The Attentive Brain

Book Overview

A central thesis of this book on the cognitive neuroscience of attention is that attention is not a single entity, but a finite set of brain processes that interact mutually and with other brain processes in the performance of perceptual, cognitive, and motor skills.After an introductory Part I, the book consists of three parts. Part II describes the major neuroscience methods and the computational modeling of attention. Part III looks at three major components of attention from the cognitive neuroscience perspective: selection, vigilance, and control. Finally, part IV discusses the application of findings from the previous sections to the analysis of normal and abnormal development and to pathologies of attention such as schizophrenia and attention deficit disorders.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262161729
• ISBN13: 9780262161725
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Bradford Books
• Length: 577 Pages
• Weight: 3.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 1.8" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

good book!

This book is by far the best review available of its subject to date. It covers behavioral, psychophysical and neurophysiological studies of attention at an appropriate depth and breadth to be useful for scientists working in the field. Extensive reference lists follow each chapter. Unlike other works of this sort, it is not particularly biased towards the author's work. And I believe amateurs and science enthusiats as well will find the writing to be understandable and of above-average clarity.