Controversies in Cognitive Neuroscience

When we''re thinking about how the brain works, why do we believe that one explanation is better than another? Is the majority view necessarily the correct view? In Controversies in Cognitive Neuroscience , Scott Slotnick tackles the most contentious debates within the exciting and fast-paced field of cognitive neuroscience. Student-focused and sympathetically written, its deep engagement with cutting-edge debates will help you develop your critical thinking skills. Providing evidence from both sides of each debate, the book covers essential topics such as long-term memory, working memory, language, perception, and attention. By helping you to weigh up the evidence and choose the most compelling answer, Controversies in Cognitive Neuroscience will enhance your analytical skills. With its unique debate format and a wealth of illustrations, the book brings to life the key issues that are sparking debate within psychology and neuroscience.>

List of contents

Cognitive Neuroscience: The Bare Bones
The Fusiform Face Area
The Nature of Attentional Modulation in V1
Long-term Memory and the Medial Temporal Lobe
Working Memory Segregation in the Frontal Cortex
The Visual Word Form Area
Can Visual Mental Images be Pictorial?
The Neural Basis of Processing Animacy
The Adequacy of fMRI
Cognitive Neuroscience at a Crossroads.

About the author

Scott Slotnick is Associate Professor of Psychology at Boston College, USA.

Product details

• Authors: Scott Slotnick, Slotnick Scott
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2012
• EAN: 9780230301115
• ISBN: 978-0-230-30111-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; B, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, cognitive psychology, Biomedical and Life Sciences, attention;Cognitive Neuroscience;cortex;memory;neuroscience