Cognitive Neurosciences III

Book Description
Each edition of this classic reference has proved to be a benchmark
in the developing field of cognitive neuroscience. The third edition
of The Cognitive Neurosciences continues to chart new directions in
the study of the biologic underpinnings of complex cognition -- the
relationship between the structural and physiological mechanisms of
the nervous system and the psychological reality of the mind. Every
chapter is new and each section has new participants. Features of the
third edition include research that maps biological changes directly
to cognitive changes; a new and integrated view of sensory systems
and perceptual processes; the presentation of new developments in
plasticity; recent research on the cognitive neuroscience of false
memory, which reveals the constructive nature of memory retrieval;
and new topics in the neuroscientific study of emotion, including
the "social brain." The new final section, "Perspectives and New
Directions," discusses a wide variety of topics that point toward the
future of this vibrant and exciting field.