Description |
1 online resource (xiii, [1], 371 pages) : illustrations, diagrams, graphs |
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Oxford medical publications |
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Oxford medical publications.
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Contents |
Part one: Mechanisms of perception and attention. From vision to action: how the primate brain encodes and remembers visuomotor space / Michael S.A. Graziano, Mary E. Wheeler and Charles G. Gross -- Integrating information from different senses in the superior colliculus / Barry E. Stein [and others] -- Response synchronization, a neuronal code for relatedness / Wolf Singer -- Visual attention in mind and brain / John Duncan -- Predispositions in perceptual and cognitive development / Mark H. Johnson and Johan J. Bolhuis -- Part two: Learning and memory: molecules, cells and circuits. Neural mechanisms of olfactory recognition memory / Peter A. Brennan and Eric B. Keverne -- The neural basis of avian song learning and perception / David F. Clayton -- The avian hippocampal formation and memory for hoarded food: spatial learning out in the real world / Tom V. Smulders and Timothy J. DeVoogd -- To consolidate or not to consolidate: what are the questions? / Yadin Dudai and Richard G.M. Morris -- Genetic strategies for the study of hippocampal-based memory storage / Danny G. Winder and Eric R. Kandel -- Neuronal correlates of recognition memory / Malcolm W. Brown -- Part three: Learning and memory: cognitive systems in animals and humans. Skill learning: the role of the cerebellum / David A.T. King and Richard F. Thompson -- Brain systems and the regulation of memory consolidation / James L. McGaugh [and others] -- How the brain learns about danger / Karim Nader and Joseph E. LeDoux -- Models of memory: the case of imprinting / Patrick Bateson -- The hippocampus, perirhinal corlex and memory in the monkey / Mark J. Buckley and David Gaffan -- Functional neuroimaging and memory systems / Raymond J. Dolan -- To have but not to hold / Lawrence Weiskrantz -- Part four: Epilogue. In memory / Gabriel Horn |
Summary |
With contributions from Patrick Bateson, Robert Hinde, Eric Kandel and James McGaugh, this is an authoritative and comprehensive overview of current knowledge of the essential neural mechanisms of perception, learning and memory |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Cognitive neuroscience.
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Neuropsychology.
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Visual perception.
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Perception.
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Senses and sensation.
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Cognition.
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Memory.
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Learning.
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Smell.
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Cerebellum.
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Brain -- physiology
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Neuropsychology
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Visual Perception
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Perception
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Sensation
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Cognition
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Memory
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Learning
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Smell
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Superior Colliculi
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Hippocampus
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Cerebellum
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visual perception.
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cognition.
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smell (sense)
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memory (psychological concept)
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Visual perception
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Smell
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Senses and sensation
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Perception
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Neuropsychology
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Memory
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Learning
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Cognition
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Cerebellum
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Cognitive neuroscience
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Bolhuis, Johan J
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LC no. |
00056527 |
ISBN |
0198524838 |
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9780198524830 |
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019852482X |
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9780198524823 |
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9780191689246 |
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0191689246 |
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