Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention, First Edition
1st Edition
Published on 2. September 2004
Book
Hardback
466 pages
978-1-59385-048-7 (ISBN)
Description
This volume presents the latest advances in understanding attention: its anatomy, circuitry, functions, and deficits. Outstanding investigators have written brief yet substantive chapters in which they not only summarize key findings but also illuminate their goals and the directions their research is taking. Coverage includes different cognitive models of attention; knowledge emerging from functional imaging and genetic studies; and neurophysiological, developmental, and neuropsychological approaches. Emerging knowledge is presented on processes that impair or alter attention, and clinical implications are discussed. Linking many levels of analysis, and featuring over one hundred illustrations, the book moves us closer to a coherent view of the attentional system and the key role it plays in everyday life.
Reviews / Votes
"The man who turned the study of attention into one of the dominant ideas of cognitive neuroscience has now edited the book that trumps all previous efforts. Everything is here and more to show how the cognitive system rests on understanding the nature of attention. - Michael S. Gazzaniga, PhD, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Dartmouth College This volume is sure to remain the definitive work on the subject for a number of years to come. - Dr. Tim Shallice, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, UK; International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy It's been nearly 115 years since William James famously noted that 'everyone knows what attention is.' From this intuitive appeal to our commonsense notion of how the brain works to the present time, progress in our understanding of attention has been breathtaking. Assembled by one of the modern pioneers of attention research and contributed to by virtually all the major figures in the field, this volume clearly sets out what 'everyone knows' attention is today. - Marcus E. Raichle, MD, Mallinckrodt institute of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 174 mm
Weight
988 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59385-048-7 (9781593850487)
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Michael I. Posner
Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention, Second Edition
Book
12/2011
2nd Edition
Guilford Publications
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Content
Part 1. Introduction. Part 2. Cognitive Models of Attention. Part 3. Imaging Attention. Part 4. Synaptic and Genetic Studies. Part 5.Development of Attention. Part 6. Deficits of Attention.