Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 9788740301007
Table of contents: title: Content; title: 1. What is cognitive neuroscience?; title: 1.1. Why is cognitive neuroscience important?; title: 1.2. The brief history of cognitive neuroscience; title: 1.3. The present and exciting future of cognitive neuroscience; title: 1.4. The purpose of this book; title: 1.5. References; title: 2. Methods of Cognitive Neuroscience; title: 2.1. Behavioral measures of cognitive and perceptual functions; title: 2.2. Invasive neuronal recordings in animal models; title: 2.3. Non-invasive functional neuroimaging methods; title: 2.4. Concluding remarks; title: 2.5. References; title: 3. Anatomy of the brain; title: 3.1. Anatomical coordinate systems; title: 3.2. Central and peripheral nervous systems; title: 3.3. Gross anatomical divisions of the brain; title: 3.4. The cerebrum; title: 3.5. The cerebral cortex is folded into gyri and sulci; title: 3.6. Beneath the cerebral hemispheres: the limbic system and basal ganglia; title: 3.7. The ventricular system; title: 3.8. Connectivity of the brain; title: 3.9. Concluding remarks; title: 3.10. References; title: 4. Neurons; title: 4.1. Neurons are the elementary building blocks of cognition; title: 4.2. Mechanisms underlying neural signaling; title: 4.3. Chemical messaging at the synapses; title: 4.4. Neurons form networks; title: 4.5. Concluding remarks; title: 4.6. References; title: 5. Sensory and motor systems; title: 5.1. The sensory systems; title: 5.2. The motor system; title: 5.3. Concluding remarks; title: 5.4. References; title: 6. Attention; title: 6.1. Selective attention; title: 6.2. Involuntary attention; title: 6.3. Voluntary shifting and dividing of the focus of attention; title: 6.4. Neurotransmitter basis of attention; title: 6.5. Concluding remarks; title: 6.6. References; title: 7. Memory and Learning; title: 7.1. Memory and learning: behavioral observations; title: 7.2. The neural basis of memory; title: 7.3. Concluding remarks; title: 7.4. References; title: 8. Plasticity; title: 8.1. Developmental plasticity; title: 8.2. Plasticity due to loss of sensory input; title: 8.3. Smaller scale plasticity: sensory/perceptual learning; title: 8.4. Plasticity associated with recovery from brain damage; title: 8.5. Neurogenesis, stem cell treatments and plasticity; title: 8.6. Concluding remarks; title: 8.7. References; title: 9. Speech and Language; title: 9.1. Language is a multifaceted and complex cognitive function; title: 9.2. Behavioral studies of human language; title: 9.3. Neural basis of speech and language; title: 9.4. The motor theory of speech perception; title: 9.5. Distributed representations underlie concepts; title: 9.6. Concluding remarks; title: 9.7. References; title: 10. Executive functions; title: 10.1. Prefrontal cortex is central for executive functions; title: 10.2. The constituents of executive functions; title: 10.3. Neuropsychological tests that measure executive functions; title: 10.4. Neurochemistry of executive functions; title: 10.5. Concluding remarks; title: 10.6. References; title: 11. Emotions; title: 11.1. Definitions of emotions; title: 11.2. Emotions result from contextual interpretation of autonomic nervous system responses; title: 11.3. Induction of emotions in experimental settings; title: 11.4. Methods for assessing emotions; title: 11.5. Neural basis of emotions; title: 11.6. Concluding comments; title: 11.7. References; title: 12. Social cognition; title: 12.1. Demands on social cognition predict evolution of cortex; title: 12.2. Social cognition is composed of multiple functions; title: 12.3. Concluding remarks; title: 12.4. References; title: 13. Consciousness; title: 13.1. Consciousness as awareness of externally applied stimuli; title: 13.2. Consciousness as self-awareness; title: 13.3. Concluding remarks; title: 13.4. References