Essentials of Cognitive Neuroscience

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Postle, Bradley R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2015.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Brief Contents
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Methodology Boxes
  • Walk Through of Pedagogical Features
  • Companion Website
  • Section I The Neurobiology of Thinking
  • Introduction to Section I The Neurobiology of Thinking
  • COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE? OR ""HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE""? OR ""NEUROSCIENCE-WITH-DIRECT IMPLICATIONS-FOR-UNDERSTANDING-HUMAN-BEHAVIOR""?
  • Chapter 1 Introduction and History
  • KEY THEMES
  • TIMELINE: NINTEENTH- AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY ORIGINS OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
  • A BRIEF (AND SELECTIVE) HISTORY
  • Localization of function vs. mass action
  • The first scientifically rigorous demonstrations of localization of function
  • WHAT IS A BRAIN AND WHAT DOES IT DO?
  • LOOKING AHEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
  • END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • OTHER SOURCES USED
  • FURTHER READING
  • Chapter 2 The Brain
  • KEY THEMES
  • PEP TALK
  • GROSS ANATOMY
  • The cerebral cortex
  • THE NEURON
  • Electrical and chemical properties of the neuron
  • Neuroanatomical techniques exploit the physiology of the neuron
  • OSCILLATORY FLUCTUATIONS IN THE MEMBRANE POTENTIAL
  • Neurons are never truly "at rest"
  • Synchronous oscillation
  • COMPLICATED, AND COMPLEX
  • END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • OTHER SOURCES USED
  • FURTHER READING
  • Section II Sensation, Perception, Attention, and Action
  • Introduction to Section II Sensation, Perception, Attention, and Action
  • Chapter 3 Sensation and Perception of Visual Signals
  • KEY THEMES
  • THE DOMINANT SENSE IN PRIMATES
  • ORGANIZATION OF THE VISUAL SYSTEM
  • The visual field
  • The retinotopic organization of primary visual cortex
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING IN PRIMARY VISUAL CORTEX
  • BOTTOM UP FEATURE DETECTION
  • The V1 neuron as feature detector
  • Columns, hypercolumns, and pinwheels
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING IN PRIMARY VISUAL CORTEX
  • INTERACTIVITY
  • Feedforward and feedback projections of V1
  • Circularity? It can depend on your perspective
  • The relation between visual processing and the brain's physiological state
  • WHERE DOES SENSATION END? WHERE DOES PERCEPTION BEGIN?
  • END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • OTHER SOURCES USED
  • FURTHER READING
  • Chapter 4 Audition and Somatosensation
  • KEY THEMES
  • APOLOGIA
  • AUDITION
  • Auditory sensation
  • Auditory perception
  • Adieu to audition
  • SOMATOSENSATION
  • Transduction of mechanical and thermal energy, and of pain
  • Somatotopy
  • Somatosensory plasticity
  • Phantom limbs and phantom pain
  • Proprioception
  • Adieu to sensation
  • END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • OTHER SOURCES USED
  • FURTHER READING
  • Chapter 5 The Visual System
  • KEY THEMES
  • FAMILIAR PRINCIPLES AND PROCESSES, APPLIED TO HIGHER-LEVEL REPRESENTATIONS
  • TWO PARALLEL PATHWAYS
  • A diversity of projections from V1

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