Conversations in the Cognitive Neurosciences

by Gazzaniga, Michael S.

• ISBN13: 9780262571173
• ISBN10: 026257117X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-01-01
• Publisher: Bradford Books

Summary

Conversations in the Cognitive Neurosciencesis a brief, informative yet informal guide to recent developments in the cognitive neurosciences by the scientists who are in the thick of things. "Getting a fix on important questions and how to think about them from an experimental point of view is what scientists talk about, sometimes endlessly. It is those conversations that thrill and motivate," observes Michael Gazzaniga. Yet all too often these exciting interactions are lost to students, researchers, and others who are "doing" science. Conversations in the Cognitive Neurosciencesbrings together a series of interviews with prominent individuals in neuroscience, linguistics, philosophy, and psychology that have appeared over the past few years in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. The ten interviews are divided into five sections: basic neuroscience approaches to cognition (Floyd Bloomand Mark Raichle), attentional and perceptual processes (Michael I. Posnerand William T. Newsome), neural basis of memory (Randy Gallisteland Endel Tulving), language (Steven Pinkerand Alfonso Caramazza), and imagery and consciousness (Stephen M. Kosslynand Daniel C. Dennett). A Bradford Book

Table of Contents

Preface

Basic Neuroscience Approaches to Cognition

Neurochemical

Brain Imaging

Attentional and Perceptual Processes

Attention

Perceptual Processes

Neural Basis of Memory

Neurons and Memory

Human Memory

Language

Evolutionary Perspectives

Brain and Language

Imagery and Consciousness

Mental Imagery

Qualia

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