Essentials of cognitive neuroscience

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Essentials of Cognitive Neuroscience guides undergraduate and early-stage graduate students with no previous neuroscientific background through the fundamental principles and themes in a concise, organized, and engaging manner. Provides students with the foundation to understand primary literature, recognize current controversies in the field, and engage in discussions on cognitive neuroscience and its future Introduces important experimental methods and techniques integrated throughout the text Assists student comprehension through four-color images and thorough pedagogical resources throughout the text Accompanied by a robust website with multiple choice questions, experiment vidoes, fMRI data, web links and video narratives from a global group of leading scientists for students. For Instructors there are sample syllabi and exam questions Content: Title Page Copyright Page Brief Contents Contents Preface Acknowledgments Methodology Boxes Walk Through of Pedagogical Features Companion Website Section I The Neurobiology of Thinking Introduction to Section I The Neurobiology of Thinking COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE? OR ""HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE""? OR ""NEUROSCIENCE-WITH-DIRECT IMPLICATIONS-FOR-UNDERSTANDING-HUMAN-BEHAVIOR""? Chapter 1 Introduction and History KEY THEMES TIMELINE: NINTEENTH- AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY ORIGINS OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE A BRIEF (AND SELECTIVE) HISTORY Localization of function vs. mass action. The first scientifically rigorous demonstrations of localization of functionWHAT IS A BRAIN AND WHAT DOES IT DO? LOOKING AHEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS REFERENCES OTHER SOURCES USED FURTHER READING Chapter 2 The Brain KEY THEMES PEP TALK GROSS ANATOMY The cerebral cortex THE NEURON Electrical and chemical properties of the neuron Neuroanatomical techniques exploit the physiology of the neuron OSCILLATORY FLUCTUATIONS IN THE MEMBRANE POTENTIAL Neurons are never truly "at rest" Synchronous oscillation COMPLICATED, AND COMPLEX. END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONSREFERENCES OTHER SOURCES USED FURTHER READING Section II Sensation, Perception, Attention, and Action Introduction to Section II Sensation, Perception, Attention, and Action Chapter 3 Sensation and Perception of Visual Signals KEY THEMES THE DOMINANT SENSE IN PRIMATES ORGANIZATION OF THE VISUAL SYSTEM The visual field The retinotopic organization of primary visual cortex INFORMATION PROCESSING IN PRIMARY VISUAL CORTEX -- BOTTOM UP FEATURE DETECTION The V1 neuron as feature detector Columns, hypercolumns, and pinwheels. INFORMATION PROCESSING IN PRIMARY VISUAL CORTEX -- INTERACTIVITYFeedforward and feedback projections of V1 Circularity? It can depend on your perspective The relation between visual processing and the brain's physiological state WHERE DOES SENSATION END? WHERE DOES PERCEPTION BEGIN? END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS REFERENCES OTHER SOURCES USED FURTHER READING Chapter 4 Audition and Somatosensation KEY THEMES APOLOGIA AUDITION Auditory sensation Auditory perception Adieu to audition SOMATOSENSATION Transduction of mechanical and thermal energy, and of pain Somatotopy. Somatosensory plasticityPhantom limbs and phantom pain Proprioception Adieu to sensation END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS REFERENCES OTHER SOURCES USED FURTHER READING Chapter 5 The Visual System KEY THEMES FAMILIAR PRINCIPLES AND PROCESSES, APPLIED TO HIGHER-LEVEL REPRESENTATIONS TWO PARALLEL PATHWAYS A diversity of projections from V1 A functional dissociation of visual perception of what an object is vs. where it is located Interconnectedness within and between the two pathways THE ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE VENTRAL VISUAL PROCESSING STREAM.