From Attention to Goal-Directed Behavior Neurodynamical, Methodological and Clinical Trends

After a postdoctoral work on enactive approaches to consciousness at York University in Toronto, Canada, he returned to Chile. He is an Associate Researcher at the Center for Neurobiological Studies of the Psychiatry Dep. at the P. Universidad Católica de Chile. Since March 2008 he is Associate Prof...

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Other Authors: Aboitiz, Francisco (Editor), Cosmelli, Diego (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2009, 2009
Edition:1st ed. 2009
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Basic Mechanisms and Methodological Issues
  • Neuronal Signatures of Selective Attention – Synchronization and Gain Modulation as Mechanisms for Selective Sensory Information Processing
  • Intracortical Recordings During Attentional Tasks
  • The Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Visual-Spatial Attention
  • Attention and Neurodynamical Correlates of Natural Vision
  • Attending to the Stream of Consciousness – A Methodological Challenge
  • Crossmodal Attention–The Contribution of Event-Related-Potential Studies
  • Measuring and Modulating Hemispheric Attention
  • A Connectionist Perspective on Attentional Effects in Neurodynamics Data
  • From Attention to Behavioral Control
  • From Goals to Habits – A View from the Network
  • Dynamics of a Neuromodulator – I. The Role of Dopaminergic Signaling in Goal-Directed Behavior
  • Dynamics of a Neuromodulator – II. Dopaminergic Balance and Cognition
  • Clinical and Developmental Issues
  • Prefrontal Cortex and Contro