Akademibokhandeln
Michael I. Posner - Attention in a Social World, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

Del i serien Social Cognition and Social Neuroscience

Attention in a Social World

Av Michael I. Posner

2239 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar. Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.

Beskrivning
The study of attention is central to psychology. In this work, Michael Posner, a pioneer in attention research, presents the science of attention in a larger social context, which includes our ability to voluntarily choose and act upon an object of thought. The volume is based on fifty years of research involving behavioral, imaging, developmental, and genetic methods. It describes three brain networks of attention that carry out the functions of obtaining and maintaining the alert state, orienting to sensory events, and regulating responses. The book ties these brain networks to anatomy, connectivity, development, and socialization and includes material on pathologies that involve attentional networks, as well as their role in education and social interaction.
Produktinformation
Utforska kategorier
Mer information

Michael Posner is currently Professor Emeritus at the University of Oregon and Adjunct Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the Weill Medical College of Cornell, where he served as founding director of the Sackler Institute. Posner is well known for his work with Marcus Raichle on imaging the human brain during cognitive tasks. A volume Images of Mind resulted from that collaboration. He has worked on the anatomy, circuitry, development and genetics of three attentional networks underlying maintaining alertness, orienting to sensory events and voluntary control of thoughts and ideas. His methods for measuring these networks have been applied to a wide range of neurological, psychiatric and developmental disorders.

Recensioner i media

Posner views attention as an organ system with its own functional anatomy, circuitry, and cellular structure. This approach promises to sketch out the evolutionary and developmental basis of a principle brain mechanism of voluntary control, thus paving the road toward an understanding of how genetics and culture shape control systems... For those familiar with Posners instrumental contributions, this little book may be old news, but this volume makes his revolutionary ideas and trailblazing science available to a wide and uninitiated readership...Posners exposition presents a delightful read and provides important insights and experimental sensibilities that many curious minds would appreciate. We recommend this book wholeheartedly.

Butikslager

Ej i lager i butik.

Betyg & recensioner

0 recensioner

Inga recensioner tillgängliga.

Mer från samma författare