Perceptual Neuroscience - The Cerebral Cortex

The cerebral cortex, occupying over 70 percent of our brain mass, is key to any understanding of the workings--and disorders--of the human brain. offering a comprehensive account of the role of the cerebral cortex in perception, this monumental work by one of the world's greatest living neuroscientists does nothing short of creating a new subdiscipline in the field: perceptual neuroscience.

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About the author

Vernon B. Mountcastle, M.D., was University Professor of Neuroscience, Emeritus, at the Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute of Johns Hopkins University and winner of the 1998 National Academy of Sciences Award in Neurosciences.

Summary

This monumental work creates a new subdiscipline: perceptual neuroscience. Mountcastle gathers information from a vast number of sources reaching back through two centuries, from phylogenetic, comparative, and neuroanatomical studies of the neocortex to rhythmicity and synchronization in neocortical networks and inquiries into the binding problem.

Product details

• Authors: Vernon B. Mountcastle
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.1998
• EAN: 9780674661882
• ISBN: 978-0-674-66188-2
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 257 mm x 215 mm x 42 mm
• Weight: 1250 g
• Illustrations: 109 line illustrations, 9 halftones, 10 tables
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine