Principles of cognitive neuroscience
By: Dale Purves ... [et al.].
Publisher: Sinauer Associates
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Sunderland, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 757
ISBN-13: 9780878936946
Description: This title informs readers at all levels about the growing canon of cognitive neuroscience, and makes clear the challenges that remain to be solved by the next generation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1; title: Human nervous system -- -- Ch. 2; title: Relevant principles of cognitive psychology -- -- Ch. 3; title: Exploring cognitive processes in neural terms -- -- Ch. 4; title: Overview of sensory processing -- -- Ch. 5; title: The perception of visual stimuli -- -- Ch. 6; title: The perception of auditory stimuli -- -- Ch. 7; title: Mechanosensory and chemosensory perception -- -- Ch. 8; title: Motor systems and motor control -- -- Ch. 9; title: Computation and cognition in the motor system -- -- Ch. 10; title: Overview of attention -- -- Ch. 11; title: Effects of attention on stimulus processing -- -- Ch. 12; title: Attentional control and attentional systems -- -- Ch. 13; title: Memory and the brain -- -- Ch. 14; title: Declarative memory -- -- Ch. 15; title: Nondeclarative memory -- -- Ch. 16; title: Working memory -- -- Ch. 17; title: Overview of emotions -- -- Ch. 18; title: Emotional influences on cognitive functions -- -- Ch. 19; title: Social cognition -- -- Ch. 20; title: Overview of speech and language -- -- Ch. 21; title: The neural bases of language -- -- Ch. 22; title: Representation of time and number -- -- Ch. 23; title: Executive control systems -- -- Ch. 24; title: Decision making -- -- Ch. 25; title: Reasoning and problem solving -- -- Ch. 26; title: Evolution of brain and cognition -- -- Ch. 27; title: Development of the brain and its cognitive functions -- -- Ch. 28; title: Consciousness.