Brain and Cognition
Subtitle: Some New Technologies
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1989
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 90
ISBN-13: 9780309078412
Table of contents: title: Cover; title: Copyright; title: Preface; title: Table of Contents; title: Abbreviations; title: Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations; title: 1 Introduction; title: 2 The Field of Cognitive Psychophysiology; title: WHAT IS COGNITIVE SCIENCE?; title: WHAT IS PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY?; title: THE INTERFACE BETWEEN COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; title: Limitations and Virtues of a Psychophysiological Approach; title: Limitations and Virtues of the Computational Approach; title: Limitations and Virtues of the Cognitive Psychology Approach; title: The Strength of a Combined Approach; title: 3 Four New Technologies: Research Findings; title: EVENT-RELATED BRAIN POTENTIALS; title: Background of Research Findings; title: Likelihood That Progress Will be Made; title: Opportunities for Basic and Applied Research; title: Methodological Issues; title: NEUROMAGNETISM: THE MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAM; title: Background of Research Findings; title: Likelihood That Progress Will Be Made; title: Opportunities for Basic and Applied Research; title: IMAGING TECHNIQUES I: POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; title: Background of Research Findings; title: Likelihood That Progress Will Be Made; title: Opportunities for Basic and Applied Research; title: IMAGING TECHNIQUES II: MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; title: Background of Research Findings; title: Likelihood That Progress Will Be Made and Opportunities for Research; title: COGNITIVE CONSEQUENCES OF BRAIN DAMAGE OR ALTERATIONS; title: Background of Research Findings; title: Likelihood That Progress Will Be Made; title: Opportunities for Basic and Applied Research; title: 4 Four New Technologies: Critical Problems; title: EVENT-RELATED BRAIN POTENTIALS; title: Definition of Components; title: Overlapping Components; title: Gaps in Neuroscience; title: Difficulties With Clinical Studies; title: The Lack of a Normative Data Base; title: NEUROMAGNETISM: THE MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAM; title: Secondary Sources; title: Magnetically Silent Sources; title: Open Field and Closed Field Neurons; title: Effects of Anatomical Symmetry; title: A Role for Complementary Technologies; title: The Inverse Problem; title: A Final Note on Nettromagnetism; title: IMAGING TECHNIQUES I: POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; title: Anatomical Localization; title: Spatial Resolution; title: Temporal Resolution; title: Statistical Analysis; title: Risks to Participants; title: IMAGING TECHNIQUES II: MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; title: COGNITIVE STUDIES IN BRAIN ALTERATIONS OR DAMAGE; title: 5 Applications and Ethical Considerations; title: ISSUES PRESENTED BY THE DATA; title: MONITORING PARADIGMS AND CONSTRAINTS; title: DANGERS OF COMMERCIALIZATION; title: CONCLUSION; title: 6 Expanding the Domain; title: DOMAINS; title: RESOURCE LIMITATIONS; title: EDUCATION; title: CONCLUSION.