Cognitive neuroscience has been the most productive, and arguably the most exciting area of growth in psychology and neuroscience with insights into the brain mechanisms of cognitive abilities being gained from studies of both animals and humans. Johan Bolhuis has brought together a list of contributors to provide an overview of our knowledge of the neural mechanisms of perception, learning, and memory. Written for advanced undergraduates, and postgraduates, the book describes advances in important fields of cognitive neuroscience. It is intended as a reference work and textbook for advanced students and researchers in cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and animal behaviour.
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978-0-19-852483-0 (9780198524830)
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Mechanisms of perception and attention; from vision to action: how the primate brain encodes and remembers visuo-motor space; integrating information from different senses in the superior colliculus; response synchronization, a neural code for relatedness; visual attention in mind and brain; predispositions in perceptual and cognitive development; learning and memory - molecules, cells and circuits; neural mechanisms of olfactory recognition memory; the neural basis of avian song learning and perception; the avian hippocampal formation and memory for hoarded food - spatial learning out in the real world; to consolidate or not to consolidate - what are the questions?; Genetic strategies for the study of hippocampal based memory storage. (Part contents).