The frontal lobes : development, function, and pathology / edited by Jarl Risberg and Jordan Grafman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Risberg, Jarl, editor.

Grafman, Jordan, editor.

Series:

Series for the International Neuropsychological Society.

Series for the International Neuropsychological Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frontal lobes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 226 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The frontal lobes and their functional properties are recognised as crucial to establishing our identity as autonomous human beings. This book provides a broad introductory overview of this unique brain region. In an accessible and readable style it covers the evolutionary significance of the frontal lobes, typical and atypical development pathways, the role played in normal cognition, memory and emotion, and in damaged states, resulting in a range of neurological syndromes and psychiatric disturbances. The coverage integrates current theoretical knowledge with observations of both normal and disturbed behaviour across the lifespan. The result is an easy to read review of this fascinating and involved field suitable for graduate students in neuropsychology and psychology, clinicians from the fields of neurology, neurosurgery or psychiatry, and researchers engaged in neuroscientific investigations.

Contents:

Evolutionary aspects on the frontal lobes / Jarl Risberg

Organization of the principal pathways of prefrontal lateral, medial, and orbitofrontal cortices in primates and implications for their collaborative interaction in executive function / Helen Barbas

Human prefrontal cortex : processes and representations / Jordan Grafman

A microcircuit model of prefrontal functions : ying and yang of reverberatory neurodynamics in cognition / Xiao-Jing Wang

Prefrontal cortex : typical and atypical development / Maureen Dennis

Case studies of focal pre-frontal lesions in man / David Loring, Kimford J. Meador

Left prefrontal function and semantic organization during encoding and retrieval in healthy and psychiatric populations / Daniel Ragland

Clinical symptoms and neuropathology in organic dementing disorders affecting the frontal lobes / Arne Brun, Lars Gustafson.

Human prefrontal cortex: processes and representations / Jordan Grafman

A microcircuit model of prefrontal functions: Ying and Yang of reverberatory neurodynamics in cognition / Xiao-Jing Wang

Prefrontal cortex: typical and atypical development / Maureen Dennis

Case studies of focal pre-frontal lesions in man / David Loring, Kimford Meador

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-15788-9

1-281-08566-9

9786611085667

1-139-13152-4

0-511-35048-1

0-511-34868-1

0-511-34771-5

0-511-54591-6

0-511-34960-2

OCLC:

476118389