1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456170103321

Titolo

Human spatial memory [[electronic resource] ] : remembering where / / edited by Gary L. Allen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, c2003

ISBN

1-138-00376-X

1-4106-0998-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (367 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AllenGary L

Disciplina

153.1/3

Soggetti

Space perception

Spatial behavior

Spatial ability

Electronic books.

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Preface: Routes of Human Spatial Memory Research; I: Theoretical Issues in Remembering Where; 1 Remembering Where Things Are; 2 Starting Points and Change in Early Spatial Development; 3 Proximity and Precision in Spatial Memory; II: The Task of Remembering "Where Is It?"; 4 Visuospatial Working Memory for Different Scales of Space: Weighing the Evidence; 5 Temporal Memory for Locations: On the Coding of Spatiotemporal Information in Children and Adults

6 Seeing Space in More Than One Way: Children's Use of Higher Order Patterns in Spatial Memory and Cognition7 The Neuropsychology of Object-Location Memory; III: The Task of Remembering "Where Am I?"; 8 Remembering Spatial Locations: The Role of Physical Movement in Egocentric Updating; 9 Memories of Travel: Dead Reckoning Within the Cognitive Map; 10 Neurocognitive Components of Spatial Memory; IV: Remembering Where in Artificial Media and From Alternative Perspectives; 11 Spatial Memory of Real Environments, Virtual Environments, and Maps

12 Young Children's Recognition and Representation of Urban Landscapes: From Aerial Photographs and in Toy Play13 Putting Spatial



Memories Into Perspective: Brain and Behavioral Evidence for Representational Differences; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

The chapters in Human Spatial Memory: Remembering Where present a fascinating picture of an everyday aspect of mental life that is as intriguing to people outside of academia as it is to scientists studying human cognition and behavior. The questions are as old as the study of mind itself: How do we remember where objects are located? How do we remember where we are in relation to other places? What is the origin and developmental course of spatial memory? What neural structures are involved in remembering where? How do we come to understand scaled-down versions of places as symbolic re

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910957451803321

Autore

Davies H (Howard), <1951->

Titolo

Banking on the future : the fall and rise of central banking / / Howard Davies, David Green

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2010

ISBN

9786612645013

9781282645011

1282645013

9781400834631

1400834635

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GreenDavid <1946->

Disciplina

332.1/1

Soggetti

Banks and banking, Central

Monetary policy

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. 301-316) and index.

Nota di contenuto

What is central banking and why is it important? -- Monetary stability -- Financial stability -- Financial infrastructure -- Asset prices -- Structure, status, and accountability -- Europe : a special case -- Central banking in emegering market countries -- Financial resources, costs, and efficiency -- International cooperation -- Leadership -- An



agenda for change.

Sommario/riassunto

The crash of 2008 revealed that the world's central banks had failed to offset the financial imbalances that led to the crisis, and lacked the tools to respond effectively. What lessons should central banks learn from the experience, and how, in a global financial system, should cooperation between them be enhanced? Banking on the Future provides a fascinating insider's look into how central banks have evolved and why they are critical to the functioning of market economies. The book asks whether, in light of the recent economic fallout, the central banking model needs radical reform. Supported by interviews with leading central bankers from around the world, and informed by the latest academic research, Banking on the Future considers such current issues as the place of asset prices and credit growth in anti-inflation policy, the appropriate role for central banks in banking supervision, the ways in which central banks provide liquidity to markets, the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of central banks, the culture and individuals working in these institutions, as well as the particular issues facing emerging markets and Islamic finance. Howard Davies and David Green set out detailed policy recommendations, including a reformulation of monetary policy, better metrics for financial stability, closer links with regulators, and a stronger emphasis on international cooperation. Exploring a crucial sector of the global economic system, Banking on the Future offers new ideas for restoring financial strength to the foundations of central banking.