0140806547 - The Working Brain by Alexander R Luria; Basil Haigh (2 results)

Paperback. Condition: Gut. 398 p. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren am Einband, mit Markermarkierungen, Anstreichungen und Anmerkungen im Buch, aber noch als Arbeitsexemplar geeignet / Slight signs of handling on the cover, with markings, erasures and annotations in the book, but still suitable as a working copy. - Contents Editorial Foreword Preface Part One Functional Organization and Mental Activity 1 Local brain lesions and localization of functions Early solutions The crisis A fresh look at the basic concepts Re-examination of the concept of 'function' Revision of the concept of 'localization' Revision of the concept of 'symptom' Syndrome analysis and the systemic organization of psychological processes 2 The three principal functional units The unit for regulating tone and waking and mental states The unit for receiving, analysing and storing information The unit for programming, regulation and verification of activity Interaction between the three principal functional units of the brain Part Two Local Brain Systems and their Functional Analysis 3 The occipital regions and the organization of visual perception Primary areas of the occipital cortex and the elementary functions of vision Secondary zones of the occipital cortex and optico-gnostic functions 4 The temporal regions and organization of auditory perception Primary zones of the temporal cortex and the elementary functions of hearing The secondary zones of the temporal cortex and acoustico-gnostic functions Systemic effect of disturbances of the hearing of speech in lesions of the secondary zones of the left temporal region Variants of the 'temporal syndrome' 5 The parietal regions and the organization of simultaneous syntheses Tertiary cortical zones and the organization of concrete spatial syntheses The tertiary cortical zones and organization of symbolic (quasi-spatial) syntheses The tertiary cortical zones and processes of speech memory The parieto-occipital zones of the right (non-dominant) hemisphere and their functions 6 Sensorimotor and premotor zones and the organization of movement Postcentral cortical zones and the afferent organization of movement Premotor zones of the cortex and the efferent organization of movement 7 The frontal lobes and the regulation of mental activity The frontal lobes and regulation of states of activity The frontal lobes and regulation of movements and actions The frontal lobes and regulation of mnestic and intellectual actions Functional organization of the frontal lobes and alternative forms of the frontal syndrome Part Three Synthetic Mental Activities and their Cerebral Organization 8 Perception Psychological structure Cerebral organization 9 Movement and action Psychological structure Cerebral organization 10 Attention Psychological structure Physiological indicators of attention Cerebral organization 11 Memory Psychological structure Primary (non-specific) forms of memory Modality-specific forms of memory 12 Speech Historical Psychological structure of speech Impressive (receptive) speech Expressive speech 13 Thinking Psychological structure Practical or constructive thinking Verbal-logical (discursive) thinking: the solution of problems Part Four Conclusion References Author Index Subject Index. ISBN 9780140806540 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 260.

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