Human Brain Function

Frackowiak, Richard S.J.; Friston, Karl J.; Frith, Christopher D.; Dolan, Raymond J.; Mazziotta, John C.

ISBN 10: 0122648404 / ISBN 13: 9780122648403

Published by Academic Press, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Human Brain Function
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0122648404
• ISBN 13: 9780122648403
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: very_good

About this title

Synopsis

This book brings together the latest information about brain mapping into one succinct, multi-disciplinary volume. Human Brain Function provides a thorough explanation of the methods for obtaining new data, as well as detailing each of the major areas of new discoveries in noninvasive 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.

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

About the Author

Dr. Mazziotta is a Professor of Neurology, Radiological Sciences, and Pharmacology and the Pierson Lovelace Investigator at UCLA, as well as the Director of the UCLA Brain Mapping Program that he established in 1993. Dr. Mazziotta has published more than 190 research papers and five texts and has received numerous honor and achievement awards including the Oldendorf Award of the American Society of Neuroimaging, the S. Weir Mitchell Award of the American Academy of Neurology, and the Von Hevesy Prize from the International Society of Nuclear Medicine. Dr. Mazziotta has been chair of the Scientific Issues and Program Committee of the American Academy of Neurology. He is the President-Elect of the American Neuroimaging Society and is the President of the Brain Mapping Medical Research Organization. He is also Co-Editor-in-Chief of NeuroImage.