The Neuropsychology of Attention

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Cohen, Ronald A. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Έκδοση: 2nd ed. 2014.
• Θέματα: Psychology.; Neurology.; Psychiatry.; Neuropsychology.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; Child and School Psychology.

Once viewed as a somewhat vague metaphysical construct, not suitable for behavioral  inquiry, attention  is now recognized as a core cognitive function, essential to the brain's processing of outside stimuli. Not surprisingly in an era of advanced information technologies--and rising rates of A...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part One: Foundations
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2:   Historical and Philosophical Antecedents
• Chapter 3: Cognitive Psychology of Attention
• Chapter 4:   Cognitive science of attention: Current concepts and approaches
• Chapter 5:    Intention, Response Selection, and Executive-Attention
• Chapter 6:   Focused and Sustained Attention
• Chapter 7: Behavioral Perspectives
• Chapter 8:  Orienting Response: Index of Attention
• Chapter 9:   Physiological Substrates of Attention
• Chapter 10: Neural Mechanisms of Attention
• Chapter 11: Models and Mechanisms of Attention
• Part II. Neuropsychology of Attention
• Chapter 12:   Disorders of Sensory Selective Attention
• Chapter 13:  Attention and the Frontal Cortex
• Chapter 14: Subcortical and Limbic Influences
• Chapter 15:  Attention Disturbances Associated with Neurological Disease
• Chapter 16: Medical Disorders and Behavioral Risk Factors
• Chapter 17:  Psychiatric Disturbances of Attention
• Chapter 18: Developmental Disorders
• Chapter 19:  Clinical Considerations: Assessment and Treatment
• Chapter 20: Neuropsychological Models of Attention Disturbance
• Part III.  Toward an Integrated Attentional Framework
• Chapter 21: Consciousness and Self-Directed Attention
• Chapter 22: Neural Constraints on Attention
• Chapter 23: Processing Speed and Attentional Resources
• Chapter 24:   Mutual Constraints of Memory and Attention
• Chapter 25: Spatial and Temporal Determinants of Attention
• Chapter 26: Neuroimaging of Attention
• Chapter 27: Computational Models for the Analysis of Attention
• Chapter 28: Neuropsychology of Attention: Synthesis.