Visual Attention And Cortical Circuits - Jochen Braun, Christof Koch And Joel L. Davis,

Visual Attention And Cortical Circuits by Jochen Braun, Christof Koch And Joel L. Davis, is a hardcover that's easy to recommend. Runs to about 313 pages, so it's a comfortable read, and a good pick whether you're buying for yourself or as a gift.

What it's about

The neurobiology and psychology of attention have much to learn from each other. Neurobiologists recognize that responses in sensory cortex depend on the behavioral relevance of a stimulus, but have few ways to study how perception changes as a result. Psychologists have the conceptual and methodological tools to do just that, but are confounded by the multiple interpretations and theoretical ambiguities. This book attempts to bridge the two fields and to derive a comprehensive theory of attention from both neurobiological and psychological data. It highlights situations where attention can be seen to alter both neural activity and psychophysical performance/phenomenal experience. This "bicultural" approach contributes not only to attention research but to the larger goal of linking neural activity to conscious experience. The book focuses mainly on the effects of visual attention on the ventral and dorsal streams of visual cortex in humans and monkeys and the associated changes in visual performance. Several larger findings emerge: attention may involve more than one neural system; attention modulates all stages of cortical visual processing; the effect of attention is constrained by the intrinsic connectivity of cortex and the resulting contextual interactions; and the notion of a "saliency map" remains central to thinking about visual attention. The book also considers several approaches to evaluating the same variable through different methods, such as behavioral measurements, functional imaging, and single-unit recording.

Book details

• Author: Jochen Braun, Christof Koch And Joel L. Davis,
• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Pages: 313
• Publisher: Khel Sahitya Kendra
• Published: 2001
• Dimensions: 7.5 x 1 x 9.5 inches
• Category: Medical

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