_Cognitive Electrophysiology of Attention_ explores the fundamental
mechanisms of attention and related cognitive functions from cognitive
neuroscience perspectives. Attention is an essential cognitive ability
that enables humans to process and act upon relevant information while
ignoring distracting information, and the capacity to focus attention
is at the core of mental functioning. Understanding the neural bases
of human attention remains a key challenge for neuroscientists and
psychologists, and is essential for translational efforts to treat
attentional deficits in a variety of neurological and psychiatric
disorders. Cognitive electrophysiology is at the center of a
multidisciplinary approach that involves the efforts of psychologists,
neuroscientists, neuropsychologists, psychiatrists, and neurologists
to identify basic brain mechanisms and develop translational
approaches to improve mental health. This edited volume is authored by
leading investigators in the field and discusses methods focused on
electrophysiological recordings in humans, including
electroencephalography (EEG) and event-related potential (ERP)
methods, and also incorporates evidence from functional magnetic
resonance imaging (fMRI). _Cognitive Electrophysiology of Attention
_illuminates specific models about attentional mechanisms in vision,
audition, multisensory integration, memory, and semantic processing in
humans.
* Provides an exhaustive overview of attention processes, going from
normal functioning to the pathological, and using a combination of
methodological tools
* An important reference for electrophysiology researchers looking at
underlying attention processes rather than the methods themselves
* Enables researchers across a broad range of cognitive-process and
methodological specialties to stay current on particular hypotheses,
findings, and methods
* Edited and authored by the worldwide leaders in the field,
affording the broadest, most expert coverage available
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ISBN
9780123984517
Publisert
2013
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Academic Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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