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160527s2016 enka 001|0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
9780198786221 |
| 060 ## - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
WL 103.5. |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal author |
Passingham, Richard |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Cognitive neuroscience : |
| Subtitle |
a very short introduction |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
Oxford : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Oxford University Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2016. |
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©2016 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Physical description |
xviii, 134 p. : |
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illustrations ; |
| Dimensions |
18 cm |
| 490 1# - SERIES TITLE |
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| Series statement |
Very short introductions ; |
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489 |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - ABSTRACT |
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| Abstract |
Up to the 1960s, psychology was deeply under the influence of behaviourism, which focused on stimuli and responses, and regarded consideration of what may happen in the mind as unapproachable scientifically. This began to change with the devising of methods to try to tap into what was going on in the 'black box' of the mind, and the development of 'cognitive psychology'. With the study of patients who had suffered brain damage or injury to limited parts of the brain, outlines of brain components and processes began to take shape, and by the end of the 1970s, a new science, cognitive neuroscience, was born. But it was with the development of ways of accessing activation of the working brain using imaging techniques such as PET and fMRI that cognitive neuroscience came into its own, as a science cutting across psychology and neuroscience, with strong connections to philosophy of mind. Experiments involving subjects in scanners while doing various tasks, thinking, problem solving, and remembering are shedding light on the brain processes involved. The research is exciting and new, and often makes media headlines. But there is much misunderstanding about what brain imaging tells us, and the interpretation of studies on cognition. In this Very Short Introduction Richard Passingham, a distinguished cognitive neuroscientist, gives a provocative and exciting account of the nature and scope of this relatively new field, and the techniques available to us, focusing on investigation of the human brain. He explains what brain imaging shows, pointing out common misconceptions, and gives a brief overview of the different aspects of human cognition: perceiving, attending, remembering, reasoning, deciding, and acting. Passingham concludes with a discussion of the exciting advances that may lie ahead. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT HEADINGS |
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| Subject term |
Cognition |
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| Subject term |
Neuropsychology |
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7133 |
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Neuropsychiatry |
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| Subject term |
Neuroscience |
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| Uniform title |
Very short introductions ; |
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489. |
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Do not Suppress in OPAC |