The Working Mind

Table Of Contents

Preface vii
Acknowledgments xiii
I Foundations of a Causal Constructivist Theory: Semiotic Processes
1 Dialectical Constructivism: The Working Mind Underlying
Working Memory 3
2 Problems of Cognitive Developmental Theory 33
3 Emergence of Mental Attention in Infancy:
From Sensorimotor to Symbolic Processing 61
4 Meaning, Mental Attention, and the Symbolic Function 119
II Theory of Constructive Operators (TCO)
5 Schemes/Schemas and Their Causal Constructivist Learning 141
6 Automatic Attention: Effortless, Perceptual, and Personal 181
7 Mental Attention, Intelligence, and Consciousness 205
III TCO, Task Analysis, and Neuroscience
8 Process Analysis and Mental Task Analysis: Foundations 257
9 Process and Mental Task Analysis: Methods and Examples 289
10 The Working Mind Inside a Working Brain:
A Neuropsychological Introduction 317
11 The Working Mind Inside a Working Brain: Functional Dimensions
in Brain Semiotics 359
12 The Working Mind Model across Human Domains 397
Appendix: On Metasubjective Task Analysis (MTA) 413
Glossary 421
Notes 427
References 435
Index 471