1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783944903321

Autore

Cornoldi Cesare

Titolo

Visuo-spatial working memory and individual differences / / esare Cornoldi, Tomaso Vecchi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hove, East Sussex ; ; New York : , : Psychology Press, , 2003

ISBN

1-135-43121-3

1-135-43122-1

1-138-87742-5

1-280-07744-1

0-203-64158-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 p.)

Collana

Essays in cognitive psychology

Altri autori (Persone)

VecchiTomaso <1966->

Disciplina

153.1/32

Soggetti

Short-term memory

Space perception

Visual perception

Individual differences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-157) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The study of individual differences in visuo-spatial abilities; Models and components of visuo-spatial representation and working memory; Gender differences in visuo-spatial abilities; Individual differences in children's visuo-spatial working memory; Visuo-spatial working memory in ageing; Imagery, blindness, and visuo-spatial working memory; Visuo-spatial abilities in genetic syndromes; A continuity approach to visuo-spatial working memory; References; Author index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

In this timely and comprehensive text, Cesare Cornoldi and Tomaso Vecchi describe their recently developed experimental approach to the investigation of visuo-spatial cognition, based upon the analysis of individual differences. A review of the most influential theoretical advances in the study of visuo-spatial cognition is presented, including both critical analysis and comparisons between the distinct approaches. In addition, the authors describe recent research into memory for



spatial configurations, mental manipulation and the active integration of visuo-spatial information. This inclu

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910812136503321

Autore

Beveridge Jan

Titolo

Children into swans : fairy tales and the pagan imagination / / Jan Beveridge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal, Quebec : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7735-9617-8

0-7735-9616-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Disciplina

398.2094

Soggetti

Fairy tales - Europe - History and criticism

Fairy tales - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Half-title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""A Note on Spelling""; ""Pronunciation""; ""PART ONE: History""; ""1 Early Storytellers""; ""2 The Oldest “Fairy� Tale""; ""3 The Manuscript""; ""4 Folk Tales and Fairy Tales""; ""PART TWO: Characters""; ""5 Fairies""; ""6 Elves""; ""7 Dwarfs""; ""8 Household Spirits""; ""9 Water Dwellers""; ""10 Giants""; ""11 Souls and Spirits""; ""PART THREE: Stories from the Pagan Year""; ""12 Festival Days""; ""13 Beltaine""; ""14 Samain""; ""15 Midwinter and Midsummer""

""PART FOUR: Storytellers� Themes""""16 Wishing, or Dreams Come True""; ""17 The Triple Form""; ""18 Shape-Shifting""; ""19 Omens and Prophecies""; ""20 Between Two Worlds""; ""21 Spells""; ""22 Trees""; ""23 The Invisible World""; ""24 A Fairy Tale Almost Forgotten""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Fairy tales are alive with the supernatural - elves, dwarfs, fairies, giants, and trolls, as well as witches with magic wands and sorcerers



who cast spells and enchantments. Children into Swans examines these motifs in a range of ancient stories. Moving from the rich period of nineteenth-century fairy tales back as far as the earliest folk literature of northern Europe, Jan Beveridge shows how long these supernatural features have been a part of storytelling, with ancient tales, many from Celtic and Norse mythology, that offer glimpses into a remote era and a pre-Christian sensibility. The earliest stories often show significant differences from what we might expect. Elves mingle with Norse gods, dwarfs belong to a proud clan of magician-smiths, and fairies are shape-shifters emerging from the hills and the sea mist. In story traditions with roots in a pre-Christian imagination, an invisible other world exists alongside our own. From the lost cultures of a thousand years ago, Children into Swans opens the door on some of the most extraordinary worlds ever portrayed in literature - worlds that are both starkly beautiful and full of horrors.