This genuinely interdisciplinary work documents the history of the study of consciousness and examines how thinking about this topic has evolved, from Aristotle to Penfield. By studying the experiments that have given rise to popularjargon on the relationship between brain function and psychological attributes, this well-informed critique aims to challenge, provoke and illuminate neuroscientists, psychologists, philosophers and general readers alike. INDICE: Cognitive Neuroscience: A Conceptual Analysis. Introduction. 1. Perceptions, Sensations and Cortical Function: Helmholtz to Singer:. 2. Attention. Awareness and Cortical Function: Helmholtz to Raichle:. 3. Memory and Cortical Function: Milner to Kandel:. 4. Language and Cortical Function: Wernicke to Levelt:4.1 Introduction: psycholinguistics and the neuroanatomy of language.5. Emotion and Cortical-Subcortical Function: Darwin to Damasio:. 6. Conceptual Presuppositions of Cognitive Neuroscience:. References
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-8182-2
- Editorial: Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 328
- Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés