1: Introduction; The Problem; Cognitive Networks: Theory; Cognitive
Networks: Neuroscience; The Cognit
2: Neurobiology of Cortical Networks; Phylogeny of the Cortex;
Ontogeny of the Cortex; Cognitive Network Formation; Extracortical
Factors; Basic Structure of Cognitive Networks
3: Functional Architecture of the Cognit; Structure of Knowledge in
Connectionist Models; Categories of Knowledge; Cortical Modularity;
Cortical Hierarchy of Perceptual Networks; Cortical Hierarchy of
Executive Networks; Heterarchical Representation in Association
Cortex
4: Perception; Perceptual Categorization; Gestalt; Cortical
Dynamics of Perception; Perceptual Binding; Perception-Action
Cycle
5: Memory; Formation of Memory; Short-term Memory; Perceptual
Memory; Executive Memory; Retrieval of Memory
6: Attention; Biological Roots of Attention; Perceptual Attention;
Working Memory; Executive Attention; Set and Expectancy; Execution
and Monitoring
7: Lanuage; Neurobiology of Language; Hemispheric Lateralization;
Neuropsychology of Language; Functional Architecture of Semantics;
Cortical Dynamics of Syntax
8: Intelligence; Development of Intelligence; Reasoning; Problem
Solving; Decision Making; Creative Intelligence
Epilogue on Consciousness
"Cortex and Mind by Joaquin Fuster is the best book in the field I
have read since Higher Cortical Functions by Alexander Luria. It is
a book of similar scope and ambition, but reflecting the Zeitgeist
of the beginning of the twenty-first century, rather than that of
the middle of the twentieth century. I cannot think of anything of
this importance and conceptual clarity written in between. With
great clarity, Fuster defines a certain
sophisticated understanding of the brain's function, and with great
civility, gentility even, he debunks some of the most enduring
misconceptions in the field." --JINS
". . . a remarkable and unique integration of cognitive
neuroscience . . . Fuster's ability for compacting the vast domain
of cognitive neuroscience into a brief and lucid book is admirable
. . . beautifully written and a pleasure to read . . . a singular
book." --Contemporary Psychology
"Fuster's progress report dares us to believe that the patterns
woven by Sherrington's 'enchanted loom,' the cerebral cortex, are
now well on the way to being understood."--Nature
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