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Cognitive neuroscience : a very short introduction / Richard Passingham.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Very short introductions ; 489.Copyright date: ©2016Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016Edition: First editionDescription: xviii, 134 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780198786221 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 612.8233 PAS 022867
LOC classification:
  • QP360.5 .P36 2016
NLM classification:
  • 2017 A-877
  • WL 103.4
Contents:
A recent field -- Perceiving -- Attending -- Remembering -- Reasoning -- Deciding -- Checking -- Acting -- The future.
Summary: In this Very Short Introduction Richard Passingham, a distinguished cognitive neuroscientist, gives a provocative and exciting account of the nature and scope of this relatively new field, and the techniques available to us, focusing on investigation of the human brain. He explains what brain imaging shows, pointing out common misconceptions, and gives a brief overview of the different aspects of human cognition: perceiving, attending, remembering, reasoning, deciding, and acting. Passingham concludes with a discussion of the exciting advances that may lie ahead.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-128) and index.

A recent field -- Perceiving -- Attending -- Remembering -- Reasoning -- Deciding -- Checking -- Acting -- The future.

In this Very Short Introduction Richard Passingham, a distinguished cognitive neuroscientist, gives a provocative and exciting account of the nature and scope of this relatively new field, and the techniques available to us, focusing on investigation of the human brain. He explains what brain imaging shows, pointing out common misconceptions, and gives a brief overview of the different aspects of human cognition: perceiving, attending, remembering, reasoning, deciding, and acting. Passingham concludes with a discussion of the exciting advances that may lie ahead.

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