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Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of the Mind by G. R. Mangun, Michael S. Gazzaniga, Richard B. Ivry

Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of the Mind G. R. Mangun, Michael S. Gazzaniga, Richard B. Ivry ebook
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393972194, 9780393972191
Format: pdf
Page: 185

The second edition of "Cognitive Neuroscience" strengthens the text's interdisciplinary approach to understanding how the human mind works by introducing over 400 new citations and two new chapters. Examining the correlation between humans and other primates, the School of Integrated Science and Humanity (SISH) will launch its Cognitive Neuroscience lecture series Nov. Cognitive neuroscience is the study of human cognition, or thought, as it relates to neuroscience, or the biological functions of the brain and nervous system. Cultural neuroscience looks at how culture can shape cognition, how brains work in different settings, and the culture-dependent connections between cognition and brain function. Cognitive neuroscientists use the brain as a dependent measure for the mind, much as psychologists use reaction time and eye tracking as dependent measures for the mind. Cultural neuroscience has emerged at . As recipients of NSF Graduate Research Fellowships, Eshin Jolly will pursue graduate studies in cognitive neuroscience at Dartmouth while Aryeh Drager '12 will head to Colorado State University to study atmospheric science. Approach to understanding and treating disorders such as autism, stroke and Alzheimer's disease, developing technologies to aid people with disabilities, and addressing broader issues related to the mind and brain,” said Suzanna Rose, executive director and associate dean of SISH. Without question, cognitive neuroscience - the study of the biological processes that underlie the way we think - has enjoyed a renaissance in the last 20 years and has an increasing media presence. Eshin Jolly and Aryeh Jolly, who describes his fellowship as “pretty awesome,” is a first-year graduate student in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, where he works with Professor Thalia Wheatley.