Time, Will, and Mental Process

In this volume, distinguished neurologist Jason W. Brown extends the microgenetic theory of the mind by offering a new approach to the problem of time and free will. Brown bases his work on a unitary process model of brain and behavior. He examines the pr

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COGNITION AND LANGUAGE A Series in Psycholinguistics • Series Editor: R. W. RIEBER Recent Volumes in this Series." AMERICAN AND CHINESE PERCEPTIONS AND BELIEF SYSTEMS: A People's Republic of China--Taiwanese Comparison Lorand B. Szalay, Jean B. Strohl, Liu Fu, and Pen-Shui Lao THE COLLECTED WORKS OF L. S. VYGOTSKY Volume 1: Problems of General Psychology Volume 2: The Fundamentals of Defectology (Abnormal Psychology and Learning Disabilites) Edited by Robert W. Reiber and Aaron S. Carton THE DISCURSIVE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF EVIDENCE Symbolic Construction of Reality Salomon Rettig EXPERIMENTAL SLIPS AND H U M A N ERROR: Exploring the Architecture of Volition Edited by Bernard J. Baars MEANING AND CONTEXT: An Introduction to the Psychology of Language Hans H6rmann Edited and with an Introduction by Robert E. Innis THE P S Y C H O P A T H O L O G Y OF LANGUAGE AND COGNITION Harold J. Vetter and Robert W. Rieber TIME, WILL, AND MENTAL PROCESS Jason W. Brown UNDERSTANDING MEXICANS AND AMERICANS: Cultural Perspectives in Conflict Rogelio Diaz-Guerrero and Lorand B. Szalay V Y G O T S K Y ' S SOCIOHISTORICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND ITS CONTEMPORARY APPLICATIONS Carl Ratner

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Time, Will, and M e n t a l Process Jason w . Brown N e w York University Medical Center N e w York, N e w York

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Chapter 1, "Introduction," is from J. W. Brown (1994). "Implications of Microgenesis for a Science and Philosophy of Mind." Psychosctence, 1 (2): 87-99. Chapter 10, "Action," is from J. w . Brown (1995). "Essay on Action." In K. K. Sinha and P. Chandra (eds.), Advances tn Clinical Neurosciences 1995, No. 5. Ranchi, India: Neuro C.M.E. Reprinted by permission of the editors. Chapter 11, "Morphogenesis and Mental Process," is from J. W. Brown (1994). "Morphogenesis and Mental Process." Development and Psychopathology, 6: 551-563. Reprinted by permission of Cambridge University Press. Chapter 13, "Process and Creation," is from J. W. Brown (1996). "Process and Creation." In N-E. Sahlin and A. Andersson (Eds.), Cognition and Creativity. New York: Kluwer. Reprinted by permission.

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