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Synthesizing the study of cognitive science, behavioral neurology, and behavioral neuroscience, this undergraduate textbook uses clinical case studies to humanize the scientific content. Chapters cover the history of the discipline, the cellular and molecular basis of cognition, the gross and functional anatomy, methodology, perception and encoding, selective attention and orientation, learning and memory, language and the brain, cerebral lateralization and specialization, the control of action, executive functions and frontal lobes, emotion, evolution, development and plasticity, and consciousness. A glossary is provided.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


Book Description
With over four hundred new citations, Cognitive Neuroscience, Second Edition, embraces the latest findings in this cutting-edge field. A revised chapter two, "The Cellular and Molecular Basis of Cognition," introduces new analysis of the chemical systems that support cognition, outlines the modulation of neuronal transmission during development and disease, and increases coverage of the function of membrane receptors in neurochemistry. An entirely new chapter three, "Gross and Functional Anatomy of Cognition," provides a foundation for working through the functional analysis of cognitive systems in subsequent chapters. The Second Edition also includes extensive coverage of computational modeling, highlighting the ways in which modeling demonstrates the neural mechanisms of cognition.


Book Info
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. Textbook unifies cognitive psychology, behavioral neurology, and behavioral neuroscience for undergraduate students. Uses case studies to humanize the scientific content and colorful illustrations to convey the tools and methods cognitive neuroscientists use. Previous edition: c1998.


About the Author
Michael Gazzaniga (Ph.D., California Institute of Technology) has held positions at the University of California, Santa Barbara; New York University; the State University of New York, Stony Brook; Cornell University Medical College; and the University of California, Davis. Currently, he is the David T. McLaughlin Distinguished Professor at Dartmouth College. Richard Ivry (Ph.D., University of Oregon) has held positions at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and now at the University of California, Berkeley. George Mangun (Ph.D., University of California, San Diego) has taught at Dartmouth Medical School and is now at Duke University.

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With over four hundred new citations, Cognitive Neuroscience, Second Edition, embraces the latest findings in this cutting-edge field. A revised chapter two, "The Cellular and Molecular Basis of Cognition," introduces new analysis of the chemical systems that support cognition, outlines the modulation of neuronal transmission during development and disease, and increases coverage of the function of membrane receptors in neurochemistry. An entirely new chapter three, "Gross and Functional Anatomy of Cognition," provides a foundation for working through the functional analysis of cognitive systems in subsequent chapters. The Second Edition also includes extensive coverage of computational modeling, highlighting the ways in which modeling demonstrates the neural mechanisms of cognition.

Author Biography: Michael Gazzaniga (Ph.D., California Institute of Technology) has held positions at the University of California, Santa Barbara; New York University; the State University of New York, Stony Brook; Cornell University Medical College; and the University of California, Davis. Currently, he is the David T. McLaughlin Distinguished Professor at Dartmouth College. Richard Ivry (Ph.D., University of Oregon) has held positions at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and now at the University of California, Berkeley. George Mangun (Ph.D., University of California, San Diego) has taught at Dartmouth Medical School and is now at Duke University.

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