Topics in Integrative Neuroscience

From Cells to Cognition
Herausgeber: Pomerantz, James R.

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Produktbeschreibung

A presentation of four key areas in neuroscience: sensory processes, perception and attention, memory and language.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 768g
• ISBN-13: 9780521143400
• ISBN-10: 0521143403
• Artikelnr.: 31188869

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Preface; Overview of neuroscience, choice and
responsibility James R. Pomerantz; 1. Neuroscience, choice and
responsibility Patricia S. Churchland; Part I. Higher Order Perception;
Section 1. Overview of Higher Order Visual Perception Michael I. Posner: 2.
Attention as an organ system Michael I. Posner and Jin Fan; 3. Cortical
dynamics and visual perception Charles Gilbert; 4. Cortical mechanisms of
visuospatial attention in humans and monkeys Sabine Kastner, Peter De
Weerd, and Leslie Ungerleider; Part II. Language; Section 2. Introduction
to Language Section Helen J. Neville: 5. Varying degrees of plasticity in
different subsystems within language Lisa D. Sanders, Christine M.
Weber-Fox and Helen J. Neville; 6. The functional architecture of speech
perception David Poeppel, Martin Hackl; 7. Varieties of silence: the impact
of neuro-degenerative diseases on language systems in the brain Karalyn
Patterson, Naida L. Graham, Matthew A. Lamdon Ralph and John R. Hodges; 8.
Why is language unique to humans? Jacques Mehler, Marina Nespor and Marcela
Peña; Part III. Memory Systems; Section 3. Introduction to Memory Section
Larry R. Squire: 9. Memory systems Larry R. Squire and Craig E. L. Stark;
10. A brain system for declarative memory Seth J. Ramus and Howard B.
Eichenbaum; 11. The role of the lateral nucleus of the amygdala in auditory
fear conditioning Hugh T. Blair, Karim Nader, Gleen E. Schafe, Elizabeth P.
Bauer, Sarina M. Rodrigues and Joseph E. LeDoux; 12. On crucial roles of
hippocampal NMDA receptors in acquisition and recall of associative memory
Kazu Nakazawa, Matthew A. Wilson, and Susumu Tonegawa; Part IV. Sensory
Processes; Section 4. Overview of Sensory Processes James R. Pomerantz: 13.
Song selectivity, singing, and synaptic plasticity in songbirds Michele M.
Solis, Neal A. Hessler, Charlotte A. Boettiger, and Allison J. Doupe; 14.
Voltage-dependent sodium currents in hair cells of the inner ear Julian R.
A. Wooltorton, Karen M. Hurley, Hong Bao, and Ruth Anne Eatock; Index.