Neural Basis of Motivational and Cognitive Control (Mit Press) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0262016435 ISBN 13: 9780262016438

Publisher: MIT Press, 2011

Synopsis

A multidisciplinary overview of key approaches in the study of cognitive control and decision making.

This volume offers a range of perspectives on a simple problem: How does the brain choose efficiently and adaptively among options to ensure coherent, goal-directed behavior? The contributors, from fields as varied as anatomy, psychology, learning theory, neuroimaging, neurophysiology, behavioral economics, and computational modeling, present an overview of key approaches in the study of cognitive control and decision making. The book not only presents a survey of cutting-edge research on the topic, it also provides a handbook useful to psychologists, biologists, economists, and neuroscientists alike.

The contributors consider such topics as the anatomical and physiological basis of control, examining core components of the control system, including contributions of the cerebral cortex, the ways in which subcortical brain regions underpin the control functions of the cortex, and neurotransmitter systems; variations in control seen in the development from adolescence to adulthood, in healthy adults, and in patient populations; recent developments in computational approaches, including reinforcement learning; and overarching trends in the current literature, including neuroeconomics, social decision making, and model-based approaches to data from neuroimaging and electrophysiology.

About this title

About the Author:

Rogier B. Mars is a Research Fellow in the Department of Experimental Psychology and the Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain at Oxford University.

Jérôme Sallet is a Research Fellow in the Department of Experimental Psychology and the Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain at Oxford University.

Matthew F. S. Rushworth is Professor in the Department of Experimental Psychology and the Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain at Oxford University.

Nick Yeung is University Lecturer in the Department of Experimental Psychology and the Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain at Oxford University.

Jérôme Sallet is a Research Fellow in the Department of Experimental Psychology and the Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain at Oxford University.

About this edition

• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0262016435
• ISBN 13: 9780262016438
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 449
• Editor: Mars Rogier B, Sallet Jérôme, Rushworth Matthew F S, Yeung Nick