Percept, Decision, Action: Bridging the Gaps

by Mathew Diamond and Derek J. Chadwick

Seemingly simple behaviours turn out, on reflection, to be discouragingly complex. For many years, cognitive operations such as sensation, perception, comparing percepts to stored models (short-term and long-term memory), decision-making and planning of actions were treated by most neuroscientists as separate areas of research. This was not because the neuroscience community believed these operations to act independently--it is intuitive that any...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470012331
• ISBN13: 9780470012338
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"