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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465831903321

Autore

Fuster Joaquin M

Titolo

Cortex and mind [[electronic resource] ] : unifying cognition / / Joaquín M. Fuster

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-19-029377-2

0-19-973105-5

1-280-84630-5

0-19-530084-X

9786610846306

Edizione

[Paperback ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Disciplina

612.8

612.825

Soggetti

Cognition

Cerebral cortex

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-284) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Introduction; The Problem; Cognitive Networks: Theory; Cognitive Networks: Neuroscience; The Cognit; 2 Neurobiology of Cortical Networks; Phylogeny of the Cortex; Ontogeny of the Cortex; Cognitive Network Formation; Extracortical Factors; Basic Structure of Cognitive Networks; 3 Functional Architecture of the Cognit; Structure of Knowledge in Connectionist Models; Categories of Knowledge; Cortical Modularity; Cortical Hierarchy of Perceptual Networks; Cortical Hierarchy of Executive Networks; Heterarchical Representation in Association Cortex; 4 Perception

Perceptual CategorizationGestalt; Cortical Dynamics of Perception; Perceptual Binding; Perception-Action Cycle; 5 Memory; Formation of Memory; Short-Term Memory; Perceptual Memory; Executive Memory; Retrieval of Memory; 6 Attention; Biological Roots of Attention; Perceptual Attention; Working Memory; Executive Attention; Set and Expectancy; Execution and Monitoring; 7 Language; Neurobiology of Language; Hemispheric Lateralization; Neuropsychology of Language;



Functional Architecture of Semantics; Cortical Dynamics of Syntax; 8 Intelligence; Development of Intelligence; Anatomy of Intelligence

ReasoningProblem Solving; Decision Making; Creative Intelligence; 9 Epilogue on Consciousness; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

1. Introduction; The Problem; Cognitive Networks: Theory; Cognitive Networks: Neuroscience; The Cognit    2. Neurobiology of Cortical Networks; Phylogeny of the Cortex; Ontogeny of the Cortex; Cognitive Network Formation; Extracortical Factors; Basic Structure of Cognitive Networks  3. Functional Architecture of the Cognit; Structure of Knowledge in Connectionist Models; Categories of Knowledge; Cortical Modularity; Cortical Hierarchy of Perceptual Networks; Cortical Hierarchy of Executive Networks; Heterarchical Representation in Association Cortex  4. Perception; Perceptual Categorization; G