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xix, 427 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. List of contributors; Preface; Overview of neuroscience, choice and responsibility James R. Pomerantz; 1. Neuroscience, choice and responsibility Patricia S. Churchland; Part I. Higher Order Perception; Section 1. Overview of Higher Order Visual Perception Michael I. Posner: 2. Attention as an organ system Michael I. Posner and Jin Fan; 3. Cortical dynamics and visual perception Charles Gilbert; 4. Cortical mechanisms of visuospatial attention in humans and monkeys Sabine Kastner, Peter De Weerd, and Leslie Ungerleider; Part II. Language; Section 2. Introduction to Language Section Helen J. Neville: 5. Varying degrees of plasticity in different subsystems within language Lisa D. Sanders, Christine M. Weber-Fox and Helen J. Neville; 6. The functional architecture of speech perception David Poeppel, Martin Hackl; 7. Varieties of silence: the impact of neuro-degenerative diseases on language systems in the brain Karalyn Patterson, Naida L. Graham, Matthew A. Lamdon Ralph and John R. Hodges; 8. Why is language unique to humans? Jacques Mehler, Marina Nespor and Marcela Pena; Part III. Memory Systems; Section 3. Introduction to Memory Section Larry R. Squire: 9. Memory systems Larry R. Squire and Craig E. L. Stark; 10. A brain system for declarative memory Seth J. Ramus and Howard B. Eichenbaum; 11. The role of the lateral nucleus of the amygdala in auditory fear conditioning Hugh T. Blair, Karim Nader, Gleen E. Schafe, Elizabeth P. Bauer, Sarina M. Rodrigues and Joseph E. LeDoux; 12. On crucial roles of hippocampal NMDA receptors in acquisition and recall of associative memory Kazu Nakazawa, Matthew A. Wilson, and Susumu Tonegawa; Part IV. Sensory Processes; Section 4. Overview of Sensory Processes James R. Pomerantz: 13. Song selectivity, singing, and synaptic plasticity in songbirds Michele M. Solis, Neal A. Hessler, Charlotte A. Boettiger, and Allison J. Doupe; 14. Voltage-dependent sodium currents in hair cells of the inner ear Julian R. A. Wooltorton, Karen M. Hurley, Hong Bao, and Ruth Anne Eatock; Index. edited by James R. Pomerantz. Includes bibliographical references and index. Higher nervous activity Perception Language and languages Memory Higher Nervous Activity physiology Auditory Perception physiology Language Memory physiology QP395 .T67 2008 612.8 POM 9780521869133 (hardback : alk. paper) 0521869137 (hardback : alk. paper) 2007016477 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0716/2007016477.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0729/2007016477-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0729/2007016477-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0716/2007016477.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0729/2007016477-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0729/2007016477-d.html DNLM/DLC 070419 20200217161512.0 14818592