Munar E, Nadal M, Castellanos NP, Flexas A, Maestú F, Mirasso C and Cela-Conde CJ (2012) .

Aesthetic appreciation: event-related field and time-frequency analyses . Front. Hum. Neurosci. 5:185.doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2011.00185

The EVOCOG researcher Lluís Barceló i Coblijn has published a new paper on Language Evolution:

Barceló-Coblijn, L. (2011) A Biolinguistic Approach to the Vocalizations of H. Neanderthalensis and the Genus Homo. Biolinguistics 5.4: 286-334.

09-12-2011

VERBAL MINDS:

EVOCOG researcher Professor Dr. Antoni Gomila has published a book which consists in a comprehensive review of the multiple developments that have taken place in the last 10 years on the question of the relationships between language and thought and integrates them into a coherent framework. It will be relevant for anyone working in the sciences of languages. See this  link for more information.

Summary:

Ten years ago, the hegemonic idea was that language was a kind of independent module within the mind, a sort of "print-out" of whatever cognitive activity was taking place, but without any influence whatsoever in that activity. While this view is still held, evidence amassed in the last 10 years suggests another view of their inter-relationships, even though exactly which one is not clear yet, in part because of the lack of a unified view, and in part because of the inertia of the previous position, in part because all this evidence must be considered together. An increasing number of researchers are paying attention to the issues involved as the human language specificity may provide a clue to understand what makes humans "smart," to account for the singularities of human cognition.This book provides a comprehensive review of the multiple developments that have taken place in the last 10 years on the question of the relationships between language and thought and integrates them into a coherent framework. It will be relevant for anyone working in the sciences of languages.

30-11-2011

EVOCOG researcher  Professor Dr. Eric García-Lopez publishes a new book:  Mediación, perspectivas desde la psicología jurídica .

Summary {in Spanish only}

El Profesor Dr. Eric García-Lopez, destacado investigador y estudioso de la Psicología Jurídica, nos brinda una nueva y valiosa obra, que por la sistematización rigurosa en la cual está desarrollada se convierte en un referente histórico dada su precisión temática, dada su amplia y documentada bibliografía, dado el tratamiento a los diversos y discutidos aspectos de la Mediación y las respuestas y reflexiones sobre múltiples interrogantes: sobre la justicia, la pena y las medidas alternativas de resolución del conflicto, respondiendo así con claridad, a los diversos interrogantes conceptuales, metodológicos, institucionales, sociales y culturales que plantea la Mediación y la Psicología Jurídica.

Este libro brinda al lector una notable y valiosa reflexión sobre los métodos alternativos de resolución de conflicto, en un trabajo que se caracteriza por un excelente y académico nivel de análisis, elaborado, donde en ningún momento se distrae de su objectivo principal, esto es, el Respeto al cuidadano, a su Derecho al acceso a la justicia.