The student's guide to cognitive neuroscience / Jamie Ward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ward, Jamie, 1972- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognitive neuroscience.

Physical Description:

xii, 536 pages ; 26 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Hove, East Sussex ; New York, NY : Psychology Press, 2015.

Summary:

Reflecting recent changes in the way cognition and the brain are studied, this thoroughly updated third edition of the best-selling textbook provides a comprehensive and student-friendly guide to cognitive neuroscience. Jamie Ward provides an easy-to-follow introduction to neural structure and function, as well as all the key methods and procedures of cognitive neuroscience, with a view to helping students understand how they can be used to shed light on the neural basis of cognition. The book presents an up-to-date overview of the latest theories and findings in all the key topics in cognitive neuroscience, including vision, memory, speech and language, hearing, numeracy, executive function, social and emotional behaviour and developmental neuroscience, as well as a new chapter on attention. Throughout, case studies, newspaper reports and everyday examples are used to help students understand the more challenging ideas that underpin the subject. In addition each chapter includes: Summaries of key terms and points, Example essay questions, Recommended further reading, Feature boxes exploring interesting and popular questions and their implications for the subject. Written in an engaging style by a leading researcher in the field, and presented in full-color including numerous illustrative materials, this book will be invaluable as a core text for undergraduate modules in cognitive neuroscience. It can also be used as a key text on courses in cognition, cognitive neuropsychology, biopsychology or brain and behavior. Those embarking on research will find it an invaluable starting point and reference. The Student's Guide to Cognitive Neuroscience, Third Edition is supported by a companion website, featuring helpful resources for both students and instructors. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introducing cognitive neuroscience 1

Cognitive neuroscience in historical perspective 2

Does cognitive psychology need the brain? 9

Does neuroscience need cognitive psychology? 11

2 Introduction the brain 15

Structure and function of the neuron 15

The gross organization of the brain 20

The cerebral cortex 24

The subcortex 26

The midbrain and hindbrain 28

3 The electrophysiological brain 31

In search of neural representations: single-cell recordings 33

Electroencephalography and event-related potentials 36

Mental chronometry in electrophysiology and cognitive psychology 41

Magnetoencephalography 47

4 The imaged brain 49

Structural imaging 50

Functional imaging 52

From image to cognitive theory; experimental design 57

Analyzing data from functional imaging 66

Interpreting data from functional imaging 70

Why do functional imaging data sometimes disagree with lesion data? 72

Brain-reading: is "Big Brother" round the corner? 74

5 The lesioned brain 81

Dissociations and associations 84

Single-case studies 86

Group studies and lesion-deficit analysis 90

Animal models in neuropsychology 94

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) 95

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) 103

6 The seeing brain 107

From eye to brain 108

Cortical blindness and "blindsight" 114

Functional specialization of the visual cortex beyond VI 115

Recognizing objects 120

Recognizing faces 126

Vision imagined 132

7 The attending brain 135

Spatial and non-spatial attentional process 136

The role of the parietal lobes in attention 140

Theories of attention 148

Neglect as a disorder of spatial attention and awareness 157

8 The acting brain 165

A basic cognitive framework for movement and action 166

The role of the frontal lobes in movement and action 167

Planning actions: the SAS model 173

Ownership and awareness of actions 175

Action comprehension and imitation 177

Acting on objects 180

Preparation and execution of actions 188

9 The remembering brain 195

Short-term and working memory 196

Different types of long-term memory 203

Amnesia 204

Functions of the hippocampus and medial temporal lobes in memory 210

Theories of remembering, knowing, and forgetting 218

The role of the prefrontal cortex in long-term memory 223

10 The hearing brain 231

The nature of sound 233

From ear to brain 234

Basic processing of auditory information 237

Music perception 243

Voice perception 249

Speech perception 250

11 The speaking brain 259

Spoken word recognition 261

Semantic memory and the meaning of words 266

Understanding and producing sentences 278

Retrieving and producing spoken words 284

12 The literate brain 293

Visual word recognition 296

Reading aloud: routes from spelling to sound 303

Spelling and writing 310

Does spelling use the same mechanisms as reading? 315

13 The numerate brain 319

Universal numeracy? 320

The meaning of numbers 322

Models of number processing 334

14 The executive brain 345

Anatomical and functional divisions of the prefrontal cortex 347

Executive functions in practice 350

The organization of executive functions 356

The role of the anterior cingulate in executive functions 369

15 The social and emotional brain 373

Theories of emotion 374

Neural substrates of emotion processing 382

Reading faces 392

Reading minds 396

16 The developing brain 407

Structural development of the brain 410

Functional development of the brain: sensitive periods and innate knowledge? 413

Behavioral genetics 419

Beyond nature versus nurture: gene-environment interplay 423.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781848722712

1848722710

9781848722729

1848722729

OCLC:

882620061