Of the myriad tasks that the brain has to perform, perhaps none is as                  crucial to the performance of other tasks as attention. A central thesis of this                  book on the cognitive neuroscience of attention is that attention is not a single                  entity, but a finite set of brain processes that interact mutually and with other                  brain processes in the performance of perceptual, cognitive, and motor skills.After                  an introductory part I, the book consists of three parts. Part II, Methods,                  describes the major neuroscience methods, including techniques used only with                  animals (anatomical tract tracing, single-unit electrophysiology, neurochemical                  manipulations), noninvasive human brain-imaging techniques (ERPs, positron emission                  tomography, and functional magnetic resonance imaging), and studies with                  brain-damaged individuals. This part also includes a chapter on the computational                  modeling of attention. Part III, Varieties of Attention, looks at three major                  components of attention from the cognitive neuroscience perspective: selection,                  vigilance, and control. It also discusses links to memory and language. Finally,                  part IV, Development and Pathologies, discusses the application of findings from the                  previous sections to the analysis of normal and abnormal development and to                  pathologies of attention such as schizophrenia and attention deficit                  disorders.Contributors : Edward Awh, Gordon C. Baylis, Jochen Braun, Dennis                  Cantwell, Vincent P. Clark, Maurizio Corbetta, Susan M. Courtney, Francis Crinella,                  Matthew C. Davidson, Gregory J. DiGirolamo, Jon Driver, Jane Emerson, Pauline                  Filipek, Ira Fischler, Massimo Girelli, Pamela M. Greenwood, James V. Haxby, Mark H.                  Johnson, John Jonides, Julian S. Joseph, Robert T. Knight, Christof Koch, Steven J.                  Luck, Richard T. Marrocco, Brad C. Motter, Ken Nakayama, Orhan Nalcioglu, Paul G.                  Nestor, Ernst Niebur, Brian F. O'Donnell, Raja Parasuraman, Michael I. Posner,                  Robert D. Rafal, Trevor W. Robbins, Lynn C. Robertson, Judi E. See, James Swanson,                  Diane Swick, Don Tucker, Leslie G. Ungerleider, Joel S. Warm, Maree J. Webster,                  Sharon Wigal.

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