Many people talk about academic excellence — but who or what really defines this elusive quality?
Michèle Lamont, Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies and professor of sociology and of African and African American studies, analyzes the system of peer review in her new book “How Professors Think: Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgment” (Harvard University Press, 2009). By examining the process of scholarly evaluation, she also addresses larger questions about academia.
“In some ways studying peer evaluation and review is a point of entry into a much broader issue, which is the issue of meritocracy in American higher education,” says Lamont.
To research the book, Lamont interviewed panelists from research councils and societies of fellows who were evaluating proposals for research funding in the social sciences and the humanities.
Lamont explains that academics must constantly make evaluations, whether of scientific findings or of graduate students. Expertise, personal taste, and the perspective of the evaluator play into the decision-making process, she writes.
“A lot of what the book does is to look at what criteria people use to judge and what meaning they give to these criteria,” says Lamont. “So for instance, what do they mean by ‘significance’ and what do they mean by ‘originality’? How does the definition of ‘originality’ and ‘significance’ vary between philosophy and economics? How strong is the consensus between fields?
The <u>prefrontal cortex</u> plays an important role in the cognitive processes that underlie executive functioning.
The cognitive processes that underpin executive functioning heavily involve the prefrontal cortex. You can understand your environment and learn new things thanks to a series of chemical and electrical signals that happen in your brain during cognitive processes.
A multitude of signals are generated by neurons' chemical releases that are then converted into conscious and unconscious thoughts by other neurons in the area. Examples of cognition include the conscious interpretation of your five senses, procedural knowledge, and emotional responses. Attention is the first step in the cognitive process.
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