Human Brain Function

Full Author: Edited by Richard Frackowiak, Karl J. Friston, Chris D. Frith, and Raymond Dolan Institute of Neurology, University of London, and Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UK John C. Mazziotta UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California

Description: This book brings together the latest information about brain mapping into one multi-disciplinary and succint volume. Human Brain Function provides a thorough background into the methods which obtain new data, as well as detailing each of the major areas of new discoveries in non-invasive brain mapping. In the decade since the application of new imaging methods in functional imaging, new results in perception, cognition, plasticity, and motor function have been uncovered, and are discussed in detail in this timely book.

Features: KEY FEATURES: * Contains a thorough explanation of statistical parametric maps * Covers the field of functional imaging and cognitive neuroscience * Features completely up-to-date research * Presents new research in brain mapping

Contents: CONTENTS: Principles and Methods: Linking Brain and Behaviour. Analyzing Brain Images: Principles and Overview. Registering Brain Images to Anatomy. Characterizing Brain Images with the General Linear Model. Making Statistical Inferences. Characterizing Distributed Functional Systems. Characterizing Functional Integration. A Taxonomy of Study Design. Functional Anatomy: Dynamism of a PET Image: Studies of Visual Function. Mapping Somatosensory Systems. Functional Organization of the Motor System. The Cerebral Basis of Functional Recovery. Functional Anatomy of Reading. Higher Cognitive Processes. Human Memory Systems. Measuring Neuromodulation with Functional Imaging. Brain Maps: Linking the Present with the Future. Functional Imaging with Magnetic Resonance.