Handbook of Functional Neuroimaging of Cognition, 2nd Edition (Cognitive Neuroscience)

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This essential resource on neuroimaging provides an accessible and user-friendly introduction to the field written by leading researchers. The book describes theoretical and methodological developments in the use of functional neuroimaging techniques to study the neural basis of cognition, from early scientific efforts to link brain and behavior to the latest applications of fMRI and PET methods. The core of the book covers fMRI and PET studies in specific domains: attention, skill learning, semantic memory, language, episodic memory, working memory, and executive functions. By introducing a technique within the description of a domain, the book offers a clear explanation of the process while highlighting its biological context. The emphasis on readability makes Handbook of Functional Neuroimaging of Cognition ideal for classroom use in advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in cognitive neuroscience.

This second edition has been completely updated to reflect new developments in the field, with existing chapters rewritten and new chapters added to each section. The section on history and methods now includes a chapter on the crucial topic of the physics of functional neuroimaging; the chapters on skill learning and executive functions are new to the domain section; and chapters on childhood development and emotion and social cognition have been added to the section on developmental, social, and clinical applications. The color insert has been increased in size, enhancing the visual display of representative findings.

Contributors:
Todd S. Braver, Jeffrey Browndyke, Roberto Cabeza, B. J. Casey, Jody Culham, Clayton E. Curtis, Mark D'Esposito, Sander Daselaar, Lila Davachi, Ian Dobbins, Karl J. Friston, Barry Giesbrecht, Todd C. Handy, Joseph B. Hopfinger, Scott A. Huettel, Irene P. Kan, Alan Kingstone, Eleni Kotsoni, Kevin S. LaBar, George R. Mangun, Gregory McCarthy, Uta Noppeney, Robyn T. Oliver, Elizabeth A. Phelps, Russel A. Poldrack, Cathy J. Price, Marcus E. Raichle, Hannes Ruge, Gaia Scerif, Allen W. Song, Sharon L. Thompson-Schill, Daniel T. Willingham, Richard J. S. Wise
Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #210761 in Books
* Published on: 2006-05-15
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Hardcover
* 502 pages

Editorial Reviews

Review
"The revised Handbook is an extraordinarily valuable resource for psychologists, neuroscientists, and all others interested in the ways that neuroimaging is illuminating the relation between mind and brain. An enormous amount of ground is covered in these articles, and they provide a systematic review and integration of the field. Students, teachers, and researchers in many fields have a lot to gain from the rich overview of theory and findings in these pages."
--Stephen M. Kosslyn, John Lindsley Professor of Psychology in Memory of William James, Harvard University

"The second edition of this book is even better than the first. The contributions are first rate and provide an excellent survey of current research on functional neuroimaging of cognition while capturing the excitement of new developments. It is an ideal text to use in upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses, and a must for researchers in cognitive neuroscience."
--Morris Moscovitch, Max and Gianna Glassman Chair in Neuropsychology and Aging, University of Toronto

"Congratulations to both the editors and the contributors! This handbook provides thorough and easily understandable insights into one of the most exciting areas of present and future research: human cognition and its representation in the brain. It constitutes an authoritative compilation of the scientific work of the field's experts, edited with skill and good judgment."
--Hans Markowitsch, University of Bielefeld, Germany

Book Info
(Bradford Books) Duke Univ., Durham, N.C. A handbook, for researchers and clinicians, on the neuroimaging of cognitive process using the latest positron emission tomography and functional magnetic resonance techniques. Gives the history and methods of these techniques, covers recent findings in several areas of cognition, and examines research on the cognitively impaired.

About the Author
Roberto Cabeza is Associate Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Core Faculty Member for the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, and Senior Fellow at the Center for Aging and Human Development at Duke University.

Alan Kingstone is a Distinguished University Professor and Killam Scholar at the University of British Columbia as well as Senior Scholar at the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research in Vancouver.
Customer Reviews

Excellent & comprehensive intro5
This is an excellent book, focusing on fMRI and PET, that goes over in detail methodology and applications. The methodology sections includes details on the underlying physiology (it's more complicated than just blood flow and 02 extraction)and critiques the commonly used subtraction method, preferring instead event-evoked studies. Going beyond the simplistic concepts of areas "lighting up" being "for" this or that cognitive function, there is coverage of network analysis. The methodology is obviously still in an early evolutionary phase, and each chapter has closing section on controversies and future directions. The application sections cover neuroimaging of attention, visual recognition, semantic, episodic and working memory, and language. There is good critical review of the literature here, and there is no tendency towards oversimplification of conflicting results. There is also a chapter on cognitive aging that I found particularly informative, showing how the elderly utilize different neural networks than younger people to perform various cognitive tasks. The book is about 400 pages and includes 22 color plates. This is a very rich and rapidly evolving research area, and I think this is a great intro book for clinicians in neurology, psychology and psychiatry, as well as neuroradiology, to get an appreciation of what just a few years ago was a science fiction concept...taking pictures of the mind as it thinks.