An Odyssey Through the Brain, Behavior and the Mind
Authors: Vanderwolf, Case H.
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Much of contemporary behavioral or cognitive neuroscience is concerned with discovering the neural basis of psychological processes such as attention, cognition, consciousness, perception, and memory. In sharp divergence from this field, An Odyssey Through the Brain, Behavior and the Mind can be regarded as an elaborate demonstration that the large scale features of brain electrical activity are related to sensory and motor processes in various ways but are not organised in accordance with conventional psychological concepts. It is argued that much of the traditional lore concerning the mind is based on prescientific philosophical assumptions and has little relevance to brain function.
The first ten chapters of An Odyssey Through the Brain, Behavior and the Mind give a personal account of how the various discoveries that gave rise to these views came to be made. This is followed by discussions of brain organization in relation to behavior, learning and memory, sleep and consciousness, and the general problem of the mind.
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A Preparation and a Beginning
Pages 1-5
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Hippocampal Activity and Behavior
Pages 7-23
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Hippocampal Slow Waves, Learning, and Instinctive Behavior
Pages 25-37
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Two Afferent Systems Control the Activation of the Neocortex and Hippocampus
Pages 39-63
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The Anatomical and Neurochemical Basis of Atropine-Resistant Neocortical Activation
Pages 65-78
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- An Odyssey Through the Brain, Behavior and the Mind
- Authors
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- Case H. Vanderwolf
- Copyright
- 2003
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag US
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4757-3779-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4757-3779-0
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-4020-7345-8
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4419-5335-3
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- IX, 176
- Topics
