The Neuropsychology of Attention

Once viewed as a somewhat vague metaphysical construct, not suitable for behavioral  inquiry, attention  is now recognized as a core cognitive function, essential to the brain's processing of outside stimuli. Not surprisingly in an era of advanced information technologies--and rising rates of A...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cohen, Ronald A. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:2nd ed. 2014.
Temas:
Neuropsychology.
Neurology .
Psychiatry.
School Psychology.
Neurology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part One: Foundations
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2:   Historical and Philosophical Antecedents
  • Chapter 3: Cognitive Psychology of Attention
  • Chapter 4:   Cognitive science of attention: Current concepts and approaches
  • Chapter 5:    Intention, Response Selection, and Executive-Attention
  • Chapter 6:   Focused and Sustained Attention
  • Chapter 7: Behavioral Perspectives
  • Chapter 8:  Orienting Response: Index of Attention
  • Chapter 9:   Physiological Substrates of Attention
  • Chapter 10: Neural Mechanisms of Attention
  • Chapter 11: Models and Mechanisms of Attention
  • Part II. Neuropsychology of Attention
  • Chapter 12:   Disorders of Sensory Selective Attention
  • Chapter 13:  Attention and the Frontal Cortex
  • Chapter 14: Subcortical and Limbic Influences
  • Chapter 15:  Attention Disturbances Associated with Neurological Disease
  • Chapter 16: Medical Disorders and Behavioral Risk Factors
  • Chapter 17:  Psychiatric Disturbances of Attention
  • Chapter 18: Developmental Disorders
  • Chapter 19:  Clinical Considerations: Assessment and Treatment
  • Chapter 20: Neuropsychological Models of Attention Disturbance
  • Part III.  Toward an Integrated Attentional Framework
  • Chapter 21: Consciousness and Self-Directed Attention
  • Chapter 22: Neural Constraints on Attention
  • Chapter 23: Processing Speed and Attentional Resources
  • Chapter 24:   Mutual Constraints of Memory and Attention
  • Chapter 25: Spatial and Temporal Determinants of Attention
  • Chapter 26: Neuroimaging of Attention
  • Chapter 27: Computational Models for the Analysis of Attention
  • Chapter 28: Neuropsychology of Attention: Synthesis.

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