The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Neuroscience Volume 1 Core Topics Kevin Ochsner Stephen M [Ebook Epub Pdf ]

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**The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Neuroscience Volume 1 Core Topics Kevin Ochsner Stephen M** is a highly valuable resource designed for students, professionals, and readers who want to deepen their knowledge. Spread across two volumes, the 59 chapters included in this handbook systemically survey all aspects of cognitive neuroscience, spanning perception, attention, memory, language, emotion, self and social cognition, higher cognitive functions, and clinical applications. Additional chapters cover topics ranging from the use of top-down cognitive processes in visual perception to the representation and recognition of objects and spatial relations; attention and its relationship to action as well as visual motor control; language and related core abilities including semantics, speech perception and production, the distinction between linguistic competence and performance, and the capacity for written language. Special coverage is also given to chapters describing the psychopharmacology of cognition, the theory of mind, the neuroscience underlying the regulation of emotion, and neuropsychological and neuroimaging evidence that supports the special status of self-knowledge in memory. This digital eBook edition provides instant access for convenient reading and reference.