Cognitive neuroscience / Marie T. Banich, University of Colorado Boulder, Rebecca J. Compton, Haverford College, Pennsylvania.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Banich, Marie T., 1957- author.

Compton, Rebecca J. (Rebecca Jean), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognitive neuroscience.

Brain--physiology.

Cognition--physiology.

Mental Processes--physiology.

Cognition Disorders.

Medical Subjects:

Brain--physiology.

Cognition--physiology.

Mental Processes--physiology.

Cognition Disorders.

Physical Description:

xiv, 653 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction To The Nervous System

What Is Cognitive Neuroscience?

Basic Building Blocks Of The Nervous System: Neurons And Glia

Neuroanatomical Terms And Brain "Geography"

Major Subdivisions Of The Central Nervous System

Spinal Cord

Medulla: Control Of Basic Functions

Cerebellum: Fluid Movement

Pons: A Connective Bridge

Midbrain: Orienting By Sound And Sight

Hypothalamus: Maintaining The Body's Equilibrium

Thalamus: Gateway To The Cortex

Major Subcortical Systems: The Basal Ganglia And The Limbic System

Cerebral Cortex

A Closer Look At Neurons

Electrochemical Signaling In The Nervous System

Neurotransmitters

In Focus: Can Herbs Really Improve Your Memory, Attention, And Mood?

Myelination

A Closer Look At The Cerebral Cortex

Cytoarchitectonic Divisions

Primary Sensory And Motor Cortices

Association Areas

White-Matter Tracts

Summary

ch. 2 Historical Perspectives

Note continued: Ancient Times Until The 1800s

The Twentieth Century: Heyday Of The Lesion Method

Single-Case Versus Group Studies

Inferences That Can Be Drawn From The Lesion Method

Limitations Of The Lesion Method

The 1960s, 70s, And 80s

Studies With Nonhuman Animals

In Focus: Discovery Of The "Homunculus"

Electrophysiological Methods

Disconnection Syndromes

Split-Brain Studies

Hemispheric Specialization: Left Brain, Right Brain

In Focus: Left Out? Lateralization In Non-Right-Handers

The 1980s And 90s: The Advent Of Brain Imaging

Anatomical Methods: Computerized Axial Tomography

Functional Methods: Positron Emission Tomography

The Twenty-First Century: The Brain Imaging Revolution

ch. 3 Methods

Introduction

Participant Populations

Clinical Populations

Neurologically Intact Individuals

Techniques For Analyzing Behavior

The Role Of Cognitive Theories

Note continued: Assessment Of Behavior In Brain-Damaged Populations

Techniques For Assessing Brain Anatomy: Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging (SMRI)

The Basics Of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Regional Brain Structure

Anatomical Connectivity

Techniques For Revealing Where In The Brain Activity Is Occurring

Neurochemical Methods: Positron Emission Tomography And Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Oxygen-Related Methods: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)

In Focus: Participating In A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

Electromagnetic Recording Methods

Electroencephalography

Event-Related Potentials

Magnetoencephalography

Optical Recording Methods

Techniques For Modulating Brain Activity

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)

Multilevel And Multi-Modal Approaches

Combining Computational And Neuroimaging Approaches

ch. 4 Motor Control

Note continued: Introduction

Peripheral Control Of Movement

Motor Tracts

Brain Structures Involved In Motor Control

Subcortical Regions

Cortical Regions

Integrated Models Of The Motor System

In Focus: Using Brain Activation To Control Prosthetic Limbs

Motor Disorders

Subcortical Motor Disorders

Cortical Motor Disorders

ch. 5 Sensation And Perception

The Retina

Photoreceptors

Ganglion Cells

Receptive Fields

Pathways From The Retina To The Brain

The Tectopulvinar Pathway

The Geniculostriate Pathway

Lateral Geniculate Nucleus

Layers Of The LGN

Retinotopic Mapping In The LGN

Feedback Connections To The LGN

Primary Visual Cortex (Striate Cortex)

Organization Of Striate Cortex

Binocular Integration In Striate Cortex

Contextual Modulation Of Cells In Striate Cortex

In Focus: Seeing What's Not There: Visual Illusions And The Striate Cortex

Visual Areas Beyond The Striate Cortex

Note continued: Multiple Maps Of The Visual World

Area V4: A Special Module For Coding Color?

Blindsight And The Visual Pathways

Divergence Into The "What" And "Where" Pathways

Auditory Processing

Computational Problems In Audition

Organization Of The Auditory Pathways

Brainstem Computation Of Spatial Location

Organization Of Auditory Cortex

Auditory-visual Interactions

Conclusions

ch. 6 Object Recognition

The "What" Ventral Visual System

Deficits In Visual Object Recognition

Apperceptive And Associative Agnosias

Prosopagnosia: Agnosia For Faces

Category-Specific Deficits In Object Recognition

Theoretical Issues In Visual Object Recognition

Sparse Versus Population Coding For Objects

The Problem Of Invariance In Recognition

Feature-Based Versus Configural Coding Of Objects

Category Specificity: Are Some Types Of Stimuli More Special Than Others?

Note continued: Object Recognition In Tactile And Auditory Modalities

Agnosias In Other Modalities

Tactile Object Recognition

Auditory Object Recognition

What Versus Where Across Modalities

In Focus: Visual Imagery: Seeing Objects With The Mind's Eye

ch. 7 Spatial Cognition

The Dorsal Visual System For Spatial Cognition

Anatomy Of The Dorsal Stream

Cellular Properties In The Dorsal Stream

Coding For The Three Dimensions Of Space

Distinguishing Left From Right

Depth Perception

Spatial Frames Of Reference

Neural Coding Of Reference Frames

Dissociability Of Reference Frames

Categorical Versus Coordinate Spatial Relations

Motion Perception

Specific Neural Regions For Motion Perception

Incorporating Knowledge Of Self-Motion

Space And Action

Constructional Abilities

Optic Ataxia

Neural Mechanisms For Sensory-Motor Integration

Spatial Navigation

In Focus: Are Numbers Spatial?

Note continued: Navigational Skills

Neural Coding Of Spatial Environments

Challenges To The Dorsal-ventral Stream Dichotomy

ch. 8 Language

Brain Systems For Auditory Language

Classic Neurological Conceptions

Psycholinguistic Perspectives

Evidence From Double Dissociations

Language Processing From A Network Perspective

Visual "Spoken" Language

Basic Structure Of American Sign Language (ASL)

Neural Organization Of ASL

In Focus: Brain Organization In Bilinguals

Neurological Bases For Visual Language Processing

Evidence From Studies Of Patients With Brain Damage

Converging Evidence From Other Research Methods

Processing Of Non-Indo-European Languages And Other Symbolic Systems

Kana And Kanji

Music

Right-Hemisphere Contributions To Language Processing

Prosody

Semantics

Narrative, Inference, And Metaphor

ch. 9 Memory And Learning

What Is Memory?

Note continued: Hippocampal Damage Causes Amnesia, A Disorder Of Long-Term Memory

Global Nature Of The Deficit

Temporal Profile Of Affected Memories

Spared Abilities

Multiple Memory And Learning Systems

What Distinguishes Memory Systems?

Memory And Consciousness

Nonhippocampal Regions Involved In Memory And Learning

Domain-Specific Neocortical Regions: Initial Processing And Subsequent Access

The Basal Ganglia: Skill Learning

The Amygdala: An Interface Between Memory And Emotion

Anterior Temporal Regions: Amodal Storage Of Semantic Information

Brain Systems For Different Stages Of Memory

Encoding: The Medial Temporal Lobe And Prefrontal Regions

Consolidation And Storage: How Critical Is The Hippocampus?

Retrieval: Hippocampal, Prefrontal, And Parietal Mechanisms

In Focus: Does Sleep Help You To Remember?

Working Memory: The Ability To Hold And Manipulate Information On-Line

Patients With Deficits In Working Memory

Note continued: Studies With Nonhuman Animals: A Role For Prefrontal Cortex?

Insights From Neurologically Intact Individuals

The Relationships Between Memory Systems

Theoretical And Computational Reasons For Distinct Memory Systems

Interacting Memory Systems For Different Types And Stages Of Learning

ch. 10 Attention

What Is "Attention"?

Brain Structures Mediating Arousal

Brain Structures Mediating Vigilance And Sustained Attention

Selective Attention

The Time Course Of Attentional Selection

Brain Regions Mediating Selective Attention

Sources And Sites Of Attentional Control

Neural Mechanisms Of Selection: Biased Competition

Neural Bases Of Divided Attention

In Focus: Pay Attention To The Road!

Network Models Of Attentional Control

A Distributed But Overlapping Network

Altering, Orienting, And Executive Attention

Selection Of Goals Versus Detection Of Behaviorally Relevant Stimuli

Note continued: The Default Network: The Lack Of Attention Or Internal Attention?

Hemineglect: Clinical Aspects

Clinical Features

Theories Regarding The Underlying Deficit

Treatment

Hemineglect: Implications For Understanding Brain-behavior Relationships

Attention Based On Objects

Hemispheric Differences In Attentional Control

Processing Of Unattended Stimuli

Consciousness

ch. 11 Executive Function And Higher-Order Thinking

Theoretical Perspectives

Controlled Versus Automatic Processes

Goal-Centered Processing

Multifactor Models

Goal-Directed Behaviors

Initiation Of Behavior

Creation And Maintenance Of A Goal Or Task Set

Sequencing And Planning

Shifting Set And Modifying Strategies

Self-Monitoring And Evaluation

Inhibition

In Focus: Can You Inhibit A Memory?

Higher-Order Thinking

Abstract And Conceptual Thinking

Rules And Inference

Response To Novelty

Note continued: Judgment And Decision Making

Organization Of The Brain For Executive Function

A Central Role For Working Memory In Executive Function

ch. 12 Emotion

Subcortical Contributions To Emotion

Fight-Or-Flight Response

Fear And Emotional Learning

Reward And Motivation

In Focus: The Pleasure Of Music

Cortical Contributions To Emotion

Representing Bodily Cues Of Emotion

Integrating Emotion And Action

Incorporating Emotion Into Decision Making

Regulating Emotion

Communicating And Interpreting Emotional Signals

Models Of Emotional Experience

ch. 13 Social Cognition

Social Influence

Conformity

Social Norm Compliance

Understanding Other Minds

Imitation And Simulation

Theory Of Mind

Empathy

Self Versus Other

Autism And Social Cognition

In Focus: The Pain Of Rejection

Perceiving And Judging Social Groups

In-Group-out-Group Effects

Stereotyping And Prejudice

Note continued: Stereotype Threat

ch. 14 Psychopathology

Schizophrenia

Symptoms And Features

Frontal Lobe

Temporal Lobe

Disruption In Functional Connectivity

What Causes Schizophrenia?

Implications For Treatment

Depression

Posterior Cortical Regions

Functional Connectivity Among Cortical Regions

Therapeutic Interventions

In Focus: Can Your Genes Make You Unhappy?

Anxiety Disorders

Amygdala And Hippocampus

Action Systems In Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Substance Abuse And Addiction

Reward Pathways

Orbitofrontal Cortex

Other Brain Regions Implicated In Addiction

Conclusions And Caveats

ch. 15 Brain Development And Plasticity

Development Of The Brain

Changes In The Brain During Childhood

Changes In The Brain During Adolescence

Note continued: Influence Of The Environment On The Developing Brain

Developmental Disorders

Intellectual Disability

Dyslexia

Autism

Attention-Deficit/hyperactivity Disorder

Brain Plasticity In Adulthood

Recovery Of Function Following Brain Damage

Neurophysiological Responses To Insult

Regional Mechanisms For Recovery Of Function

Recovery Of Function In Adults

Recovery Of Function In Children

In Focus: Can Deprivation In One Sensory Modality Promote Extraordinary Abilities In Another?

Changes In The Brain With Aging

Cognitive Changes With Aging

Neural Changes With Aging

Slowing The Effects Of Aging

ch. 16 Generalized Cognitive Disorders

Closed Head Injury

Etiology

Neuropsychological Consequences

Intervention

In Focus: Closed Head Injury And Sports

Dementing Diseases

Cortical Dementias

Subcortical Dementias

Mixed-Variety Dementias

Multiple Sclerosis

Epilepsy

Note continued: Disorders Of Conscious Awareness

ch. 17 Cognitive Neuroscience And Society

Public Perceptions Of Neuroscience

Neuroscience And Education

Neuroscience And Social Inequality

Neuroscience And The Law

In Focus: Can Brain Imaging Detect Lies?

Neuroscience And Performance Optimization

Neuroscience And The Marketplace

The Neuroscience Of Morality

Summary.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781316507902

9781107158443

1107158443

1316507904

OCLC:

985974469

Publisher Number:

99976804316