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The Prefrontal Cortex (5th Ed.)
Author: Fuster Joaquin
Language: EnglishSubject for The Prefrontal Cortex:
Keywords
Acetylcholine; Afferent; Anterior cingulate cortex; Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder; Attention disorder; Attentional set; Cognit; Cognitive deficit; Cognitive perception-action cycle; Comparative anatomy; Connectivity; Cortical hierarchy; Corticocortical re-entry; Decision-making; Default network; Dementia; Depression; Development; Diffusion tensor imaging; Dopamine; Dorsolateral cortex; Dorsolateral lesion; Efferent; Emotional deficit; Emotional perception-action cycle; Evolution; Excitatory neurotransmitter; Glutamate; Goal-directed action; Hyperactivity; Inhibitory control; Neuroimaging; Neuropsychiatric disorder; Norepinephrine; Novelty; Orbital prefrontal cortex; Perception-action cycle; Physiological mechanism; Planning; Preadaptation; Prediction; Prefrontal lesion; Prospective prefrontal function; Schizophrenia; Social deficit; Temporal integration; Temporal organization; Thalamus; Ventromedial cortex; Ventromedial lesion; Volumetric deficit; Working memory; γ-aminobutyric acid
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The Prefrontal Cortex, Fifth Edition, provides users with a thoroughly updated version of this comprehensive work that has historically served as the classic reference on this part of the brain.
The book offers a unifying, interdisciplinary perspective that is lacking in other volumes written about the frontal lobes, and is, once again, written by the award-winning author who discovered "memory cells," the physiological substrate of working memory.
The fifth edition constitutes a comprehensive update, including all the major advances made on the physiology and cognitive neuroscience of the region since publication in 2008.
All chapters have been fully revised, and the overview of prefrontal functions now interprets experimental data within the theoretical framework of the new paradigm of cortical structure and dynamics (the Cognit Paradigm), addressing the accompanying social, economic, and cultural implications.
Dr. Fuster's major honors and awards include: the title of Member of Honor of the Spanish Royal Academy of Medicine (1997); Signoret Prize (Université de La Sorbonne, Paris) (2000); Fyssen International Science Prize (2000); Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain (2003); Goldman-Rakic Prize for Cognitive Neuroscience (NARSAD) (2006); George Miller Prize of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (2006); Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2008); Geschwind Lecturer, Harvard University (2009); Woolsey Lecturer, University of Wisconsin (2010); Elected Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2010); Segerfalk Lecturer, University of Lund, Sweden (2010); Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala (2014). Dr. Fuster is the author of more than 200 articles and 8 books.
- Provides a distinctly interdisciplinary view of the prefrontal cortex, covering all major methodologies, from comparative anatomy to modern imaging
- Unique analysis and synthesis of a large body of basic and clinical data on the subject (more than 2000 references)
- Written by an award-winning author who discovered "memory cells," the physiological substrate of working memory
- Synthesizes evidence that the prefrontal cortex constitutes a complex pre-adaptive system
- Incorporates emerging study of the role of the frontal lobes in social, economic, and cultural adaptation