Human Anatomy - Nervous System, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Neurology, Neuroanatomy, Self-Improvement, Characteristics & Qualities - Self-Improvement
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Overview
Of the myriad tasks that the brain has to perform, perhaps none is as crucial to the performance of other tasks as attention. A central thesis of this book on the cognitive neuroscience of attention is that attention is not a single entity, but a finite set of brain processes that interact mutually and with other brain processes in the performance of perceptual, cognitive, and motor skills.Incl. neuroanatomy of visual attention; ADHD symptoms, cognitive processes & neural networks; aging & dementia etc.
Synopsis
A central thesis of this book on the cognitive neuroscience of attention is that attention is not a single entity, but a finite set of brain processes that interact mutually and with other brain processes in the performance of perceptual, cognitive, and motor skills.
Nature October 29, 1998 - Steven Yantis
Raja Parasuraman has now compiled an exciting collection of papers aimed at one of the most fruitful subjects cognitive neuroscientists have tackled: attention... these chapters provide excellent introductions to more than a dozen fascinating problems concerning how the brain exerts control over cognition.
Editorials
Journal of the American Medical Association
If attention research is your profession, you'll find in The Attentive Brain a useful survey of the state of the science. It's a solid, well-written, richly referenced technical review.Steven Yantis
Raja Parasuraman has now compiled an exciting collection of papers aimed at one of the most fruitful subjects cognitive neuroscientists have tackled: attention... these chapters provide excellent introductions to more than a dozen fascinating problems concerning how the brain exerts control over cognition.— Nature October 29, 1998
Book Details
Published
July 1, 2000
Publisher
MIT Press
Pages
589
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780262661126