Background Although an increasing number of decision support interventions for patients
(including decision aids) are produced, few make explicit use of theory. We argue the …

This article provides an analysis of 'decision aids', interventions to support patients facing
tough decisions. Interest has increased since the concept of shared decision making has …

Language lies at the heart of the way we think, communicate and view the world. Most
people on this planet are in some sense multilingual. The Multilingual Mind explores, within …

This book considers the nature and possibilities of conceptual change and transformation
under conditions of globalization, especially with regard to Chinese social and cultural …

This book explores the place of consciousness in second language learning. It offers
extensive background information on theories of consciousness and provides a detailed …

I argue that it is possible, in the right circumstances, to see what the kind thing is to do: in the
right circumstances, we can, literally, see deontic facts, as well as facts about others' …

Are emotions good or bad for thinking and learning? Have you ever wondered why a good
lesson of one year falls flat in another? Why do students behave the way they do? Teachers …

After many years of neglect, philosophers are increasingly turning their attention to the
emotions, and recently we have seen a number of different accounts of emotion. In this …

For some time second language acquisition researchers have been interested in the idea
that various systematic characteristics of a target language can be highlighted in such a way …

The subject of this book, as the title indicates, is about bilinguals or rather, defined more
precisely, about people who use, with varying degrees of ability, more than one language …