WEB Links to Topics Covered in Chapter 15

Listed below are several links to Web sites that include information about topics covered in this chapter. We will be periodically updating this list to keep it fresh and interesting. If you know of a good site on a topic of relevance to this chapter, we would appreciate hearing about it. Contact Mike Raulin with your suggestions. We will be sure to give you credit for suggesting high quality sites in future updates.

Schizophrenia Research

• Schizophrenia: Youth's Greatest Disabler
  An extensive web site on the topic produced by the British Columbia Friends of Schizophrenia Society.
  
  
• The Schizophrenia Home Page
  A collection of information on the disorder.
  
  
• Doctor's Guide to Schizophrenia
  A repository of technical information regarding the diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia.
  
  
• "I'm Still Here"
  First-hand accounts of what schizophrenia is like.
  
  
• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
  An extensive web site from a very active consumer's group.
  
  
• Yahoo Index of Schizophrenia
  

Neuroscience

• Hot Links
  An extensive list of links to sites related to the field of neuroscience.
  
  
• The Journal of Neuroscience Online
  A complete professional journal on the topic.
  
  
• Neuroscience News
  Some recent advances in the field.
  
  
• Neuroscience-Net
  A Scholarly Journal Devoted to Publishing Research in Basic and Clinical Neuroscience.
  
  
• Society for Neuroscience Homepage
  The major organization representing researchers in the field.
  
  
• Neuroscience Links
  A list of relevant links in neuroscience maintained by the Max Plank Institute.
  
  

Behavioral Medicine

• Health Psychology Division: American Psychological Association
  The homepage for APA's health psychology division.
  
  
• Health Psychology Division: Canadian Psychological Association
  The homepage for CPA's health psychology division.
  
  
• Doctoral Programs in Health Psychology
  A list of doctoral programs in this field.
  
  

Impact of Computers

• GW Instruments
  There are companies that sell nothing but scientific instruments for computerized laboratories.
  
  
• Multimedia Educational Laboratory
  An example of the computer contributing to education (from the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Michigan).
  
  

Parallel Distributed Processing Models

• Connectionism: An Introduction
  Outline of the basic concepts.
  
  
• Connectionist Models of Language Learning
  Brief overview provided by the Institute of Cognitive Studies.
  
  
• Parallel and Distributed Computing Group
  A listing of the activities of one of the leading research groups on PDP at California Institute of Technology.
  
  
• Parallel Distributed Processing--Explorations in the Microstructure of Cognitions. Volume 1: Foundations
  Information on one of the books that started it all.