Handbook of functional neuroimaging of cognition / edited by Roberto Cabeza and Alan Kingstone.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cabeza, Roberto.

Kingstone, Alan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognitive neuroscience--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Cognitive neuroscience.

Brain--Tomography--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Brain.

Brain--Magnetic resonance imaging--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Brain--Magnetic resonance imaging.

Brain--Tomography.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

viii, 410 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2001]

Summary:

With its strong theoretical focus, this book serves as an essential resource on the functional neuroimaging of cognitive processes and on the latest discoveries obtained through position emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) techniques. It is organized into three sections. The first covers the history and methods of PET and fMRI, as well as cognitive networks, showing how the brain regions involved in the different cognitive processes interact. The second part, the book's core, covers PET and fMRI findings in specific domains: attention, visual recognition, semantic memory, episodic memory, and working memory. The third part covers the effects of aging on brain activity during cognitive performance and also examines research with neuropsychologically impaired patients.

Notes:

"A Bradford book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0262032805

OCLC:

43365863