Attention and Brain Function

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-138-59692-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 516 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 778 g

Reihe: Psychology Library Editions: Neuropsychology

Originally published in 1992, this book presents original psychophysiological research based on computerized techniques of recording and evaluating event-related brain potentials. The application of multichannel magnetoencephalography greatly contributes to exact localization of corresponding neuronal generators responsible for attention. The book contains a bulk of information concerning data obtained by cognitive psychology in the area of study of attention. These results are closely linked with neurophysiological investigation of attention.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Näätänen, Risto

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction: What is Attention? 2. Attention and Automaticity in Information Processing 3. Measurement of Brain Activity Underlying Information Processing 4. Event-Related Potentials and Automatic Information Processing 5. Magnetoencephalography (MEG) and Automatic Processing 6. Attention and Event-Related Potentials 7. MEG Studies of Attention 8. Regional Cerebral Blood-Flow (rCBF) and Metabolic Studies of Selective Attention 9. Concluding Discussion. References. Author Index. Subject Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Risto Kalervo Näätänen is a psychological scientist, pioneer in the field of cognitive neuroscience, and known worldwide as one of the discoverers of the electrophysiological mismatch negativity. He has been a much-cited social scientist and one of the few individuals appointed permanent Academy Professor of the Academy of Finland. He retired in 2007, retaining a title of Academy Professor emeritus of the Academy of Finland. Since 2007, he has been a professor at the University of Tartu.