1. Introducing Cognitive Neuroscience -- Cognitive Psychology -- 2. Introducing The Brain -- Structure And Functions Of The Neuron -- Gross Organization Of The Brain -- The Cerebral Cortex -- The Subcortex -- The Midbrain And Hindbrain -- 3. The Electrophysiological Brain -- Neural Representations: Single-cell Recordings -- Electroencephalography And Event-related Potentials -- Mental Chronometry In Electrophysiology And Cognitive Psychology -- Magnetoencephalography -- 4. The Imagined Brain -- Structural Imaging -- Functional Imaging -- From Image To Cognitive Theory: Cognitive Subtraction Methodology -- Event-related Versus Blocked Designs -- Is Big Brother Round The Corner? -- 5. The Lesioned Brain -- Dissociations And Associations -- Single Case Studies -- Group Studies And Lesion-deficit Analysis -- Animal Models In Neuropsychology -- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (tms) -- 6. The Seeing Brain -- From Eye To Brain -- Cortical Blindness And Blindsight --^ Functional Specialization Of The Visual Cortex -- Recognizing Objects -- Recognizing Faces -- Vision Imagined -- 7. The Spatial Brain -- Feature-integration Theory -- Space, Attention And The Parietal Lobes -- Losing Space: Seeing One Object At A Time -- Losing Half Of Space: Spatial Frames And Neglect -- Remembering Space: Does The Hippocampus Store A Long-term Map Of The Environment? -- 8. The Acting Brain -- Basic Cognitive Framework For Movement And Action -- Role Of The Frontal Lobes In Movement And Action -- Planning Actions: The Sas Model -- Ownership And Awareness Of Actions -- Action Comprehension And Imitation -- Parietofrontal Circuits For Sensory-motor Transformation -- Using Objects And Tools -- Preparation And Execution Of Actions -- 9. The Remembering Brain -- Short-term And Working Memory -- Different Types Of Long-term Memory -- Amnesia -- Memory Storage And Consolidation: Time-limited Roe For The Hippocampus? -- Theories Of Remembering, Knowing And Forgetting --^ Role Of The Prefrontal Cortex In Long-term Memory -- Constructive Memory And Memory Distortions -- 10. The Hearing Brain -- The Nature Of Sound -- From Ear To Brain -- Basic Processing Of Auditory Information -- Music Perception -- Voice Perception -- Speech Perception -- 11. The Speaking Brain -- Spoken Work Recognition -- Semantic Memory And The Meaning Of Words -- Understanding And Producing Sentences -- Retrieving Spoken Words -- 12. The Literate Brain -- Visual Word Recognition -- Does Understand The Text Require Phonological Mediation? -- Reading Aloud: Routes From Spelling To Sound -- Spelling And Writing -- Does Spelling Use The Same Mechanisms As Reading? -- 13. The Numerate Brain -- Universal Numeracy? -- Meaning Of Numbers -- Models Of Number Processing -- Are Numbers Represented In A Visuospatial Code? -- 14. The Executive Brain -- Anatomical And Functional Divisions Of The Prefrontal Cortex -- Models Of Executive Function --^ Functional Specialization Within The Lateral Prefrontal Cortex? -- Role Of The Anterior Cingulate In Executive Functions -- Task Switching -- 15. The Social And Emotional Brain -- Processing Emotions And Social Cues: Reading Faces And Reading Eyes -- Processing Emotions: Role For Somatic Responses? -- Reading Minds -- Antisocial Behavior -- 16. The Developing Brain -- Structural Development Of The Brain -- Functional Development Of The Brain: Sensitive Periods And Innate Knowledge? -- Behavioral Genetics -- Beyond Nature Versus Nurture: Gene--environment Interplay. Jamie Ward. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [387]-431) And Indexes.

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