European Paganism provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of ancient pagan religions throughout the European continent. Before there where Christians, the peoples of Europe were pagans. Were they bloodthirsty savages hanging human offerings from trees? Were they happy ecologists, valuing the unpolluted rivers and mountains? In European Paganism Ken Dowden outlines and analyses the diverse aspects of pagan ritual and culture from human sacrifice to pilgrimage lunar festivals and tree worship. It includes: * a 'timelines' chart to aid with chronology * many quotations from ancient and modern sources translated from the original language where necessary, to make them accessible * a comprehensive bibliography and guide to further reading.
Table of Contents:
Contents: J.E. Steinmetz, M.A. Gluck, P.R. Solomon, Preface: The Career and Scientific Contributions of Richard F. Thompson. M.M. Patterson, Classical Conditioning of Spinal Reflexes: The First Seventy Years. T.J. Teyler, Forms of Associative Synaptic Plasticity. G.A. Clark, The Ins and Outs of Classical Conditioning: Maxims From a Mollusk. S.D. Berry, M.A. Seager, Y. Asaka, A.L. Griffin, The Septo-Hippocampal System and Classical Conditioning. P.R. Solomon, Model Systems and Memory: Applications and Extensions to Clinical Neuroscience. M. Gabriel, A.C. Talk, A Tale of Two Paradigms: Lessons Learned From Parallel Studies of Discriminative Instrumental Learning and Classical Eyeblink Conditioning. N.M. Weinberger, Receptive Field Plasticity and Memory in the Auditory Cortex: Coding the Learned Importance of Events. J.E. Steinmetz, The Cerebellum and Classical Eyeblink Conditioning: Much Ado About Something. D.G. Lavond, S.A. Kanzawa, Inside the Black Box. D.S. Woodruff-Pak, S.K. Lemieux, The Cerebellum and Associative Learning: Parallels and Contrasts in Rabbits and Humans. M.A. Gluck, M.T. Allen, C.E. Myers, Medial Septal Modulation of Conditioning: From Two-Stage Theories to Connectionist Models. M.R. Foy, Estrogen and Synaptic Plasticity in the Hippocampus. T.J. Shors, The Modulation of Memory Formation by Stressful Experience and Sex Differences in the Brain. I. Daum, M.M. Schugens, Eyeblink Conditioning Impairments in Patients With Motor Disorders. M.S. Fanselow, Toward a Neurobiology of Functional Behavioral Systems: Contrasting Pavlovian Emotional and Motor Learning.
About the Author :
Paul R. Solomon, Joseph E. Steinmetz, Mark A. Gluck
Review :
"In sum, this book is important for neuropsychologists and psychologists as well as for any student or scholar interested in associative learning. The chapters are well written, adequately illustrated, and fully referenced. In addition to having access to the important body of knowledge produced by Thompson's past collaborators, the reader will have a chance to pry into some of the collegial interactions that took place while this outstanding science was in the making."
—Neural Networks
"I found two different books in Model Systems and the Neurobiology of Associative Learning, both equally important and equally intriguing. (The) explicit book is important for neurophysiologists and psychologists as well for anybody interested in associative learning in animals and humans. The chapters are written in a detailed but accessible manner, adequately illustrated and fully referenced. The second, 'implicit book' comprises a series of anecdotes about the interactions between Thompson and the authors of the chapters....wonderful celebration of a scientific life."
—Trends in Neurosciences
