Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience
Publisher: Bookboon
Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 9788740301007
Table of contents: title: What is cognitive neuroscience?; title: Why is cognitive neuroscience important?; title: The brief history of cognitive neuroscience; title: The present and exciting future of cognitive neuroscience; title: The purpose of this book; title: References; title: Methods of Cognitive Neuroscience; title: Behavioral measures of cognitive and perceptual functions; title: Invasive neuronal recordings in animal models; title: Non-invasive functional neuroimaging methods; title: Concluding remarks; title: References; title: Anatomy of the brain; title: Anatomical coordinate systems; title: Central and peripheral nervous systems; title: Gross anatomical divisions of the brain; title: The cerebrum; title: The cerebral cortex is folded into gyri and sulci; title: Beneath the cerebral hemispheres: the limbic system and basal ganglia; title: The ventricular system; title: Connectivity of the brain; title: Concluding remarks; title: References; title: Neurons; title: Neurons are the elementary building blocks of cognition; title: Mechanisms underlying neural signaling; title: Chemical messaging at the synapses; title: Neurons form networks; title: Concluding remarks; title: References; title: Sensory and motor systems; title: The sensory systems; title: The motor system; title: Concluding remarks; title: References; title: Attention; title: Selective attention; title: Involuntary attention; title: Voluntary shifting and dividing of the focus of attention; title: Neurotransmitter basis of attention; title: Concluding remarks; title: References; title: Memory and Learning; title: Memory and learning: behavioral observations; title: The neural basis of memory; title: Concluding remarks; title: References; title: Plasticity; title: Developmental plasticity; title: Plasticity due to loss of sensory input; title: Smaller scale plasticity: sensory/perceptual learning; title: Plasticity associated with recovery from brain damage; title: Neurogenesis, stem cell treatments and plasticity; title: Concluding remarks; title: References; title: Speech and Language; title: Language is a multifaceted and complex cognitive function; title: Behavioral studies of human language; title: Neural basis of speech and language; title: The motor theory of speech perception; title: Distributed representations underlie concepts; title: Concluding remarks; title: References; title: Executive functions; title: Prefrontal cortex is central for executive functions; title: The constituents of executive functions; title: Neuropsychological tests that measure executive functions; title: Neurochemistry of executive functions; title: Concluding remarks; title: References; title: Emotions; title: Definitions of emotions; title: Emotions result from contextual interpretation of autonomic nervous system responses; title: Induction of emotions in experimental settings; title: Methods for assessing emotions; title: Neural basis of emotions; title: Concluding comments; title: References; title: Social cognition; title: Demands on social cognition predict evolution of cortex; title: Social cognition is composed of multiple functions; title: Concluding remarks; title: References; title: Consciousness; title: Consciousness as awareness of externally applied stimuli; title: Consciousness as self-awareness; title: Concluding remarks; title: References