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Reflecting recent changes in the way cognition and the brain are studied, this thoroughly updated third edition of the best-selling textbook provides a comprehensive and student-friendly guide to cognitive neuroscience. Jamie Ward provides an easy-to-follow introduction to neural structure and function, as well as all the key methods and procedures of cognitive neuroscience, with a view to helping students understand how they can be used to shed light on the neural basis of cognition.

The book presents an up-to-date overview of the latest theories and findings in all the key topics in cognitive neuroscience, including vision, memory, speech and language, hearing, numeracy, executive function, social and emotional behaviour and developmental neuroscience, as well as a new chapter on attention. Throughout, case studies, newspaper reports and everyday examples are used to help students understand the more challenging ideas that underpin the subject.

In addition each chapter includes:

• Summaries of key terms and points
• Example essay questions
• Recommended further reading
• Feature boxes exploring interesting and popular questions and their implications for the subject.

Written in an engaging style by a leading researcher in the field, and presented in full-color including numerous illustrative materials, this book will be invaluable as a core text for undergraduate modules in cognitive neuroscience. It can also be used as a key text on courses in cognition, cognitive neuropsychology, biopsychology or brain and behavior. Those embarking on research will find it an invaluable starting point and reference.

The Student’s Guide to Cognitive Neuroscience, 3^rd Edition is supported by a companion website, featuring helpful resources for both students and instructors.

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CONTENTS
About the author = ix
Preface to the third edition = xi
1 Introducing cognitive neuroscience = 1
 Cognitive neuroscience in historical perspective = 2
 Does cognitive psychology need the brain? = 9
 Does neuroscience need cognitive psychology? = 11
2 Introducing the brain = 15
 Structure and function of the neuron = 15
 The gross organization of the brain = 20
 The cerebral cortex = 24
 The subcortex = 26
 The midbrain and hindbrain = 28
3 The electrophysiological brain = 31
 In search of neural representations : single-cell recordings = 33
 Electroencephalography and event-related potentials = 36
 Mental chronometry in electrophysiology and cognitive psychology = 41
 Magnetoencephalography = 47
4 The imaged brain = 49
 Structural imaging = 50
 Functional imaging = 52
 From image to cognitive theory : experimental design = 57
 Analyzing data from functional imaging = 66
 Interpreting data from functional imaging = 70
 Why do functional imaging data sometimes disagree with lesion data? = 72
 Brain-reading : is "Big Brother" round the corner? = 74
5 The lesioned brain = 81
 Dissociations and associations = 84
 Single-case studies = 86
 Group studies and lesion-deficit analysis = 90
 Animal models in neuropsychology = 94
 Transcranial magnetic stimulation(TMS) = 95
 Transcranial direct current stimulation(tDCS) = 103
6 The seeing brain = 107
 From eye to brain = 108
 Cortical blindness and "blindsight" = 114
 Functional specialization of the visual cortex beyond V1 = 115
 Recognizing objects = 120
 Recognizing faces = 126
 Vision imagined = 132
7 The attending brain = 135
 Spatial and non-spatial attentional process = 136
 The role of the parietal lobes in attention = 140
 Theories of attention = 148
 Neglect as a disorder of spatial attention and awareness = 157
8 The acting brain = 165
 A basic cognitive framework for movement and action = 166
 The role of the frontal lobes in movement and action = 167
 Planning actions : the SAS model = 173
 Ownership and awareness of actions = 175
 Action comprehension and imitation = 177
 Acting on objects = 180
 Preparation and execution of actions = 188
9 The remembering brain = 195
 Short-term and working memory = 196
 Different types of long-term memory = 203
 Amnesia = 204
 Functions of the hippocampus and medial temporal lobes in memory = 210
 Theories of remembering, knowing, and forgetting = 218
 The role of the prefrontal cortex in long-term memory = 223
10 The hearing brain = 231
 The nature of sound = 233
 From ear to brain = 234
 Basic processing of auditory information = 237
 Music perception = 243
 Voice perception = 249
 Speech perception = 250
11 The speaking brain = 259
 Spoken word recognition = 261
 Semantic memory and the meaning of words = 266
 Understanding and producing sentences = 278
 Retrieving and producing spoken words = 284
12 The literate brain = 293
 Visual word recognition = 296
 Reading aloud : routes from spelling to sound = 303
 Spelling and writing = 310
 Does spelling use the same mechanisms as reading? = 315
13 The numerate brain = 319
 Universal numeracy? = 320
 The meaning of numbers = 322
 Models of number processing = 334
14 The executive brain = 345
 Anatomical and functional divisions of the prefrontal cortex = 347
 Executive functions in practice = 350
 The organization of executive functions = 356
 The role of the anterior cingulate in executive functions = 369
15 The social and emotional brain = 373
 Theories of emotion = 374
 Neural substrates of emotion processing = 382
 Reading faces = 392
 Reading minds = 396
16 The developing brain = 407
 Structural development of the brain = 410
 Functional development of the brain : sensitive periods and innate knowledge? = 413
 Behavioral genetics = 419
 Beyond nature versus nurture : gene-environment interplay = 423
References = 431
Author Index = 511
Subject Index = 521