viewing the …

Few topics encompass such a rich and broad area of investigation as nonverbal communication. Researchers in fields as diverse as psychology, ethology, communication studies, sociology, anthropology, and neuroscience have all made important contributions to our understanding of the way that humans communicate nonverbally. Yet frequently the applied implications of such research have gone ignored…