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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823520503321

Titolo

Methods in mind / / edited by Carl Senior, Tamara Russell, and Michael S. Gazzaniga

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006

ISBN

0-262-28341-7

1-282-09772-5

9786612097720

1-4294-7766-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (395 p.)

Collana

Cognitive neuroscience

Altri autori (Persone)

SeniorCarl

RussellTamara

GazzanigaMichael S

Disciplina

612.8/233

Soggetti

Cognitive neuroscience

Magnetic brain stimulation

Neuropharmacology

Developmental psychology

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface: Cognitive Neuroscience: The Evolution of a Discipline; 1 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Human Cognition; 2 Cognitive Neuropsychiatric Approach ; 3 Cognitive Neuroscience and Nonhuman Primates: Lesion Studies ; 4 Cognitive Neuropsychology and Computational Modeling: The Contribution of Computational Neuroscience to Understanding the Mind; 5 Skin Conductance: A Psychophysiological Approach to the Study of Decision Making; 6 Single Neurons and Primate Behavior ; 7 Grid Computing and the Future of Neuroscience Computation ; 8 Eye Movements ; 9 Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

10 Electroencephalography11 Imaging Genetics; 12 Magnetoencephalography ; 13The Chemistry of Cognition ; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Experts discuss the wide variety of investigative tools available to cognitive neuroscience, including transcranial magnetic stimulation,



neuroscience computation, fMRI, imaging genetics, and neuropharmacology, with particular emphasis on convergence of t.