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Perception beyond Inference: The Information Content of Visual Processes
Proposing a new paradigm for perceptual science that goes beyond standard information theory and digital computation. This book breaks with the conventional model of perception that views vision as a mere inference to an objective reality on the basis of "inverse optics." The authors offer the alternative view that perception is an expressive and awareness-generating process. Perception creates…
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- 9780262295550
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- 1 online resource (ix, 445 pages) :illustrations
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A brain for numbers :the biology of the number instinct
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- 9780262354318
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- 1 online resource (344 pages).
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The Cognitive Neuroscience of Mind: A Tribute to Michael S. Gazzaniga
These essays on a range of topics in the cognitive neurosciences report on the progress in the field over the twenty years of its existence and reflect the many groundbreaking scientific contributions and enduring influence of Michael Gazzaniga, 'the godfather of cognitive neuroscience'.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262266055
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- 1 online resource (ix, 240 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) :illustrations (some color)
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Handbook of functional neuroimaging of cognition
A new edition of the essential resource on using functional neuroimaging techniques to study the neural basis of cognition, revised with the student in mind; thoroughly updated, with new chapters on fMRI physics, skill learning, emotion and social cognition, and other topics. This essential resource on neuroimaging provides an accessible and user-friendly introduction to the field written by le…
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- 2nd ed.
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- 9780262316323
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- 1 online resource (x, 492 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color).
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- Cognitive Neuroscience
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- 610 HAN
Zen-Brain Horizons: Toward a Living Zen
A neurologist and Zen practitioner clarifies the benefits of meditative training, drawing on classical Buddhist literature and modern brain research."In Zen-Brain Horizons, James Austin draws on his decades of experience as a neurologist and Zen practitioner to clarify the benefits of meditative training. Austin integrates classical Buddhist literature with modern brain research, exploring the …
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- 9780262321150
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- 1 online resource (xxi, 273 pages) :color illustrations
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Explaining the computational mind
In this work, Marcin Milkowski argues that the mind can be explained computationally because it is itself computational - whether it engages in mental arithmetic, parses natural language, or processes the auditory signals that allow us to experience music.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262313919
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What is addiction?
"The image of the addict in popular culture combines victimhood and moral failure; we sympathize with addicts in films and novels because of their suffering and their hard-won knowledge. And yet actual scientific knowledge about addiction tends to undermine this cultural construct. In What Is Addiction? leading addiction researchers from neuroscience, psychology, genetics, philosophy, economics…
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- 9780262288248
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- 1 online resource (xi, 448 pages) :illustrations
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Neurodevelopmental disorders
"Until recently, genetic, neuroanatomical, and psychological investigations on neurodevelopmental disorders were carried out independently. Now, tremendous advances across all disciplines have brought us toward a new scientific frontier: the integration of molecular genetics with a developmental cognitive neuroscience. The goal is to understand the basic mechanisms by which genes and environmen…
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- 9780262284653
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- 1 online resource (xii, 614 pages) :illustrations.
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Better than conscious? : DECISION MAKING, the HUMAN MIND, and IMPLICATIONS FO…
Experts discuss the implications of the ways humans reach decisions through the conscious and subconscious processing of information. Conscious control enables human decision makers to override routines, to exercise willpower, to find innovative solutions, to learn by instruction, to decide collectively, and to justify their choices. These and many more advantages, however, come at a price: the…
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Brain signal analysis Advances in Neuroelectric and Neuromagnetic Methods
This title explores recent developments in the tools and techniques of data acquisition and analysis in cognitive electrophysiology.
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