Brain, Perception, Memory Advances in Cognitive Neuroscience

by Bolhuis, Johan J.

• ISBN13: 9780198524823
• ISBN10: 019852482X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-18
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Cognitive neuroscience has been the most productive, and arguably the most exciting area of growth in psychology and neuroscience over recent years, with remarkable insights into the brain mechanisms of cognitive abilities being gained from studies of both animals and humans. Johan Bolhuis hasbrought together a stellar list of contributors, including, amongst others, Patrick Bateson, Lawrence Weiskrantz, Robert Hinde, Eric Kandel, Mark Johnson, and James McGaugh to provide a truly authoritative and comprehensive overview of our current knowledge of the essential neural mechanisms ofperception, learning, and memory. Written to be accessible to advanced undergraduates, and postgraduates, the book describes the latest advances in the most important fields of cognitive neuroscience. Brain, Perception, Memory will be an invaluable reference work and textbook for advanced studentsand researchers in cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and animal behaviour.

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii
Foreword	xi
Robert A. Hinde
Preface	xv
Part one: Mechanisms of Perception and Attention
Introduction	3	(4)
From vision to action: how the primate brain encodes and remembers visuomotor space	7	(10)
Michael S.A. Graziano
Mary E. Wheeler
Charles G. Gross
Integrating information from different senses in the superior colliculus	17	(18)
Barry E. Stein
Mark T. Wallace
Terrence R. Stanford
John G. McHaffie
Response synchronization, a neuronal code for relatedness	35	(14)
Wolf Singer
Visual attention in mind and brain	49	(20)
John Duncan
Predispositions in perceptual and cognitive development	69	(24)
Mark H. Johnson
Johan J. Bolhuis
Part two: Learning and Memory: Molecules, Cells and Circuits
Introduction	87	(6)
Neural mechanisms of olfactory recognition memory	93	(20)
Peter A. Brennan
Eric B. Keverne
The neural basis of avian song learning and perception	113	(14)
David F. Clayton
The avian hippocampal formation and memory for hoarded food: spatial learning out in the real world	127	(22)
Tom V. Smulders
Timothy J. DeVoogd
To consolidate or not to consolidate: what are the questions?	149	(14)
Yadin Dudai
Richard G.M. Morris
Genetic strategies for the study of hippocampal-based memory storage	163	(22)
Danny G. Winder
Eric R. Kandel
Neuronal correlates of recognition memory	185	(30)
Malcolm W. Brown
Part Three: Learning and Memory: Cognitive Systems in Animals and Humans
Introduction	211	(4)
Skill learning: the role of the cerebellum	215	(18)
David A.T. King
Richard F. Thompson
Brain systems and the regulation of memory consolidation	233	(20)
James L. McGaugh
Larry Cahill
Barbara Ferry
Benno Roozendaal
How the brain learns about danger	253	(14)
Karim Nader
Joseph E. LeDoux
Models of memory: the case of imprinting	267	(12)
Patrick Bateson
The hippocampus, perirhinal cortex and memory in the monkey	279	(20)
Mark J. Buckley
David Gaffan
Functional neuroimaging and memory systems	299	(12)
Raymond J. Dolan
To have but not to hold	311	(18)
Lawrence Weiskrantz
Part Four: Epilogue
In memory	329	(36)
Gabriel Horn
Index	365