Handbook of Functional Neuroimaging of Cognition

by Roberto Cabeza (Editor), Alan Kingstone (Editor)

With its strong theoretical focus, this book serves as an essential resource on the functional neuroimaging of cognitive processes and on the latest discoveries obtained through positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) techniques. It is organized into three sections. The first covers the history and methods of PET and fMRI, as well as cognitive networks, showing how the brain regions involved in the different cognitive processes interact. The second part, the book's core, covers PET and fMRI findings in specific attention, visual recognition, language, semantic memory, episodic memory, and working memory. The third part covers the effects of aging on brain activity during cognitive performance and also examines research with neuropsychologically impaired patients. Contributors Jeffrey Binder, Randy L. Buckner, Roberto Cabeza, Mark D'Esposito, Paul Downing, Russell Epstein, Karl J. Friston, John D.E. Gabrieli, Todd C. Handy, Joseph B. Hopfinger, Nancy Kanwisher, Zoe Kourtzi, Jessica M. Logan, George R. Mangun, Alex Martin, A.R. McIntosh, L. Nyberg, Cathy J. Price, Marcus E. Raichle

Genres: Neuroscience, Psychology, Science

418 pages, Hardcover

First published January 29, 2001

Reviews

[Chrissy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good textbook, but a little dense. The chapters are each written by separate authors, so there is a slight feeling of disconnect between them, with different chapters housing different assumptions about what the reader already knows and what the terminology standard should be. Regardless, I learned a lot. It was read for a graduate class on functional neuroimaging, every chapter was covered.

[Michael Brennan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very helpful in understanding the uses of various scans and imaging machines.