Psychology & Counseling, Cognitive Psychology, Neuroscience, Cognitive, Neuropsychology 

Reflecting recent changes in the way cognition and the brain are studied, this book provides a comprehensive and student friendly guide to cognitive neuroscience. Following an introduction to neural structure and function, all the key methods and procedures of cognitive neuroscience are explained with a view to helping students understand how they can be used to shed light on the neural basis cognition. The second part neuroscience up –to-date overview of the latest theories and findings in all the key topic in cognitive neuroscience, including; vision, attention memory, speech and language, numeracy, executive function and social and emotional behavior.


Chapters Include:
Introducing cognitive neuroscience
Introducing the brain
The electrophysiological brain
The imaged brain
The lesioned brain
The seeing brain
The spatial brain
The acting brain
The remembering brain
The speaking brain
The literate brain
The numerate brain
The executive brain
The social and emotional brain