Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of the Mind (Fourth Edition)

by Michael Gazzaniga; Richard B. Ivry; George R. Mangun

ISBN13: 9780262071574

ISBN10: 0262071576

Format: Nonspecific Binding

Pub. Date: 2013-10-01

Publisher(s): W. W. Norton

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Modeled on the classic Neuroscience Study Program volumes which helped delineate an emerging field, The Cognitive Neurosciences is a major new reference that documents and defines the evolving field of cognitive neuroscience.

Preface
Trophic Interactions and Brain Plasticity	p. 9
Molecular and Structural Mechanisms Underlying Long-term Memory	p. 19
The Nature and Nurture of Retinal Ganglion Cell Development	p. 37
The Reorganization of Sensory and Motor Maps in Adult Mammals	p. 51
Dynamic Properties of Adult Visual Cortex	p. 73
Time as Coding Space in Neocortical Processing: A Hypothesis	p. 91
Toward a Molecular Basis for Sensory Perception	p. 105
Corticogenesis in Human and Nonhuman Primates	p. 127
Experimental Approaches that Reveal Principles of Cerebral Cortical Development	p. 147
Object Perception, Object-directed Action, and Physical Knowledge in Infancy	p. 165
Physical Reasoning in Infancy	p. 181
Origins of Human Social Competence	p. 205
Developmental Specificity in Neurocognitive Development in Humans	p. 219
Single-afferent Neurons and Somatic Sensation in Humans	p. 237
Neural Mechanisms of Tactile Form Recognition	p. 253
Neural Mechanisms of Auditory Image Formation	p. 269
Neural Coding for Auditory Space	p. 279
Processing of Auditory Information Carried by Species-specific Complex Sounds	p. 295
Parallel Neural Pathways and Visual Function	p. 315
Functional Compartments in Visual Cortex: Segregation and Interaction	p. 325
The Visual Analysis of Shape and Form	p. 339
Multiple Cues for Three-dimensional Shape	p. 351
Form Analysis in Visual Cortex	p. 365
Concurrent Processing in the Primate Visual Cortex	p. 383
Visual Motion: Linking Neuronal Activity to Psychophysical Performance	p. 401
The Neuron Doctrine in Perception	p. 415
A Model of Visual Motion Processing in Area MT of Primates	p. 437
Attentional Mechanisms in Visual Cortex	p. 451
Open Questions about the Neural Mechanisms of Visual Pattern Recognition	p. 463
Multiple Memory Systems in the Visual Cortex	p. 475
Toward a Neurobiology of Coordinate Transformations	p. 495
Motor Cortex and Cognitive Processing	p. 507
Coordinate Transformations and Motor Planning in Posterior Parietal Cortex	p. 519
Role of Monkey Superior Colliculus in Control of Saccades and Fixation	p. 533
Contributions of Vision and Proprioception to Accuracy in Limb Movements	p. 549
The Superior Colliculus: A Window for Viewing Issues in Integrative Neuroscience	p. 565
Vector Encoding and the Vestibular Foundations of Spatial Cognition: Neurophysiological and Computational Mechanisms	p. 585
Computational Motor Control	p. 597
Attention in Cognitive Neuroscience: An Overview	p. 615
The Neurology of Visual Attention	p. 625
Computational and Anatomical Models of Selective Attention in Object Identification	p. 649
Neural Systems Mediating Selective Attention	p. 665
Neural Mechanisms Mediating Attention and Orientation to Multisensory Cues	p. 683
Arousal Systems and Attention	p. 703
Attention, Intelligence, and the Frontal Lobes	p. 721
The Development of Visual Attention: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective	p. 735
Working Memory	p. 755
Anatomical Basis of Memory Disorders	p. 765
Positron Emission Tomography in Cognitive Neuroscience Methodological Constraints, Strategies, and Examples from Learning and Memory	p. 781
Event-Related Potential Studies of Human Memory	p. 789
Memory and Frontal Lobe Function	p. 803
Implicit Memory: A New Frontier for Cognitive Neuroscience	p. 815
Memory, Hippocampus, and Brain Systems	p. 825
Organization of Memory: Quo Vadis?	p. 839
The Cognitive and Neural Bases of Language Acquisition	p. 855
The Cognitive Neuroscience of Syntactic Processing	p. 871
The Structure of Language Processing: Neuropsychological Evidence	p. 881
Disorders of Lexical Processing and the Lexicon	p. 901
The Neurobiology of the Sound Structure of Language	p. 915
Computational Interpretations of Neurolinguistic Observations	p. 931
Maturation and Learning of Language in the First Year of Life	p. 943
The Neural Bases of Mental Imagery	p. 963
Imagery and Memory	p. 977
Relational Complexity and the Functions of Prefrontal Cortex	p. 987
Mental Models, Deductive Reasoning, and the Brain	p. 999
Working Memory in Humans: Neuropsychological Evidence	p. 1009
The Representation of Extrapersonal Space: A Possible Role for Bimodal, Visual-Tactile Neurons	p. 1021
Roles of Imagery in Perception: Or, There Is No Such Thing as Immaculate Perception	p. 1035
In Search of an Emotional System in the Brain: Leaping from Fear to Emotion and Consciousness	p. 1049
Cellular Mechanisms Active in Emotion	p. 1063
Retuning the Brain by Fear Conditioning	p. 1071
A Theory of Emotion and Consciousness, and Its Application to Understanding the Neural Basis of Emotion	p. 1091
Neurophysiology of the Perception of Intentions by Primates	p. 1107
Stressful Experience, Brain, and Emotions: Developmental, Genetic, and Hormonal Influences	p. 1117
Neurophysiological Networks Integrating Human Emotions	p. 1137
Positron Emission Tomographic Imaging Studies of Human Emotional Disorders	p. 1153
A Model of the Limbic System and Basal Ganglia: Applications to Anxiety and Schizophrenia	p. 1165
Mapping the Evolved Functional Organization of Mind and Brain	p. 1185
From Function to Structure: The Role of Evolutionary Biology and Computational Theories in Cognitive Neuroscience	p. 1199
Does Evolutionary Theory Predict Sex Differences in the Brain?	p. 1211
The Argument from Animals to Humans in Cognitive Neuroscience	p. 1227
Evolution of the Human Brain: A Neuroanatomical Perspective	p. 1243
The Replacement of General-Purpose Theories with Adaptive Specializations	p. 1255
Discriminative Parental Solicitude and the Relevance of Evolutionary Models to the Analysis of Motivational Systems	p. 1269
Consciousness and the Neurosciences: Philosophical and Theoretical Issues	p. 1295
Cognitive Aspects of Consciousness	p. 1307
Models of Consciousness: Serial or Parallel in the Brain?	p. 1321
Consciousness in Dyschiria	p. 1331
Models of Consciousness and Memory	p. 1341
Escape from Linear Time: Prefrontal Cortex and Conscious Experience	p. 1357
The Conscious State Paradigm: A Neurocognitive Approach to Waking, Sleeping, and Dreaming	p. 1373
Consciousness and the Cerebral Hemispheres	p. 1391
Contributors	p. 1401
Index	p. 1405
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