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Zusatztext '...the editors of the present volume...assembled a stallar cast and prepared an effective! concise volume.' Klappentext The prefrontal cortex! one of the most important areas of research in contemporary neuropsychology! appears to be linked with executive processes affecting many diverse areas of cognition! including working memory! information processing! behavioral organization! and attention. This state-of-the-art account of our knowledge of the prefrontal cortex brings together contributions from some of the world's leading researchers on the subject. The authors discuss the many recent theoretical and technical advances in the field--from advances in our understanding of the neural architecture of the prefrontal cortex to the use of functional neuroimaging and from new ideas about the relationships between neuronal activity and behavior to comparisons between human and non-human primate cognition. One of the first books to be written on the subject! The Prefrontal Cortex will be important reading for all researchers and students in neuro- and cognitive psychology! and neuroscience. Zusammenfassung The role of the prefrontal cortex is one of the most topical and important areas of research in contemporary neuropsychology. This cortical region appears to be linked with executive processes affecting many diverse areas of cognitive function. Working memory, information processing, behavioural organization, attention, judgement, and the ability to cope with novel experiences are just some of the diverse processes it affects. This book brings together contributions from some of the world's leading researchers on the prefrontal cortex. They discuss the many recent theoretical and technical advances in the field - for example in our understanding of the neural architecture of the prefrontal cortex, in the development of comparable texts of cognition in humans and other primates, in our understanding of the relationships between neuronal activity and behaviour, and in the increasing use of functional neuroimaging to identify different levels of organization within the prefrontal cortex. These important developments make this an ideal time to address the many questions and debates that have arisen about the role and functional organization of this area of the brain. One of the first books to be written on the subject, The Prefrontal Cortex is a state-of-the-art account of our knowledge of this exciting subject. It will be welcomed by all researchers and students in neuro- and cognitive psychology, and neuroscience. 1. Introduction; 2. Working memory and executive control; 3. The domain of supervisory processes and temporal organization of behaviour; 4. The somatic marker hypothesis and the possible functions of the prefrontal cortex; 5. Comparison of prefrontal architecture and connections; 6. The orbitofrontal cortex; 7. The prefrontal landscape: implications of functional architecture for understanding human mentation and the central executive; 8. Specialized systems for the precessing of mnemonic information within the prinmate frontal cortex; 9. Dissociating executive functions of the prefrontal cortex; 10. Attention to action; 11. Evidence of the importance of dopamine for prefrontal cortex functions early in life; 12. Prefrontal function in schizophrenia: confounds and controversies; 13. The role of the prefrontal cortex in self-consciousness: the case of auditory hallucinations; 14. A computational approach to prefrontal cortex, cognitive control and schizophrenia: recent developments and current challenges; 15. Conclusions...
