Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention
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Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention

  1. 514 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention

About this book

This authoritative reference provides a comprehensive examination of the nature and functions of attention and its relationship to broader cognitive processes. The editor and contributors are leading experts who review the breadth of current knowledge, including behavioral, neuroimaging, cellular, and genetic studies, as well as developmental and clinical research. Chapters are brief yet substantive, offering clear presentations of cutting-edge concepts, methods, and findings. The book addresses the role of attention deficits in psychological disorders and normal aging and considers the implications for intervention and prevention. It includes 85 illustrations.
 
New to This Edition
*Significant updates and many new chapters reflecting major advances in the field.
*Important breakthroughs in neuroimaging and cognitive modeling.
*Chapters on the development of emotion regulation and temperament.
*Expanded section on disorders, including up-to-date coverage of ADHD as well as chapters on psychopathy and autism.
*Chapters on cognitive training and rehabilitation.

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Information

Publisher
The Guilford Press
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9781609189853
eBook ISBN
9781609189877
Edition
2
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
Psychiatry & Mental Health
Index
Psychology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Front Matter
  3. Contents
  4. Chapter 1--Progress in Attention Research 2004-2011
  5. Part I--Cognitive Science
  6. Chapter 2--On the Modes and Domains of Attention
  7. Chapter 3--Boolean Map Approach to Visual Attention
  8. Chapter 4--Symbolic and Connectionist Models of Attention
  9. Chapter 5--Models of Visual Search
  10. Chapter 6--Inhibitory Mechanisms in the Attentional Networks
  11. Chapter 7--Dynamic Cognitive Control and Frontalā€“Cingulate Interactions
  12. Chapter 8--Discrete Resource Limits in Attention and Working Memory
  13. Part II--Imaging
  14. Chapter 9--Two Attentional Networks
  15. Chapter 10--Clutter and Attention in Multivoxel Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Representations
  16. Chapter 11--A Frontoparietal Attention System in Human and Monkey Brain
  17. Chapter 12--Nervous Anticipation
  18. Chapter 13--Microstructural Properties of White Matter Tracts Are Linked to the Efficiency of Specific Attention Networks
  19. Chapter 14--Tracking the Allocation of Attention in Visual Scenes with Steady-State Evoked Potentials
  20. Part III--Neuroscience
  21. Chapter 15--Using Nonhuman Primates to Study the Micro- and Macrodynamics of Neural Mechanisms of Attention
  22. Chapter 16--Top-Down Control of Attention by Rhythmic Neural Computations
  23. Chapter 17--Neural Mechanisms of Saccade Target Selection
  24. Chapter 18--Neural Circuits Controlling Visual Attention
  25. Chapter 19--Attentional Modulation of the Firing Patterns of Hippocampal Neurons
  26. Part IV--Development
  27. Chapter 20--Resting-State Studies on the Development of Control Systems
  28. Chapter 21--Development of Error Detection
  29. Chapter 22--Attentional Control and Emotion Regulation in Early Development
  30. Chapter 23--Development of Temperament and Attention
  31. Part V--Deficits and Interventions
  32. Chapter 24--Typical and Atypical Development of Attention
  33. Chapter 25--ā€œAbstraction of Mindā€
  34. Chapter 26--Cingulateā€“Frontal-Parietal Function in Health and Disease
  35. Chapter 27--Understanding Attention through Evolutionary and Epidemiological Genetics
  36. Chapter 28--Action Control in Times of Conflict
  37. Chapter 29--Early Selective Attention Abnormalities in Psychopathy
  38. Chapter 30--Attentional Impairments in Children with Chromosome 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
  39. Chapter 31--Training the Brain
  40. Chapter 32--Training of Working Memory and Attention
  41. Author Index
  42. Subject Index