Ebook: History of Cognitive Neuroscience

History of Cognitive Neuroscience documents the major neuroscientific experiments and theories over the last century and a half in the domain of cognitive neuroscience, and evaluates the cogency of the conclusions that have been drawn from them.

• Provides a companion work to the highly acclaimed Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience - combining scientific detail with philosophical insights
• Views the evolution of brain science through the lens of its principal figures and experiments
• Addresses philosophical criticism of Bennett and Hacker's previous book
• Accompanied by more than 100 illustrations

Content:
Chapter 1 Perceptions, Sensations and Cortical Function: Helmholtz to Singer (pages 4–43):
Chapter 2 Attention, Awareness and Cortical Function: Helmholtz to Raichle (pages 44–76):
Chapter 3 Memory and Cortical Function: Milner to Kandel (pages 77–114):
Chapter 4 Language and Cortical Function: Wernicke to Levelt (pages 115–163):
Chapter 5 Emotion and Cortical?Subcortical Function: Darwin to Damasio (pages 164–198):
Chapter 6 Motor Action and Cortical?Spinal Cord Function: Galen to Broca and Sherrington (pages 199–236):
Chapter 7 Conceptual Presuppositions of Cognitive Neuroscience (pages 237–263):