"In Genes, Brains, and Human Potential, Ken Richardson illustrates how the ideology of human intelligence has infiltrated genetics, the brain sciences, and psychology, flourishing in the vagueness of basic concepts, a shallow nature-versus-nurture debate, and the overhyped claim…
Two experimental procedures prompted the empirical development of psychophysical models: those that measure response frequency, often referred to as response probability; and those that measure response time, sometimes referred to as reaction time. The history of psychophysics i…
Focusing on the body as a visual and discursive platform across public space, this book explores marginalization as a sociocultural practice and hegemonic schema. The chapters center upon physical contexts, discursive spaces, and philosophical arenas to deconstruct seemingly int…
"Focusing on the body as a visual and discursive platform across public space, we study marginalization as a sociocultural practice and hegemonic schema. Whereas mass incarceration and law enforcement readily feature in discussions of institutionalized racism, we differently hig…
Charlotte Simmons finds herself among the privileged elite at a top-rate college and her strict moral values challenged as she struggles to fit in among the uppercrust coeds who place their social life above academics.
At Dupont University, an innocent college freshman named Charlotte Simmons learns that her intellect alone will not help her survive.
At Dupont University, an innocent college freshman named Charlotte Simmons learns that her intellect alone will not help her survive.
Tom Wolfe, the master social novelist of our time, the spot-on chronicler of all things contemporary and cultural, presents a sensational new novel about life, love, and learning--or the lack of it--amid today's American colleges.
At Dupont University, an innocent college freshman named Charlotte Simmons learns that her intellect alone will not help her survive.
At Dupont University, an innocent college freshman named Charlotte Simmons learns that her intellect alone will not help her survive.
At Dupont University, an innocent college freshman named Charlotte Simmons learns that her intellect alone will not help her survive.
At Dupont University, an innocent college freshman named Charlotte Simmons learns that her intellect alone will not help her survive.
This volume brings together the world's leading experts on disgust to fully explore this understudied behavior. Disgust is unique among emotions. It is, at once, perhaps the most "basic" and visceral of feelings while also being profoundly shaped by learning and culture. Evident…
