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Fundamentals of Cognitive Neuroscience is a comprehensive and easy-to-follow guide to cognitive neuroscience. Winner of a 2013 Most Promising New Textbook Award from the Text and Academic Authors Association, this book was written by two leading experts in the field to be highly accessible to undergraduates with limited neuroscience training. It covers all aspects of the field--the neural framework, sight, sound, consciousness, learning/memory, problem solving, speech, executive control, emotions, socialization and development--in a student-friendly format with extensive pedagogy and ancillaries to aid both the student and professor.

This introductory text takes a unique thematic approach, guiding students along a clear path to understand the latest findings whether or not they have a background in neuroscience. It includes case studies and everyday examples designed to help students understand the more challenging aspects of the material. It is richly illustrated with carefully selected color graphics to enhance understanding. Enhanced pedagogy highlights key concepts for the student and aids in teaching. Chapter outlines, study questions, glossary, and image collection are also available on the student's companion website. Ancillary support saves instructors time and facilitates learning; test questions, image collection, and lecture slides are available on the instructor's manual website.

This book will be of interest to undergraduate students in Neuroscience, Psychology, and related disciplines that teach cognitive neuroscience.

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• Preface(p. vii)
• 1 Mind and brain
• 1.0 An invitation(p. 3)
• 2.0 Basic concepts(p. 5)
• 3.0 Hot debates(p. 15)
• 4.0 Study questions and drawing exercises(p. 23)
• 2 A useful framework
• 1.0 Brain regions and their functions(p. 26)
• 2.0 Cognitive functions(p. 27)
• 3.0 Using the functional diagram(p. 47)
• 4.0 Small and large mental capacities(p. 52)
• 5.0 Summary(p. 55)
• 6.0 Study questions and drawing exercises(p. 56)
• 3 The nerve cell
• 1.0 Introduction(p. 60)
• 2.0 Basic features(p. 61)
• 3.0 How neurons combine(p. 70)
• 4.0 Neural computing(p. 78)
• 5.0 The brain code: maps + waves(p. 80)
• 6.0 Learning and adaptation(p. 84)
• 7.0 Summary(p. 86)
• 8.0 Study questions and drawing exercises(p. 86)
• 4 The brain
• 1.0 Introduction(p. 90)
• 2.0 The cortex(p. 93)
• 3.0 Below the cortex(p. 100)
• 4.0 Summary(p. 106)
• 5.0 Study questions and drawing exercises(p. 106)
• 5 Brain imaging
• 1.0 Introduction(p. 110)
• 2.0 Electrical and magnetic fields(p. 117)
• 3.0 Functional neuroimaging: a bold new world(p. 126)
• 4.0 Correlation and causation(p. 134)
• 5.0 Summary(p. 139)
• 6.0 Study questions and drawing exercises(p. 140)
• 6 The art of seeing
• 1.0 Introduction(p. 142)
• 2.0 Functional organization of the visual system(p. 146)
• 3.0 Theories of visual consciousness: where does it happen?(p. 160)
• 4.0 Brain areas necessary for visual awareness: lesion studies(p. 160)
• 5.0 Now you see it, now you don't!(p. 165)
• 6.0 Summary(p. 171)
• 7.0 Study questions and drawing exercises(p. 172)
• 7 Sound, speech, and music perception
• 1.0 Introduction(p. 177)
• 2.0 The central auditory system(p. 184)
• 3.0 Functional mapping of auditory processing(p. 189)
• 4.0 Speech perception(p. 196)
• 5.0 Music perception(p. 202)
• 6.0 Learning and plasticity(p. 205)
• 7.0 Auditory awareness and imagery(p. 206)
• 8.0 Summary(p. 208)
• 9.0 Study questions and drawing exercises(p. 208)
• 8 The brain is conscious
• 1.0 Introduction(p. 212)
• 2.0 Waking: purposeful thoughts and actions(p. 214)
• 3.0 Attention(p. 229)
• 4.0 Executive control(p. 239)
• 5.0 Dreaming(p. 241)
• 6.0 Deep sleep: ups and downs(p. 245)
• 7.0 Exceptional states of mind(p. 246)
• 8.0 Summary(p. 250)
• 9.0 Study questions and drawing exercises(p. 251)
• 9 Learning and memory
• 1.0 Introduction(p. 254)
• 2.0 Episodic learning(p. 258)
• 3.0 Making memories last(p. 265)
• 4.0 When memories are lost(p. 272)
• 5.0 A debate: is consciousness needed for episodic learning?(p. 278)
• 6.0 Does semantic memory come from episodic traces?(p. 282)
• 7.0 Control of memory(p. 284)
• 8.0 Summary(p. 286)
• 9.0 Drawing exercises(p. 287)
• 10 Thinking
• 1.0 Introduction(p. 290)
• 2.0 Explicit thinking(p. 296)
• 3.0 Mental effort(p. 305)
• 4.0 Concepts(p. 308)
• 5.0 Implicit thinking(p. 311)
• 6.0 Summary(p. 312)
• 7.0 Study questions(p. 312)
• 11 Language
• 1.0 Introduction(p. 315)
• 2.0 The nature of language(p. 316)
• 3.0 Speaking(p. 320)
• 4.0 Words and meanings(p. 321)
• 5.0 Syntax and sequencing(p. 322)
• 6.0 Speech and melody(p. 323)
• 7.0 Meaning(p. 325)
• 8.0 Thoughts before language(p. 325)
• 9.0 Summary(p. 326)
• 10.0 Study questions and drawing Exercises(p. 327)
• 12 Decisions, goals, and actions
• 1.0 Introduction(p. 330)
• 2.0 Structure of the frontal lobes(p. 334)
• 3.0 A closer look at frontal lobe functions(p. 338)
• 4.0 Neuroimaging the executive brain(p. 342)
• 5.0 Damage to the executive brain(p. 350)
• 6.0 A current view of organizing principles of the frontal lobes(p. 354)
• 7.0 Toward a unified theory of frontal lobe function(p. 354)
• 8.0 Study questions and drawing exercises(p. 355)
• 13 Social cognition
• 1.0 Overview(p. 358)
• 2.0 An organizing framework for social cognition(p. 360)
• 3.0 Social cognition in the brain(p. 363)
• 4.0 Emotion and the social brain(p. 374)
• 5.0 Chapter review(p. 381)
• 6.0 Study questions(p. 382)
• 14 Growing up
• 1.0 Introduction(p. 384)
• 2.0 Prenatal development: from blastocyst to baby(p. 387)
• 3.0 The developing brain: a lifetime of change(p. 394)
• 4.0 Developing mind and brain(p. 399)
• 5.0 Early brain damage and developmental plasticity(p. 413)
• 6.0 Summary(p. 416)
• 7.0 Study questions(p. 416)
• Glossary(p. 419)
• References(p. 435)
• Index(p. 453)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Dr. Baars is a former senior fellow at the Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla, California, and a worldwide leader in the study of cognitive architecture and consciousness. He cofounded both the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness and the Academic Press journal Consciousness & Cognition.

Dr. Gage is a professor and researcher at the University of California, Irvine, and the director of UCI's Cognitive Neuroscience of Language Laboratory. She actively teaches in the area of consciousness and cognition and is the coauthor, with Bernard Baars, of our highly successful graduate-level cognitive neuroscience textbook on which Fundamentals of Cognitive Neuroscience is based.