Год выпуска: 2008 Издательство: Страниц: 424 ISBN: 0123736447
Описание
This is the completely revised and updated fourth edition of the undisputed classic on the prefrontal cortex. This area of the brain is the main executive center of cognitive function, and one of the seats of primate and human intelligence. This book is a unique exercise in analysis and synthesis of our knowledge on the subject, from a vast empirical foundation built by five generations of clinicians and neuroscientists. Previous editions of this text have guided the work of innumerable researchers worldwide; their findings are now in the substance of this new edition.* Written by an award-winning author who discovered "memory cells"-the physiological substrate of working memory* Provides an in-depth examination of the contributions of every relevant methodology, from comparative anatomy to modern imaging* Well-referenced with more than 2000 references
