Mind and Brain

Informationen zum Autor William R. Uttal is Professor Emeritus (Engineering) at Arizona State University and Professor Emeritus (Psychology) at the University of Michigan. He is the author of many books, including The New Phrenology: On the Localization of Cognitive Processes in the Brain (MIT Press, 2001) and Distributed Neural Systems: Beyond the New Phrenology. Klappentext Cognitive neuroscience explores the relationship between our minds and our brains, most recently by drawing on brain imaging techniques to align neural mechanisms with psychological processes. In Mind and Brain, William Uttal offers a critical review of cognitive neuroscience, examining both its history and modern developments in the field. He pays particular attention to the role of brain imaging--especially functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)--in studying the mind-brain relationship. He argues that, despite the explosive growth of this new mode of research, there has been more hyperbole than critical analysis of what experimental outcomes really mean. With Mind and Brain, Uttal attempts a synoptic synthesis of this substantial body of scientific literature.

Product details

• Authors: William R Uttal, William R. Uttal, WilliamR Uttal
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2012
• EAN: 9780262015967
• ISBN: 978-0-262-01596-7
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 190 mm x 237 mm x 32 mm
• Series: The MIT Press; The MIT Press
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine