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Preface | |
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Mind and brain | |
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An invitation | |
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Basic concepts | |
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Hot debates | |
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Study questions and drawing exercises | |
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A useful framework | |
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Brain regions and their functions | |
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Cognitive functions | |
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Using the functional diagram | |
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Small and large mental capacities | |
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Summary | |
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Study questions and drawing exercises | |
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The nerve cell | |
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Introduction | |
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Basic features | |
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How neurons combine | |
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Neural computing | |
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The brain code: maps + waves | |
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Learning and adaptation | |
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Summary | |
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Study questions and drawing exercises | |
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The brain | |
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Introduction | |
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The cortex | |
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Below the cortex | |
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Summary | |
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Study questions and drawing exercises | |
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Brain imaging | |
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Introduction | |
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Electrical and magnetic fields | |
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Functional neuroimaging: a bold new world | |
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Correlation and causation | |
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Summary | |
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Study questions and drawing exercises | |
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The art of seeing | |
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Introduction | |
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Functional organization of the visual system | |
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Theories of visual consciousness: where does it happen? | |
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Brain areas necessary for visual awareness: lesion studies | |
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Now you see it, now you don't! | |
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Summary | |
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Study questions and drawing exercises | |
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Sound, speech, and music perception | |
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Introduction | |
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The central auditory system | |
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Functional mapping of auditory processing | |
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Speech perception | |
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Music perception | |
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Learning and plasticity | |
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Auditory awareness and imagery | |
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Summary | |
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Study questions and drawing exercises | |
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The brain is conscious | |
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Introduction | |
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Waking: purposeful thoughts and actions | |
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Attention | |
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Executive control | |
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Dreaming | |
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Deep sleep: ups and downs | |
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Exceptional states of mind | |
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Summary | |
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Study questions and drawing exercises | |
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Learning and memory | |
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Introduction | |
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Episodic learning | |
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Making memories last | |
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When memories are lost | |
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A debate: is consciousness needed for episodic learning? | |
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Does semantic memory come from episodic traces? | |
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Control of memory | |
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Summary | |
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Drawing exercises | |
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Thinking | |
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Introduction | |
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Explicit thinking | |
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Mental effort | |
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Concepts | |
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Implicit thinking | |
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Summary | |
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Study questions | |
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Language | |
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Introduction | |
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The nature of language | |
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Speaking | |
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Words and meanings | |
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Syntax and sequencing | |
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Speech and melody | |
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Meaning | |
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Thoughts before language | |
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Summary | |
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Study questions and drawing Exercises | |
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Decisions, goals, and actions | |
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Introduction | |
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Structure of the frontal lobes | |
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A closer look at frontal lobe functions | |
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Neuroimaging the executive brain | |
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Damage to the executive brain | |
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A current view of organizing principles of the frontal lobes | |
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Toward a unified theory of frontal lobe function | |
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Study questions and drawing exercises | |
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Social cognition | |
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Overview | |
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An organizing framework for social cognition | |
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Social cognition in the brain | |
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Emotion and the social brain | |
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Chapter review | |
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Study questions | |
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Growing up | |
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Introduction | |
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Prenatal development: from blastocyst to baby | |
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The developing brain: a lifetime of change | |
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Developing mind and brain | |
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Early brain damage and developmental plasticity | |
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Summary | |
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Study questions | |
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Glossary | |
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References | |
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Index | |