Author: Christof Koch
Publisher: Roberts & Company Publishers
Keywords: approach, neurobiological, consciousness, quest
Number of Pages: 429
Published: 2004-03
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0974707708
ISBN-13: 9780974707709

Consciousness is one of science’s last great unsolved mysteries. How can the salty taste and crunchy texture of potato chips, the unmistakable smell of dogs after they have been in the rain, or the exhilarating feeling of hanging on tiny fingerholds many feet above the last secure foothold on a cliff, emerge from networks of neurons and their associated synaptic and molecular processes? In The Quest for Consciousness, Caltech neuroscientist Christof Koch explores the biological basis of the subjective mind in animals and people. He outlines a framework that he and Francis Crick (of the "doub

Author: Gianfranco Dalla Barba
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: aberrant, behaviors, foundation, neurobiological, consciousness, temporality, memory
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2001-10-01
List price: $169.00
ISBN-10: 0792375254
ISBN-13: 9780792375258

Memory, Consciousness, and Temporality presents the argument that current memory theories are undermined by two false assumptions: the `memory trace paradox’ and `the fallacy of the homunculus’. In these pages Gianfranco Dalla Barba introduces a hypothesis - the Memory, Consciousness, and Temporality (MCT) hypothesis - on the relationship between memory and consciousness that is not undermined by these assumptions and further demonstrates how MCT can account for a variety of memory disorders and phenomena. With a unique approach intended to conjugate phenomenological analysis and r

Authors:Hanan Frenk, Reuven Dar,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: aberrant, behaviors, foundation, neurobiological, nicotine, addiction, critique
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2000-10-31
List price: $179.00
ISBN-10: 0792372255
ISBN-13: 9780792372257

Nicotine is almost universally believed to be the major factor that motivates smoking and impedes cessation. Authorities such as the Surgeon General of the USA and the Royal College of Physicians in the UK have declared that nicotine is as addictive as heroin and cocaine. This book is a critique of the nicotine addiction hypothesis, based on a critical review of the research literature that purports to prove that nicotine is as addictive drug. The review is based on a re-examination of more than 700 articles and books on this subject, including animal and human experimental studies, ef

Author: Takeo Watanabe
Publisher: The MIT Press
Keywords: psychophysical, perspectives, neurobiological, computational, motion, processing, level
Number of Pages: 424
Published: 1998-10-20
List price: $80.00
ISBN-10: 0262231956
ISBN-13: 9780262231954

"Takeo Watanabe’s collection of essays brings together a fascinating variety of theoretical, experimental and historical information about this important and rapidly developing topic." -- Horace Barlow, Department of Physiology, University of Cambridge Motion perception is fundamental to survival. Until recently, research on motion perception emphasized such basic aspects of motion as sampling and filtering. In the past decade, however, the emphasis has gradually shifted to higher-level motion processing--i.e., processing that takes place not only in the primary visual cortex b

Authors:Duane F. Shell, David W. Brooks, Guy Trainin, Kath
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: sciences, inform, teaching, practices, neurobiological, cognitive, learning, model, motivational, unified
Number of Pages: 211
Published: 2009-12-10
List price: $139.00
ISBN-10: 9048132142
ISBN-13: 9789048132140

This cutting-edge synthesis of ideas and concepts from the cognitive, motivation, and neurobiological sciences sets out a unique theory of learning that should be of interest to everyone from education practitioners to neuroscientists. The authors base their Unified Learning Model, or ULM, on three core principles. Firstly, that learning requires working memory allocation (attention). Second, that working memory’s capacity for allocation is affected by prior knowledge. And finally, that working memory allocation is directed by motivation. These three principles guide a complete model of lear

Author: Donald W. Pfaff
Publisher: The MIT Press
Keywords: molecular, cellular, neuroscience, motivation, mechanisms, neurobiological, drive, sexual
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 1999-10-08
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 0262661470
ISBN-13: 9780262661478

"In a lucidly written book that is intellectually stimulating yet still true fun, Dr. Pfaff has accomplished the seemingly impossible. He has thoroughly reviewed research on sexual drive from genes and molecules to human behavior. The resulting synthesis provides fresh insights into how we think, feel, and behave." -- Solomon H. Snyder, Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University What arouses an animal or human from an inactive, nonresponsive state to a condition of activity and responsiveness? What are the biological mechanisms for this change? In this book Donald W. Pfaff

Authors:Hans A. Hofmann, Caroly A. Shumway,
Publisher: S Karger Pub
Keywords: behavior, brain, workshop, karger, san, diego, evolution, calif, annual, lessons, studies, comparative, evolutionary, forces, neurobiological, shaping, learned
Number of Pages: 94
Published: 2008-10-31
List price: $39.00
ISBN-10: 3805589999
ISBN-13: 9783805589994