The Neurobiology of the Prefrontal Cortex: Anatomy, Evolution, and the Origin of Insight

Author:   Richard E. Passingham (Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience,, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience,, University of Oxford, UK) ,  Steven P. Wise (Olschefskie Institute for the Neurobiology of Knowledge, USA)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199552917


Pages:   422
Publication Date:   12 July 2012
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Richard E. Passingham (Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience,, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience,, University of Oxford, UK) ,  Steven P. Wise (Olschefskie Institute for the Neurobiology of Knowledge, USA)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.20cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 24.70cm
Weight:   0.910kg
ISBN:  

9780199552917


ISBN 10:   0199552916
Pages:   422
Publication Date:   12 July 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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1: Introduction 2: Evolution of the primate prefrontal cortex 3: Medial prefrontal cortex: choosing actions based on outcomes 4: Orbital prefrontal cortex: choosing objects based on outcomes 5: Caudal prefrontal cortex: searching for goals 6: Dorsal prefrontal cortex: generating goals based on recent events 7: · Ventral prefrontal cortex: generating goals based on visual and auditory contexts 8: · Prefrontal cortex as a whole: generating goals from current contexts and events 9: Human prefrontal cortex: generating goals from instructions and imagination 10: Conclusions

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<br> [Readers] get a comprehensive and balanced presentation of the current science on prefrontal cortical function. <br>-- Christopher J. Graver, PhD, ABPP-CN, Doody's<br><p><br>


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Richard Passingham was an undergraduate at the University of Oxford. He did his Ph.D at the University of London before returning to Oxford in 1970. He was made a University Lecturer and Fellow of Wadham College in 1976. He was made a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in 1997 and is an emeritus Principal at the Wellcome Centre for NeuroImaging in London. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 2009 and Fellow of the American Psychological Society in 2010. He has recently retired from his role as Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Oxford, UK Steven Wise received a B.A. in biology from Dartmouth College and a Ph.D. in biology (neuroscience) from Washington University in St. Louis. After a brief period of postdoctoral study, he had a 30-year career as a neurophysiologist at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr Wise served as the Chief of the Laboratory of Neurophysiology at the National Institute of Mental Health and Chief of the Section on Neurophysiology of the Laboratory of Systems Neuroscience. His current affiliations are the Olschefskie Institute for Neurobiology of Knowledge, Potomac, Maryland, USA and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Neuroscience, Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neurosciences of Natal.

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