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“The Student’s Guide to Cognitive Neuroscience is the best introductory textbook I know. I teach with it myself and I recommend it to colleagues in other fi elds who want to understand the basic questions, methods and fi ndings of cognitive neuroscience.” - Martha Farah, Director, Center for Neuroscience & Society and Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, and Walter H. Annenberg Professor in the Natural Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, USA
“I thought the fi rst edition was the best textbook I have come across on cognitive neuroscience. This second edition is even better.” - Robert H. Logie, Professor of Human Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh, UK
Now in full color,• the book is richly illustrated and engagingly written to capture students’ attention
Two completely new chapters• on the Hearing Brain and the Developing Brain
Coverage of all the key topics in • cognition, and cognitive neuroscience methods, specifically tailored to undergraduate needs
Accompanied by free online resources • for both instructors and students, including chapter-by-chapter PowerPoint lecture course, multiple-choice question bank, active reference links and more
Pedagogical features• include key term definitions, chapter and key point summaries, example essay questions and recommended further reading
Can be used for 2• nd year compulsory modules (as well as 3rd year optional)
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The Student’s Guide to Cognitive Neuroscience
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Dr. Jamie Ward is a Reader (Associate Professor) at the University of Sussex, UK. His principal research interest lies in the cognitive neuroscience of synesthesia, although he has published on many other topics. His research uses a number of methods in cognitive neuroscience, including human neuropsychology, functional imaging, EEG and TMS. His other books include The Frog Who Croaked Blue: Synesthesia and the Mixing of the Senses, published by Routledge.
Refl ecting recent changes in the way cognition and the brain are studied, this thoroughly updated edition of the best-selling textbook provides a comprehensive and student-friendly guide to cognitive neuroscience.
Jamie Ward provides an easy-to-follow introduction to neural structure and function. This book also presents all the key methods and procedures of cognitive neuroscience to help students understand how they can be used to shed light on the neural basis of cognition.
The book presents an up-to-date overview of the latest theories and fi ndings in all the key topics in cognitive neuroscience, including vision, attention, memory, speech and language, numeracy, executive function, and social and emotional behavior. This edition also contains two completely new chapters on developmental cognitive neuroscience and hearing. Throughout, case studies, newspaper reports and everyday examples are used to help students understand the more challenging ideas that underpin the subject. The book also encourages critical thinking by engaging students in the key debates surrounding the topics.
Each chapter includes:
Summaries of key terms and points •
Example essay questions •
Recommended further reading •
Feature boxes exploring interesting and popular questions and their implications • for the subject.
Written in an engaging style by a leading researcher in the fi eld, and now in full-color with numerous illustrative materials, this book will be invaluable as a core text for undergraduate modules in cognitive neuroscience. It can also be used as a key text on courses in cognition, cognitive neuropsychology, or brain and behavior. Those embarking on research will fi nd it an invaluable starting point and reference.
The Student’s Guide to Cognitive Neuroscience, 2nd Edition is accompanied by a set of online resources available free of charge to departments that recommend the textbook.
January 2010: 7½x10: 464ppHardcover: 978-1-84872-002-2: £49.95 Paperback: 978-1-84872-003-9: £29.95
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1. Introducing Cognitive Neuroscience.
Cognitive Neuroscience in Historical Perspective. Does Cognitive Psychology Need the Brain? Does Neuroscience Need Cognitive Psychology?
2. Introducing the Brain.
Structure and Function of the Neuron. The Gross Organization of the Brain. The Cerebral Cortex. The Subcortex. The Midbrain and Hindbrain.
3. The Electrophysiological Brain.
In Search of Neural Representations: Single-cell Recordings. Electroencephalography and Event-related Potentials. Mental Chronometry in Electrophysiology and Cognitive Psychology. Magnetoencephalography.
4. The Imaged Brain.
Structural Imaging. Functional Imaging. From Image to Cognitive Theory: An Example of Cognitive Subtraction Methodology. Beyond Cognitive Subtraction. Event-related versus Blocked Designs. Analyzing Data from Functional Imaging. Interpreting Data from Functional Imaging. Why Do Functional Imaging Data Sometimes Disagree With Lesion Data? Is “Big Brother” Round the Corner?
5. The Lesioned Brain.
Dissociations and Associations. Single Case Studies. Group Studies and Lesion-deficit Analysis. Animal Models in Neuropsychology. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). Facilitation, Interference and Functional Integration Using TMS.
6. The Seeing Brain.
From Eye to Brain. Cortical Blindness and “Blindsight”. Functional Specialization of the Visual Cortex Beyond V1.
Recognizing Objects. Category Specificity in Visual Object Recognition? Recognizing Faces. Vision Imagined.
7. The Spatial Brain.
A Spotlight on Attention. Attending to Visual Objects: Feature-integration Theory. Space, Attention and the Parietal Lobes. Losing Space: Seeing One Object at a Time. Losing Half of Space: Spatial Frames and Neglect. Remembering Space: Does the Hippocampus Store a Long-term Map of the Environment?
8. The Acting Brain.
A Basic Cognitive Framework for Movement and Action. The Role of the Frontal Lobes in Movement and Action. Planning Actions: The SAS Model. Ownership and Awareness of Actions. Action Comprehension and Imitation. Parietofrontal Circuits for Sensory-motor Transformation. Using Objects and Tools. Preparation and Execution of Actions.
9. The Remembering Brain.
Short-term and Working Memory. Different Types of Long-term Memory. Amnesia. Memory Storage and Consolidation: A Time-limited Role for the Hippocampus? Theories of Remembering, Knowing and Forgetting. The Role of the Prefrontal Cortex in Long-term Memory. Constructive Memory and Memory Distortions.
10. The Hearing Brain.
The Nature of Sound. From Ear to Brain. Basic Processing of Auditory Information. Music Perception. Voice Perception. Speech Perception.
11. The Speaking Brain.
Spoken Word Recognition. Semantic Memory and the Meaning of Words. Understanding and Producing Sentences. Retrieving Spoken Words.
12. The Literate Brain.
Visual Word Recognition. Does Understanding Text Require Phonological Mediation? Reading Aloud: Routes from Spelling to Sound. Spelling and Writing. Does Spelling Use the Same Mechanisms as Reading?
13. The Numerate Brain.
Universal Numeracy? The Meaning of Numbers. Models of Number Processing. Are Numbers Represented in a Visuospatial Code?
14. The Executive Brain.
Anatomical and Functional Divisions of the Prefrontal Cortex. Executive Functions in Practice. Models of Executive Function. Functional Specialization Within the Lateral Prefrontal Cortex? The Role of the Anterior Cingulate in Executive Functions. Task Switching.
15. The Social and Emotional Brain.
Processing Emotions and Social Cues: Reading Faces and Reading Eyes. Processing Emotions: A Role for Somatic Responses? Reading Minds. Antisocial Behavior.
16. The Developing Brain.
Structural Development of the Brain. Functional Development of the Brain: Sensitive Periods and Innate Knowledge? Behavioral Genetics. Beyond Nature versus Nurture: Gene–Environment Interplay.
References. Author Index. Subject Index.
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Active Reference Links to the journal articles cited in each • chapter. These link to the full text of the article if your institution subscribes to that journal, or to the abstract if not.
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THE STUDENT’S GUIDE TO COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
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Praise for the 1st edition:
“The Student’s Guide to Cognitive Neuroscience is unique in that there are no comparable textbooks aimed at this level and it does an excellent job of providing a solid grounding in this broad fi eld.” - Charvy Narain, in Nature Neuroscience
“Jamie Ward has done a great service to the neuroscience community: he has written an easy to read, enjoyable introduction to cognitive neuroscience that will attract many students to the discipline. … I will certainly use this book for my courses.” - Professor Alfonso Caramazza, the Cognitive Neuropsychology Laboratory, Harvard University, USA
“Ward presents all the essential topics in cognitive neuroscience in a compact, impeccably organized, well-referenced and newly colorful package. But where this text really excels is in engaging the student and stimulating critical thinking by consistently asking the student to think about the ‘why’ and not just the ‘what.’” - Jennifer Mangels, Associate Professor, Baruch College, City University of New York, USA
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