Cognitive neuroscience

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Updated fully, this accessible yet thorough text highlights the most important issues in cognitive neuroscience. Written by two experienced teachers, the consistent narrative ensures that students link concepts across chapters. Clinical applications, case studies and examples demonstrate the real-world significance of the science.

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

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Publication Date:©2018
Edition:Fourth edition

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Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, United Kingdom
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2018

The Physical Object

Description:xix, 653 pages : : illustrations ; : 28 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781107158443, 1107158443, 9781316507902, 1316507904
oclc:ocn985974469
LC Classification:QP360.5
Dewey Decimal:612.8/233

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 T…

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Brain -- physiology Cognition -- physiology Cognition Disorders Cognitive neuroscience Health and Fitness Health and Wellbeing Mental Processes -- physiology Neurosciences cognitives Troubles de la cognition