Topics in Integrative Neuroscience (eBook, PDF)

From Cells to Cognition
Redaktion: Pomerantz, James R.

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Produktbeschreibung

Neuroscience is progressing so rapidly that even expressions such as 'by leaps and bounds' fail to capture the pace of its growth. Questions that once were thought to be unanswerable - perhaps even unaskable - have been both asked and answered, and questions once unthinkable, are routine. Topics in Integrative Neuroscience has singled out four of the most important problems in neuroscience: higher order perception; language; memory systems; and sensory processes. The volume presents original contributions by many of the leading researchers in those fields, and with an initial chapter covering neuroethics. It is impossible to capture fully the sweep of discoveries that emerged from the 'Decade of the Brain' within the covers of a single volume. It is possible, however, to provide a sample, both in recognition of what has been accomplished and as a harbinger of what is surely to come.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511380938
• Artikelnr.: 38185545

Autorenporträt

James R. Pomerantz is Professor of Psychology at Rice University and Adjunct Professor of Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine. He is currently President of the Foundation for the Advancement of Behavioral and Brain Sciences in Washington DC.

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.