This book brings together the latest findings in physiology and anatomy of theassociation cortices. Its purpose is to present our current understandings ofthe r... » 

This book brings together the latest findings in physiology and anatomy of theassociation cortices. Its purpose is to present our current understandings ofthe relationships between the various cognitive functions and neural structureof the association cortex especially in the primate. The first three sectionsof the book describe the parietal temporal and prefrontal cortices and theirsubdivisions with regard to sensory cortical pathways. those cortical regionsare interconnected to form parallel and hierarchial functional networks. Thefinal section of the book specifically deals with the human association cortex.Current physiological studies are focusing increasingly on the smallersubdivisions of the cortex of association each of which specializes inprocessing a different kind of higher order information.This title presentssome of the newest developments in cognitive neuroscience and will undoubtedlybe of interest to neuroanatomists neurophysiologists neuropsycologistsneurologists and neurosurgeons. «