Patient-based approaches to cognitive neuroscience /

The cognitive disorders that follow brain damage are an important source of insights into the neural bases of human thought. This work offers state-of-the-art reviews of the patient-based approach to central issues in cognitive neuroscience by leaders in the field

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Farah, Martha J, Feinberg, Todd E, Feinberg, Todd E., 1952-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : MIT, 2006
Cambridge, Mass. : 2006
Edition:2nd ed
Series:Issues in clinical and cognitive neuropsychology
Issues in clinical and cognitive neuropsychology
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Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. A historical perspective on cognitive neuroscience / Todd E. Feinberg and Martha J. Farah
  • Ch. 2. Structural imaging of patients in cognitive neuroscience / Hanna Damasio and Antonio R. Damasio
  • Ch. 3. Functional imaging in cognitive neuroscience I : basic principles / Geoffrey Karl Aguirre
  • Ch. 4. Functional imaging in cognitive neuroscience II : imaging patients / Cathy J. Price and Karl J. Friston
  • Ch. 5. Electrophysiological methods, including transcranial magnetic stimulation, in cognitive neuroscience / Leon Y. Deouell, Richard B. Ivry and Robert T. Knight
  • Ch. 6. Studying plasticity in the damaged and normal brain / Albert M. Galaburda and Alvaro Pascual-Leone
  • Ch. 7. Computational modeling of patients in cognitive neuroscience / Martha J. Farah
  • Ch. 8. Visual perception and visual imagery / Martha J. Farah
  • Ch. 9. Visual object agnosia / Martha J. Farah and Todd E. Feinberg
  • Ch. 10. Prosopagnosia / Martha J. Farah
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  • Ch. 11. Visuospatial function / Martha J. Farah
  • Ch. 12. Auditory agnosia and amusia / Russell M. Bauer and Carrie R. McDonald
  • Ch. 13. Disorders of body perception and representation / Georg Goldenberg
  • Ch. 14. Neglect I : clinical and anatomical issues / Kenneth M. Heilman, Robert T. Watson and Edward Valenstein
  • Ch. 15. Neglect II : cognitive issues / Anjan CHatterjee and H. Branch Coslett
  • Ch. 16. Aphasia I : clinical and anatomical issues / Michael P. Alexander
  • Ch. 17. Aphasia II : cognitive issues / Eleanor M. Saffran
  • Ch. 18. Aphasia III : rehabilitation / Myrna F. Schwartz and Ruth B. Fink
  • Ch. 19. Aphasia IV : acquired disorders of language in children / Maureen Dennis
  • Ch. 20. Acquired disorders of reading / H. Branch Coslett
  • Ch. 21. The aprosodias / Elliott D. Ross
  • Ch. 22. Frontal lobes I : clinical and anatomical issues / Bruce L. Miller, D. Frank Benson and Julene K. Johnson
  • Ch. 23. Frontal lobes II : cognitive issues / Martha J. Farah
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  • Ch. 24. Amnesia I : clinical and anatomical issues / Matthias Brand and Hans J. Markowitsch
  • Ch. 25. Amnesia II : cognitive issues / Margaret M. Keane and Mieke Verfaellie
  • Ch. 26. Confabulation / Todd E. Feinberg and Joseph T. Giacino
  • Ch. 27. Semantic memory impairments / Martha J. Farah and Murray Grossman
  • Ch. 28. Acalculia and number processing disorders / Stanislas Dehaene
  • Ch. 29. Disorders of skilled movements : limb apraxia / Kenneth M. Heilman, Robert T. Watson and Leslie J. Gonzalez Rothi
  • Ch. 30. Callosal disconnection / Kathleen Baynes and Michael S. Gazzaniga
  • Ch. 31. Alzheimer's disease / William Milberg and Regina McGlinchey-Berroth
  • Ch. 32. Frontotemporal dementia / Mario F. Mendez
  • Ch. 33. Dementia in Parkinson's disease, Huntington's desease, and related disorders / Diane M. Jacobs, Gilberto Levy and Karen Marder
  • Ch. 34. Mental retardation / Kytja K. S. Voeller
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  • Ch. 35. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder / Bruce F. Pennington and Nomita Chhabildas
  • Ch. 36. Autism and related conditions / Nancy J. Minshew and Jessica A. Meyer
  • Ch. 37. Developmental reading disorders / Maureen W. Lovett and Roderick W. Barron
  • Ch. 38. Molecular genetics of cognitive developmental disorders / James Swanson, John Fossella Deborah Grady, Robert Moyzis, Pam Flodman, Anne Spence and Michael Posner