| Description |
xviii,134 p ; ill ; 18 cm. |
| Series |
Very short introductions ; 489 |
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Very short introductions ; 489
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A recent field -- Perceiving -- Attending -- Remembering -- Reasoning -- Deciding -- Checking -- Acting -- The future. |
| Summary |
This volume describes the new field of cognitive neuroscience - the study of what happens in the brain when we perceive, think, reason, remember, and act. Focusing on the human brain, Passingham looks at the most recent research in the field, the modern brain imaging technologies, and what the images can and can't tell us |
| Subject |
Cognitive neuroscience
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| ISBN |
9780198786221 |
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0198786220 |
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