Handbook of Physiology: Section 1: The Nervous System, Volume V, Parts 1 & 2: Higher Functions of the Brain
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Author Description
This volume reviews the mechanisms underlying psychology and behavior in animals and humans, and examines the field comprehensively from a physiological standpoint. After an introductory chapter that briefly traces the history of neuroscientific thought and describes its social implications, 21 substantive essays survey such topics as learning and memory in nonmammalian and simple systems, mechanisms of emotion and attention, mechanisms of perception, and human disease and higher brain function. This work describes a vast portion of the recent extraordinary advances in understanding the physiology of mammalian behavior and the mechanisms by which disease or damage in the human brain affects the highest intellectual and behavioral faculties.
Menrva's Summary
THE THESIS
This volume investigates the physiological mechanisms that underpin complex behavior, cognition, and higher brain functions in both human and animal subjects. Edited by Fred Plum, the text compiles twenty-one essays from leading researchers to synthesize the state of neuroscientific understanding regarding how biological systems facilitate emotion, perception, and memory. The work serves as a comprehensive reference for the structural and functional correlates of intellectual faculties and the impact of neurological pathology on human behavior.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Historical overview of neuroscientific thought and its broader social implications.
- Analysis of learning and memory processes in nonmammalian and simple biological systems.
- Examination of the physiological mechanisms governing emotion, attention, and sensory perception.
- Clinical assessment of how brain disease and physical damage alter higher intellectual functions.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Experts recognize this volume as a foundational reference for understanding the physiological basis of behavior and cognitive function. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which is intended for professionals and advanced students in the fields of neurology and psychology.
Page Count:
950
Publication Date:
1988-02-18
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0195206622
ISBN-13:
9780195206623
Psychology
Science
Medicine
Physiology
Reference
Neuroscience
Nervous System
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