Principles of cognitive neuroscience /
Dale Purves ... [et. al.].
- Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates, c2008.
- xv, 757 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Ch. 1 |t Human nervous system -- |g Ch. 2 |t Relevant principles of cognitive psychology -- |g Ch. 3 |t Exploring cognitive processes in neural terms -- |g Ch. 4 |t Overview of sensory processing -- |g Ch. 5 |t The perception of visual stimuli -- |g Ch. 6 |t The perception of auditory stimuli -- |g Ch. 7 |t Mechanosensory and chemosensory perception -- |g Ch. 8 |t Motor systems and motor control -- |g Ch. 9 |t Computation and cognition in the motor system -- |g Ch. 10 |t Overview of attention -- |g Ch. 11 |t Effects of attention on stimulus processing -- |g Ch. 12 |t Attentional control and attentional systems -- |g Ch. 13 |t Memory and the brain -- |g Ch. 14 |t Declarative memory -- |g Ch. 15 |t Nondeclarative memory -- |g Ch. 16 |t Working memory -- |g Ch. 17 |t Overview of emotions -- |g Ch. 18 |t Emotional influences on cognitive functions -- |g Ch. 19 |t Social cognition -- |g Ch. 20 |t Overview of speech and language -- |g Ch. 21 |t The neural bases of language -- |g Ch. 22 |t Representation of time and number -- |g Ch. 23 |t Executive control systems -- |g Ch. 24 |t Decision making -- |g Ch. 25 |t Reasoning and problem solving -- |g Ch. 26 |t Evolution of brain and cognition -- |g Ch. 27 |t Development of the brain and its cognitive functions -- |g Ch. 28 |t Consciousness.
This title informs readers at all levels about the growing canon of cognitive neuroscience, and makes clear the challenges that remain to be solved by the next generation.