Fr. 85.00

Neuroscience of Attention

Inglese · Tascabile

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"This book aims to help readers appreciate the critical role attention plays in our daily lives and it includes cutting-edge neuroscience research that is revealing the brain mechanisms of attention. Neuroscience techniques are presented in an accessible manner and current topics, along with possible interventions for attention deficits"-- Provided by publisher.

Sommario

1. What is attention?; 2. Attention in everyday life; 3. Investigating the brain: methods of cognitive neuroscience in attention research; 4. Deficits in attention; 5. The neural effects of attentional selection in the brain; 6. Voluntary versus involuntary attention; 7. The control of attention: neural systems and mechanisms; 8. Temporal attention: Timing and rhythmic processes in the brain; 9. Predictive coding models of attention: turning Perception on its head.

Info autore

Joseph B. Hopfinger is a Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Cognitive Neuroscience. He has also received the Brain Research Young Investigator Award.

Riassunto

This book aims to help readers appreciate the critical role attention plays in our daily lives and it includes cutting-edge neuroscience research that is revealing the brain mechanisms of attention. Neuroscience techniques are presented in an accessible manner and current topics, along with possible interventions for attention deficits.

Prefazione

A student-friendly account of the brain mechanisms and processes of attention critical for our perception, actions, and consciousness.

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