Preface
Chapter 1. Mind and brain
1.0. An invitation
2.0. Basic concepts
3.0. Hot debates
4.0. Study questions and drawing exercises
Chapter 2. A useful framework
1.0. Brain regions and their functions
2.0. Cognitive functions
3.0. Using the functional diagram
4.0. Small and large mental capacities
5.0. Summary
6.0. Study questions and drawing exercises
Chapter 3. The nerve cell
1.0. Introduction
2.0. Basic features
3.0. How neurons combine
4.0. Neural computing
5.0. The brain code: maps + waves
6.0. Learning and adaptation
7.0. Summary
8.0. Study questions and drawing exercises
Chapter 4. The brain
1.0. Introduction
2.0. The cortex
3.0. Below the cortex
4.0. Summary
5.0. Study questions and drawing exercises
Chapter 5. Brain imaging
1.0. Introduction
2.0. Electrical and magnetic fields
3.0. Functional neuroimaging: a bold new world
4.0. Correlation and causation
5.0. Summary
6.0. Study questions and drawing exercises
Chapter 6. The art of seeing
1.0. Introduction
2.0. Functional organization of the visual system
3.0. Theories of visual consciousness: where does it happen?
4.0. Brain areas necessary for visual awareness: lesion studies
5.0. Now you see it, now you don't!
6.0. Summary
7.0. Study questions and drawing exercises
Chapter 7. Sound, speech, and music perception
1.0. Introduction
2.0. The central auditory system
3.0. Functional mapping of auditory processing
4.0. Speech perception
5.0. Music perception
6.0. Learning and plasticity
7.0. Auditory awareness and imagery
8.0. Summary
9.0. Study questions and drawing exercises
Chapter 8. The brain is conscious
1.0. Introduction
2.0. Waking: purposeful thoughts and actions
3.0. Attention
4.0. Executive control
5.0. Dreaming
6.0. Deep sleep: ups and downs
7.0. Exceptional states of mind
8.0. Summary
9.0. Study questions and drawing exercises
Chapter 9. Learning and memory
1.0. Introduction
2.0. Episodic learning
3.0. Making memories last
4.0. When memories are lost
5.0. A debate: is consciousness needed for episodic learning?
6.0. Does semantic memory come from episodic traces?
7.0. Control of memory
8.0. Summary
9.0. Drawing exercises
Chapter 10. Thinking
1.0. Introduction
2.0. Explicit thinking
3.0. Mental effort
4.0. Concepts
5.0. Implicit thinking
6.0. Summary
7.0. Study questions
Chapter 11. Language
1.0. Introduction
2.0. The nature of language
3.0. Speaking
4.0. Words and meanings
5.0. Syntax and sequencing
6.0. Speech and melody
7.0. Meaning
8.0. Thoughts before language
9.0. Summary
10.0. Study questions and drawing exercises
Chapter 12. Decisions, goals, and actions
1.0. Introduction
2.0. Structure of the frontal lobes
3.0. A closer look at frontal lobe functions
4.0. Neuroimaging the executive brain
5.0. Damage to the executive brain
6.0. A current view of organizing principles of the frontal lobes
7.0. Toward a unified theory of frontal lobe function
8.0. Study questions and drawing exercises
Chapter 13. Social cognition
1.0. Overview
2.0. An organizing framework for social cognition
3.0. Social cognition in the brain
4.0. Emotion and the social brain
5.0. Chapter review
6.0. Study questions
Chapter 14. Growing up
1.0. Introduction
2.0. Prenatal development: from blastocyst to baby
3.0. The developing brain: a lifetime of change
4.0. Developing mind and brain
5.0. Early brain damage and developmental plasticity
6.0. Summary
7.0. Study questions
Glossary
References
Index
