Neural Correlates of Thinking

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Kraft, Eduard (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Gulyás, Balázs (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Pöppel, Ernst (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Σειρά: On Thinking, 1
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Radiology.; Neurobiology.; Psycholinguistics.; Anthropology.; Cognitive psychology.; Biomedicine.; Imaging / Radiology.; Cognitive Psychology.

The advances in neuroimaging technologies have led to substantial progress in understanding the neural mechanisms of cognitive functions. Thinking and reasoning have only recently been addressed by using neuroimaging techniques. The present book comprehensively explores current approaches and contri...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The Methods: State of the Art and Prospects
• Neural Correlates of Thinking
• Functional MRI Limitations and Aspirations
• Studying Cognition with Positron Emission Tomography
• Investigating the Neural Correlates of Percepts Using Magnetoencephalography and Magnetic Source Imaging
• EEG and Thinking
• Near-Infrared Spectroscopy for Studying Higher Cognition
• Integration of EEG and fMRI
• Neural Correlates of Key Components of Higher Cognition
• The Neural Implementation of Working Memory
• Current Perspectives on Imaging Language
• Functional Neuroimaging and the Logic of Conscious and Unconscious Mental Processes
• Knowledge Systems of the Brain
• Neural Representation of Time and Timing Processes
• From Conceptual Considerations to Neural Correlates
• Fractionating the System of Deductive Reasoning
• Human Thought and the Lateral Prefrontal Cortex
• Neural Correlates of Insight Phenomena
• Brain-Based Mechanisms Underlying Causal Reasoning.