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From Attention to Goal-Directed Behavior

Neurodynamical, Methodological and Clinical Trends

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Editors:
  1. Francisco Aboitiz

    1. Departamento de Psiquiatría, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta, Chile

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  2. Diego Cosmelli

    1. Escuela de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Macul, Chile
      Laboratorio de Neurociencias Cognitivas, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas, Escuela de Medicina, Piso, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta, Chile

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Attentional Networks: Basic Mechanisms and Methodological Issues

    1. Neuronal Signatures of Selective Attention – Synchronization and Gain Modulation as Mechanisms for Selective Sensory Information Processing

      • C. Bosman, T. Womelsdorf
      Pages 3-28

    2. Intracortical Recordings During Attentional Tasks

      • J. -P. Lachaux, T. Ossandón
      Pages 29-49

    3. The Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Visual-Spatial Attention

      • S. J. Luck
      Pages 51-66

    4. Attention and Neurodynamical Correlates of Natural Vision

      • P. E. Maldonado, J. P. Ossandón, F. J. Flores
      Pages 67-82

    5. Attending to the Stream of Consciousness – A Methodological Challenge

      • D. Cosmelli
      Pages 83-103

    6. Crossmodal Attention–The Contribution of Event-Related-Potential Studies

      • R. Ortega, V. López
      Pages 105-123

    7. Measuring and Modulating Hemispheric Attention

      • A. Hill, A. Barnea, K. Herzberg, A. Rassis-Ariel, S. Rotem, Y. Meltzer et al.
      Pages 125-143

    8. A Connectionist Perspective on Attentional Effects in Neurodynamics Data

      • O. David
      Pages 145-162

  4. Clinical and Developmental Issues

    1. Prefrontal Cortex and Control of Behavior – Evidence from Neuropsychological Studies

      • A. Slachevsky, P. Reyes, G. Rojas, J. R. Silva
      Pages 231-248

    2. The Maturation of Cognitive Control and the Adolescent Brain

      • B. Luna
      Pages 249-274

    3. Electrophysiological and Genetic Markers of Attention Deficit–Hyperactivity Disorder: Boundary Conditions for Normal Attentional Processing and Behavioral Control

      • X. Carrasco, M. Henríquez, F. Zamorano, P. Rothhammer, F. Daiber, F. Aboitiz
      Pages 275-300

    4. The Aberrant Connectivity Hypothesis in Schizophrenia

      • P. A. Gaspar, C. Bosman, S. Ruiz, F. Aboitiz
      Pages 301-323

    5. Erratum

      • Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
      Pages 328-328

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 325-327
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About this book

Attention is a key psychological construct in the understanding of human cognition, and the target of enormous efforts to elucidate its physiological mechanisms, as the wealth of literature—both primary and secondary—attests (for recent compilations see Itti, Rees, & Tsotsos, 2005; Paletta & Rome, 2008; Posner, 2004). But in addition to asking what attention actually is, decomposing and analyzing its varieties, or delimiting its neurobiological mechanisms and effects, in this volume we want to explore attention somewhat differently. We believe that a full-fledged theory of attention must consider its workings in the context of motivated, goal-directed, and environmentally constrained organisms. That attention is related to goal-directed behavior is not news. What the contri- tions to this volume do suggest, however, is the existence of fundamental links between attention and two key processes that are crucial for adapted conduct: go- directed behavior and cognitive control. Importantly, they show that these relations can be explored at multiple levels, including neurodynamical, neurochemical, evo- tionary, and clinical aspects, and that in doing so multiple methodological challenges arise that are worth considering and pursuing. The reader will find here, therefore, a selection of contributions that range from basic mechanisms of attention at the n- ronal level to developmental aspects of cognitive control and its impairments. Another trend that will become evident is that, in different ways, the authors stress the need to understand these issues as they unfold in natural behavior (both healthy and pathological), thus arguing for a more ecological approach to these questions.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Departamento de Psiquiatría, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta, Chile

    Francisco Aboitiz

  • Escuela de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Macul, Chile

    Diego Cosmelli

  • Laboratorio de Neurociencias Cognitivas, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas, Escuela de Medicina, Piso, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta, Chile

    Diego Cosmelli

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: From Attention to Goal-Directed Behavior

  • Book Subtitle: Neurodynamical, Methodological and Clinical Trends

  • Editors: Francisco Aboitiz, Diego Cosmelli

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70573-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-70572-7Published: 04 December 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08951-0Published: 15 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-70573-4Published: 21 November 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 328

  • Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Neurosciences

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