Expanding Perspectives

Expanding perspectives on cognition in humans, animals, and machines.

Over the past decade neuroscience has been attacking the problem of cognition with increasing vigor. Yet, what exactly is cognition, beyond a general signifier of anything seemingly complex the brain does? Here, we briefly review attempts to define, describe, explain, build, enhance and experience cognition. We highlight perspectives including psychology, molecular biology, computation, dynamic...

Expanding Perspectives for Comprehending Visual Images in Multimodal Texts

AmBisome today: expanding the perspectives on liposomal amphotericin B.

considered by many to be the gold standard for the treatment for numerous invasive fungal infections for over 45 years, toxicities associated with its use often necessitate treatment modifications or discontinua-tion. Lipid-based formulations, including liposomal amphotericin B were developed to decrease many of these toxicities. These agents have proven their value in a variety of clinical set...

Critiquing and Expanding the Sociology of Inequality: Comparing Functionalist, Conflict, and Interactionist Perspectives

Many sociologists appear to assume that there are only two broad approaches to the study of inequality: functionalism and conflict theory. Textbooks on introductory sociology and social stratification frequently compare the two theoretical camps by distilling and juxtaposing their contradictory premises. In this article, I argue that a third alternative, symbolic interactionism, can make a dist...

The expanding network of redox signaling: new observations, complexities, and perspectives.