William P Banks
Biographic Data
| ID | 1659522 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William P Banks |
| GIVEN NAMES | William P |
| FAMILY NAME | Banks |
| SIGNATURE | BANKS W P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pomona College |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2991-9822 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Trust, Guilds, and Kinship in London, 1330–1680
How was trust created and reinforced between the inhabitants of medieval and early modern cities? And how did the social foundations of trusting relationships change over time? Current research highlights the role of kinship, neighbourhood, and associations, particularly guilds, in creating ‘relationships of trust’ and social capital in the face of high levels of migration, mortality, and economic volatility, but tells us little about their relat…
Engaging Assessment Counterstories through a Cultural Rhetorics Framework
Cultural rhetorics—as orientation, methodology, and practice—has made meaningful contributions to writing pedagogy (Brooks-Gillies et al.; Cedillo and Bratta; Baker-Bell; Cedillo et al.; Cobos et al.; Condon and Young; Powell). Despite these contributions, classroom teachers and writing program administrators can struggle to conceptualize assessment beyond bureaucratic practice and their role in assessment beyond standing in loco for the institut…
ConsciousnessAuthor's Note: Bill Banks passed away before revisions to this chapter could be completed. His coauthor and volume editors dedicate this work to his memory. Bill did much to bring the sci…
Attempts to study consciousness scientifically have historically faced unique challenges, but there has been a heartening acceleration of progress in recent decades. After briefly describing the philosophical problems posed by consciousness, we trace the history of scientific approaches within both psychology and neuroscience. The elusive nature of the target phenomena has made progress especially dependent on the development and justification of…
Does Consciousness Cause Behavior?
Combating Terrorism: Strategies and Approaches
Countering terrorism tops the list of America's devilish set of problems. Americans deal with terrorism and the threat of terrorism through enhanced investigative tools in hopes of interdicting terrorism before it strikes; as a law enforcement issue; as a matter for international cooperation and diplomacy; and, as a species of war best fought by the military. These approaches are not mutually exclusive, nor are they exhaustive. Nor have they, or …
Does Consciousness Cause Misbehavior?
This chapter examines the concepts of free will as well as conscious volition and conscious efficacy in light of recent psychological and neuroscientific studies. It challenges the results of such studies and the inferences drawn from them and considers a range of scenarios about the impact these developments may have on legal, social, and moral judgments of responsibility and blame. It discusses conscious intention as a problem in neurobiology a…
Does consciousness cause behavior?
On Timing Relations between Brain and World
Introduction: Implicit Memory, Part 2
How Much Work Can a Quale Do
Korsakoff and Amnesia
Evidence for Consciousness
Implicit Memory
The Recovered Memory/False Memory Debate
Problems in the Scientific Pursuit of Consciousness
On returning to consciousness
Drugs, Hyperactivity, and Black Schoolchildren
Beginning around 1968, there occurred a sharp upturn in public attention given to the Many scholars and critics viewed the apparent concern about illegal drug with cynicism. They correctly pointed out that heroin addiction and associated crime had ravaged urban black communities for many years. Federal, state and local governments ignored or made only token efforts to assist those communities and individuals victimized by drugs and drug-related c…
Memory Search of Words and Nonwords
Classification of single-letter probes as members or nonmembers of a list of letters held in memory is faster if the memory list spells a word than if it does not. In terms of Sternberg's theory of memory search, the results seem to show that the speed of the letter-by-letter memory-comparison stage is increased when the letters in the memory set spell a word
Confidence-rated recall, dr, and tests of Bernbach's finite-state theory in recall
Signal detection theory and human memory
Signal detection theory and human memory
Trust, Guilds, and Kinship in London, 1330–1680
How was trust created and reinforced between the inhabitants of medieval and early modern cities? And how did the social foundations of trusting relationships change over time? Current research highlights the role of kinship, neighbourhood, and associations, particularly guilds, in creating ‘relationships of trust’ and social capital in the face of high levels of migration, mortality, and economic volatility, but tells us little about their relat…
Drugs, Hyperactivity, and Black Schoolchildren
Beginning around 1968, there occurred a sharp upturn in public attention given to the Many scholars and critics viewed the apparent concern about illegal drug with cynicism. They correctly pointed out that heroin addiction and associated crime had ravaged urban black communities for many years. Federal, state and local governments ignored or made only token efforts to assist those communities and individuals victimized by drugs and drug-related c…
Signal detection theory and human memory
Confidence-rated recall, dr, and tests of Bernbach's finite-state theory in recall
Memory Search of Words and Nonwords
Classification of single-letter probes as members or nonmembers of a list of letters held in memory is faster if the memory list spells a word than if it does not. In terms of Sternberg's theory of memory search, the results seem to show that the speed of the letter-by-letter memory-comparison stage is increased when the letters in the memory set spell a word
Drugs, Hyperactivity, and Black Schoolchildren
Beginning around 1968, there occurred a sharp upturn in public attention given to the Many scholars and critics viewed the apparent concern about illegal drug with cynicism. They correctly pointed out that heroin addiction and associated crime had ravaged urban black communities for many years. Federal, state and local governments ignored or made only token efforts to assist those communities and individuals victimized by drugs and drug-related c…
On returning to consciousness
Problems in the Scientific Pursuit of Consciousness
The Recovered Memory/False Memory Debate
Evidence for Consciousness
Implicit Memory
Introduction: Implicit Memory, Part 2
How Much Work Can a Quale Do
Korsakoff and Amnesia
On Timing Relations between Brain and World
Does Consciousness Cause Misbehavior?
This chapter examines the concepts of free will as well as conscious volition and conscious efficacy in light of recent psychological and neuroscientific studies. It challenges the results of such studies and the inferences drawn from them and considers a range of scenarios about the impact these developments may have on legal, social, and moral judgments of responsibility and blame. It discusses conscious intention as a problem in neurobiology a…
Does consciousness cause behavior?
Combating Terrorism: Strategies and Approaches
Countering terrorism tops the list of America's devilish set of problems. Americans deal with terrorism and the threat of terrorism through enhanced investigative tools in hopes of interdicting terrorism before it strikes; as a law enforcement issue; as a matter for international cooperation and diplomacy; and, as a species of war best fought by the military. These approaches are not mutually exclusive, nor are they exhaustive. Nor have they, or …
Does Consciousness Cause Behavior?
ConsciousnessAuthor's Note: Bill Banks passed away before revisions to this chapter could be completed. His coauthor and volume editors dedicate this work to his memory. Bill did much to bring the sci…
Attempts to study consciousness scientifically have historically faced unique challenges, but there has been a heartening acceleration of progress in recent decades. After briefly describing the philosophical problems posed by consciousness, we trace the history of scientific approaches within both psychology and neuroscience. The elusive nature of the target phenomena has made progress especially dependent on the development and justification of…
Engaging Assessment Counterstories through a Cultural Rhetorics Framework
Cultural rhetorics—as orientation, methodology, and practice—has made meaningful contributions to writing pedagogy (Brooks-Gillies et al.; Cedillo and Bratta; Baker-Bell; Cedillo et al.; Cobos et al.; Condon and Young; Powell). Despite these contributions, classroom teachers and writing program administrators can struggle to conceptualize assessment beyond bureaucratic practice and their role in assessment beyond standing in loco for the institut…
Trust, Guilds, and Kinship in London, 1330–1680
How was trust created and reinforced between the inhabitants of medieval and early modern cities? And how did the social foundations of trusting relationships change over time? Current research highlights the role of kinship, neighbourhood, and associations, particularly guilds, in creating ‘relationships of trust’ and social capital in the face of high levels of migration, mortality, and economic volatility, but tells us little about their relat…
Psychology (16 works) · Cognitive psychology (11 works) · Neuroscience (11 works) · Cognitive science (6 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Consciousness (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Neural dynamics and brain function (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Artificial Intelligence (4 works)