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Genre/Form: | Educational tools (form) |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Tim Shallice; Richard P Cooper |
ISBN: | 9780199579242 0199579245 |
OCLC Number: | 664323812 |
Description: | vi, 593 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm |
Contents: | Cognitive neuroscience: the seeds are sown -- Why "cognitive" neuroscience? -- Bridging the theoretical gap: from the brain to cognitive theory -- From cognitive impairment to cognitive models -- Inferences to the functional architecture from functional imaging -- On the semantic elements in thought -- Short-term retention, buffers, priming, and working memory -- On operations -- On supervisory processes -- Higher level modulatory processes: episodic memory -- Consciousness -- Thinking. |
Responsibility: | Tim Shallice, Richard P. Cooper. |
Abstract:
To understand the mind, we need to draw equally on the fields of cognitive science and neuroscience. But these two fields have very separate intellectual roots, and very different styles. So how can these two be reconciled in order to develop a full understanding of the mind and brain.This is the focus of this landmark new book.
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I can recommend this book to every neuropsychologist... it is more than worth the money! * Tijdschrift voor Neuropsychologie * After reading The Organisation of Mind, I now feel that no one should be allowed to adjudicate on a thesis or a grant application involving functional imaging and psychology without showing evidence of having read and considered this very complex and intellectually ambitious book. It will likely be 10 years before it is properly appreciated. * The Psychologist * Read more...
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