Essentials of Cognitive Neuroscience [Postle - Wiley - Blackwell]

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- ISBN/EAN
- 9781118468067
- Editore
- Wiley - Blackwell
- Formato
- Cartonato
- Anno
- 2015
- Pagine
- 608
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47,30 €
Essentials of Cognitive Neuroscience guides undergraduate and early-stage graduate students with no previous neuroscientific background through the fundamental principles and themes in a concise, organized, and engaging manner. * Provides students with the foundation to understand primary literature, recognize current controversies in the field, and engage in discussions on cognitive neuroscience and its future * Introduces important experimental methods and techniques integrated throughout the text * Assists student comprehension through four-color images and thorough pedagogical resources throughout the text * Accompanied by a robust website with multiple choice questions, experiment vidoes, fMRI data, web links and video narratives from a global group of leading scientists for students. For Instructors there are sample syllabi and exam questions
Maggiori Informazioni
| Autore | Postle Bradley R. |
|---|---|
| Editore | Wiley - Blackwell |
| Anno | 2015 |
| Tipologia | Libro |
| Lingua | Inglese |
| Indice | SECTION I: THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF THINKING 1 1 Introduction and History 4 2 The Brain 22 SECTION II: SENSATION, PERCEPTION, ATTENTION, AND ACTION 51 3 Sensation and Perception of Visual Signals 54 4 Audition and Somatosensation 85 5 The Visual System 120 6 Spatial Cognition and Attention 153 7 Skeletomotor Control 196 8 Oculomotor Control and the Control of Attention 229 SECTION III: MENTAL REPRESENTATION 259 9 Visual Object Recognition and Knowledge 262 10 Neural Bases of Memory 286 11 Declarative Long?]Term Memory 312 12 Semantic Long?]Term Memory 336 13 Short?]Term and Working Memory 360 SECTION IV: HIGH-LEVEL COGNITION 395 14 Cognitive Control 397 15 Decision Making 422 16 Social Behavior 449 17 Emotion 476 18 Language 502 19 Consciousness 531 Glossary 562 Index 571 |
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