Physiological psychology Books

Book SynopsisGreat musicians, Olympic athletes, comedians, and others have been demonstrating how to harness the phenomenon of transmuting pain, loss, and failure into tremendous inspiration-but how?LIFE IS DISAPPOINTING uses humor and personal stories, mixed with psychological research on coping skills, to help you better understand disappointment and how to use it as fuel to propel yourself forward.  

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Book SynopsisThe goal of this book is to provide brief-but-comprehensive information that can aid in rapid differential diagnosis and allow for more thorough follow-up if needed. This guide is intended to fit easily into the pocket of a lab coat or on your desk, giving readers an efficient way to find information about a specific disease or disorder to prepare for an upcoming case. The book is divided into two parts: Part 1 involves general psychometric and reference information including score classifications, formulas for score conversion, likelihood chaining, and reliable change, psychometric data for stand-alone and embedded PVTs, and the effects of common medications on cognition. Part 2 of the book is organized alphabetically by disease or disorder to promote quick searching, and each chapter provides straightforward information including definitions, subtypes, etiology, epidemiology, course, diagnostic criteria, expectations for test results, and links to more comprehensive sources. Whenever possible, information is gathered through up-to-date literature and high quality pubilcations such as systematic reviews or meta-analyses. Helpful references are provided for more extensive follow-up or further reading.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Disorders are split into three main groups: mostly rapid onset, variable onset, and insidious onset. Within each of these categories, disorders are furthers classified using the VITAMINSCDE system, corresponding to the following: Vascular, Infection, Trauma, Autoimmune, Mental Health, Idiopathic/Iatrogenic, Neoplasia, Substance/Medications/Toxins, Alcohol, Behavioral/psychosomatic, Congenital, Degenerative, Endocrine/Metabolic. Each disorder will have the following sections of varying length depending on the prevalence of the disorder and amount of information known: Definition, Prevalence, Physiological underpinnings, Subtypes, Typical Course, Expectations for neuropsychological testing, Rule Outs, and Recommendations. The goal is to provide very brief, yet comprehensive information that can aid in rapid differential diagnosis and allow for more thorough follow-up if needed. Part 1: Disorders of Mostly Rapid Symptom Onset 1. Vascular o Stroke o Subarachnoid Hemorrhage 2. Infection o Syphilis o HSV-1 o Prion Disorders o Meningitis o Encephalitis o Abscess o PML o ADEM 3. Trauma o TBI o Hypoxia 4. Idiopathic/Iatrogenic o Delirium 5. Neoplasia o Paraneoplastic syndrome 6. Substance/Medications/Toxins o Withdrawal o Serotonin syndrome o Neuroleptic malignant syndrome 7. Alcohol o Hepatic Encephalopathy 8. Behavioral/psychosomatic o Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures o Malingering 9. Congenital o Acute Intermittent Porphyria 10. Endocrine/Metabolic o Hypothyroidism o Hypoglycemia Part 2: Disorders of variable symptom onset 11. Vascular o Stenosis 12. Infection o Lyme disease o Systemic lupus erythematosus 13. Trauma o Subdural hematoma 14. Autoimmune o Multiple Sclerosis 15. Mental Health o Mood disorders o Anxiety/Hypochondriasis o Psychotic Disorders 16. Idiopathic/Iatrogenic o Epilepsy o Sarcoidosis 17. Neoplasia o Tumor o Metastases 18. Substance/Medications/Toxins o Toxins o Medication side effects o Long-term drug use 19. Behavioral/psychosomatic o Somatoform 20. Degenerative o Hydrocephalus 21. Endocrine/Metabolic o Vitamin deficiency o Hashimoto’s encephalopathy Part 3: Disorders of Mostly Insidious Symptom Onset 22. Vascular o Vascular dementia o Binswanger’s 23. Autoimmune o HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorder 24. Substance/Medications/Toxins o End Stage Renal Disease o Liver disease 25. Alcohol o Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome o Alcohol-Related Dementia 26. Congenital o Wilson’s disease o CADASIL 27. Degenerative o Alzheimer’s disease o Frontotemporal Dementias o Dementia with Lewy Bodies o Progressive Supranuclear Palsy o Parkinson’s disease o Huntington’s disease o Corticobasal degeneration o Multiple System Atrophy 28. Endocrine/Metabolic o Cushing’s syndrome o Mitochondrial encephalopathy

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Book SynopsisHistory of Interoception: An Incomplete Jigsaw.- The conceptualization and measurement of interoception.- The Neural Basis of Interoception.- Being a beast machine: An interoceptive basis for conscious selfhood.- The Role of Interoception in Emotion and Social Cognition.- The impact of interoception on learning, memory and decision making.- Cognitive processes supporting interoception and the influence of activation states.- Interoception and Physical Health.- Interoception and Mental Health.- Interoception Across the Lifespan.- Demographic Differences in Interoception.- Interoceptive interventions.- Interoception: Where next?.

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Book SynopsisExecutive functioning: we measure it, assess it, document its development in youth, track its decline in age and use it as a basis for diagnoses, treatment planning and-of course-theories. Could it be possible that science has spent decades chasing a cognitive phantom?Noting the lack of consensus concerning definition, component skills, and location within the brain, The Myth of Executive Functioning calls basic assumptions, prominent theories, commonly used test methods, and even the phrase executive functioning into question. The book's deceptively simple argument takes an evolutionary/neuroscience look at the cornerstones of cognitive organization, including memory, planning, decision-making and adaptation to novel circumstances. From there, gaps are identified between systems of cognitive control and those behaviors that are evaluated in neuropsychological testing-gaps that contribute to the disconnect between how science views mind and body, brain and behavior. The author's problem-solving metaphor places new emphasis on stimulus processing and on the relationship between movement and thought as he offers thought-provoking perspectives on: The limits of neuropsychological constructs. The components of adaptive thinking. The automatic aspects of problem solving. The left-brain/right-brain dichotomy. Problems with the domain approach to cognition. New paradigms for testing cognitive functioning. A controversial presentation with the potential to change clinical practice and training, The Myth of Executive Functioning will be read, debated and learned from by neuropsychologists, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, cognitive neuroscientists and rehabilitation specialists.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Problem Solving: Practical Examples and Additional Properties.- The Problem Solving Metaphor, Neuropsychology, and Exective Functioning.- Neuropsychological Constructs, Assumptions, and Executive Functioning: Revisiting Principles of Brain Organization.- Functional Domains, Unitary Constructs, and the Intergrated Brain.- Large Scale Brain Systems.- The Application of Large Scale Brain Systems to Practical "EF" Behavior: Revisting the Introductory Examples.- The Novelty -Routinization Principle of Brain Organization.- Clues to Understanding the Phylogeny of Behavioral Control.- Ways of Generating Behavior.- Movement, Thinking, Anticipation, and Banishing Exectuvie Functioning.- The Four Steps of the Development of the Cognitive Control System.- Abolishing the Executive and the Mind-Body Problem.- Why Cognitive Control is an Expansion of Cortical-Cerebellar and Cortical-Basal Ganglia Motor Control Systems.- The Cerebro-Cerebellar Underpinning of Cognitive Control.- Structure and Function of the Cerebro-Cerebellar Circuitary System.- The Basal Ganglia Underpinning of Cognitive Control: The Fronto-Striatal System.- Cognitive Control, Reward, and the Basal Ganglia.- Basal Ganglia Dynamics, Cognition, and Social Behavior.- Interim Summary.- How Well Do These Principles “FIT” Exceptional Cases?.- Why People Who Cannot Move Are Aable to Think.- The Exceptionality of the Congenitally Blind.- The Exceptionality of Deafness.- NEeuropsychological Testing and Neuropsychological Evaluation: Is There A Difference Between These Aprroaches?.- Missing Elements in the Neuropsychological Assessment of EF.- The Tradtional Neuropsychological Assessment Paradigm.- The Motor Examination.- The Evaluation of Reward Preferences.- Summary, Conclusions, and Future Directions.

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Book SynopsisSelektive Aufmerksamkeit ist die Fähigkeit, relevante Informationen auszuwählen und nicht relevante oder störende zu ignorieren. Diese selektive Aufmerksamkeit spielt sowohl bei der Interaktionen mit anderen Menschen, der Bewegung in der Umwelt, der Nutzung von technischen Geräten, der Planung von zielgerichteten Handlungen wie auch bei der Kontrolle von Denkprozessen eine zentrale Rolle in der menschlichen Kognition.Ein wesentliches Merkmal dieses Buches liegt darin, dass verschiedene Phänomene der selektiven Aufmerksamkeit dargestellt werden und dass das in den einzelnen Kapiteln entwickelte Wissen auf Alltagssituationen im täglichen Leben bezogen werden kann. Auch kann es zur Lösung von Problemstellungen in diversen spezifischen Bereichen, z.B. im Bereich der Ergonomie angewandt werden.Zielgruppen für dieses Werk sind Studierende und praktisch Tätige in den Kognitionswissenschaften, Neurowissenschaften, Medizin, Mensch-Maschine-Schnittstelle, Software-Ergonomie, Sportwissenschaften, Ingenieurwissenschaften.Zum Inhalt: Basierend auf experimentellen Methoden werden die aus der aktuellen Forschung resultierenden Erklärungsansätze vorgestellt und diskutiert. Ein besonderes Augenmerk liegt dabei auf der Integration von kognitionspsychologischen Befunden und Modellen mit neurokognitiven Ansätzen. Dieser integrative Ansatz dient dazu, neurokortikale Korrelate von Aufmerksamkeitsphänomenen im Sinne der Aktivität spezifischer Gehirnmodule bzw. kortikaler Netzwerke zu beschreiben.Für das Verständnis des Buches unentbehrliche methodische Ansätze und theoretische Grundlagen werden im Haupttext gesondert in Textboxen herausgestellt. Für eilige Leser und für einen raschen und kurzen Überblick sind die wichtigsten Kernaussagen jeweils am Kapitelende zusammengefasstTable of ContentsGrundlagen.- Perzeptive selektive Aufmerksamkeit.- Visuelle selektive Aufmerksamkeit.- Modalitätsübergreifende Aufmerksamkeitsorientierung.- Visuelle Suche.- Die Rolle von top-down-Prozessen in Popout-Suchen.- Temporale Mechanismen der selektiven Aufmerksamkeit.- Limitationen der selektiven visuellen Aufmerksamkeit.- Neurokognitive Mechanismen der selektiven visuellen Aufmerksamkeit.- Neurokognitive Studien der selektiven Aufmerksamkeit.- Aufmerksamkeitsnetzwerke im Gehirn.- Integrative Erklärungsansätze behavioraler und neuronaler Befunde.- Handlungssteuernde Aufmerksamkeit (Aufmerksamkeit und Handlung).- Aufmerksamkeit, Automatizität und exekutive Kontrolle.- Neurokognitive Mechanismen der exekutiven Kontrolle.

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Book SynopsisDas vorliegende essential beschäftigt sich mit der Nutzung des Smartphones und gibt Antworten darauf, warum wir immer mehr Zeit mit diesen Geräten verbringen. Es wird beschrieben, welche Gruppen besonders von einer übermäßigen Smartphone-Nutzung betroffen sind. Zusätzlich wird der Frage nachgegangen, ob digitale Welten tatsächlich unser Gehirn verändern. Außerdem: Wie sieht eine gesunde Smartphone-Nutzung in der Familie und am Arbeitsplatz aus? Das Buch hält Tipps für einen möglichst stressfreien Umgang mit digitalen Welten bereit, damit wir wieder lernen, im Hier und Jetzt zu leben.Trade Review“Eine knappe und verständliche Zusammenfassung der aktuellen wissenschaftlichen Forschungsergebnisse zum Thema Smartphone und Smartphone-Sucht finen Sie in diesem Buch unseres Interview-Partners. Außerdem enthält es einen "Schnelltest Smartphone-Sucht."” (Klasse2000, 2018)Table of ContentsVom Homo Sapiens zum Homo Digitalis.- Smartphone-Sucht verstehen.- Smartphone-Nutzung und das Gehirn.- Smartphone-Nutzung in der Kindheit und Familie.- Smartphone und E-Mails bei der Arbeit.

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Book SynopsisLudger Kowal-Summek erläutert in diesem Buch, was Musikpädagogen von der Hirnforschung und der Psychologie lernen können. Es wird eine wissenschaftlich-kritische Analyse dessen durchgeführt, was die Musikpädagogik von der Neurowissenschaft realistischerweise erwarten kann, sowie die Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Übertragung von Wissen aus benachbarten Disziplinen am Beispiel des Verstehens und der Vermittlung musikalischer Inhalte neu austariert. Dabei bereitet der Autor die Untersuchung so auf, dass diese auch dem Laien verständlich wird.Table of ContentsGrundlagen und Funktionsweisen des Gehirns.- Neurodidaktik – Neurowissenschaften und Pädagogik.- Neurowissenschaften und Musikpsychologie.- Neurowissenschaften und Musikpädagogik.

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Book SynopsisDieses essential bietet einen Überblick über Meditationsrichtungen, -programme und -techniken und führt die wichtigsten Begriffe und Definitionen ein. Peter Malinowski entwirrt die Vielfalt unterschiedlicher Meditationsangebote und vermittelt ein grundlegendes Verständnis von Meditation und Achtsamkeit. Der Leser bekommt einen Leitfaden zur Einteilung von Meditationsübungen, verbunden mit dem Handwerkszeug, um unterschiedliche Angebote sinnvoll unterscheiden zu können. Zudem werden die wichtigsten Erklärungsansätze zur Wirkung von Meditation eingeführt.Table of ContentsHintergründe und Begriffsbestimmung von Meditation.- Grundprinzipien von Meditation.- Meditationsübungen und Angebote.

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Book SynopsisDieses essential gibt einen Kurzüberblick über psychosoziale Aspekte von Patienten mit Hirntumoren. Die Arbeit mit dieser besonderen Patientengruppe erfordert spezifische Kenntnisse in den Bereichen Neuropsychologie, Psychoonkologie und Psychotherapie, die praxisnah vermittelt werden. Patienten mit intrakraniellen Tumoren zählen zu den am stärksten belasteten Patientengruppen überhaupt. Sie sind nicht nur von allen Belastungsfaktoren onkologischer Erkrankungen betroffen, zu welchen zum Beispiel die langwierige und nebenwirkungsreiche medizinische Therapie oder die oft verringerte Lebenserwartung zählen, sondern auch von allen Belastungsfaktoren neurologischer Erkrankungen, worunter auch neuropsychologische Veränderungen wie kognitive Defizite, eine verminderte Kommunikationsfähigkeit und organisch bedingte Persönlichkeitsveränderungen fallen.Table of ContentsEinleitung. - Medizinische Grundlagen intrakranieller Tumore. - Neuropsychologie. - Psychoonkologie. - Psychotherapie. - Exkurs: Die Angehörigen von Hirnturmorpatienten. - Zusammenfassung und Integration.

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Book SynopsisBlockages to be solved with coaching are often the result of repressed traumatic experiences of a person or their ancestors. Pictorial models will guide the reader into the multi-layered landscape of the soul and its principles. Along the way, the book decodes traumas as the soul’s fundamental building blocks and follows them back to their origins: existential limit-experiences and their common denominator, the splitting of the soul. The consequences of this autonomous survival mechanism affect all areas of life, starting from the unconscious. Therefore, they are not accessible by conventional methods working with the conscious mind. The presented integrative approach provides means and ways that significantly expand the potential of coaching. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Splitting of the Soul and Its Consequences .- Implications of Experiences of Existential Edge in a Business Environment.- Trauma Work for Developing a Sustainable Base in a Professional Environment .- Methods.- Practical Advice for Trauma Work .- Case Studies.

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Book SynopsisDieses essential gibt einen Überblick über aktuelle Forschung zum Thema Linkshändigkeit und Hirnasymmetrien. Dabei werden neben Grundlagen zur Erfassung von Linkshändigkeit und Hirnasymmetrien auch ihre Evolution, Entwicklung und ihre Erforschung im Tierreich beleuchtet. Weitere Themenschwerpunkte sind die Erforschung zwischen Linkshändigkeit und kognitiven Funktionen sowie das Thema Händigkeit und Sport. Abgerundet wird das essential durch eine Besprechung des Themas Umlernen der Händigkeit und eine Diskussion veränderter Asymmetrien bei verschiedenen Patientengruppen.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Was ist Linkshändigkeit?.- Hirnasymmetrien: Links-Rechts-Unterschiede im Gehirn.- Wie entstehen Linkshändigkeit und Hirnasymmetrien?.- Linkspfotigkeit: Hirnasymmetrien im Tierreich.- Die Evolution von Linkshändigkeit und Hirnasymmetrien.- Linkshändigkeit und kognitive Funktionen.- Haben Linkshänder einen Vorteil beim Sport?.- Das Umlernen der Händigkeit und seine Folgen.- Linkshändigkeit und Hirnasymmetrien im klinischen Kontext.

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Book SynopsisNow available in a sixth edition, An Introduction to the Psychology of Hearing is the leading textbook in the field of auditory perception, also known as psychoacoustics.The textbook's longevity and loyal readership can be attributed to the accessible manner in which it describes the relationships between the characteristics of the sounds that enter the ear and the sensations that they produce. Wherever possible, the author has specified these relationships in terms of the underlying mechanisms. The intention is to impart an understanding of what the auditory system does and how it works: research results are not just described, but are interpreted and evaluated; knowledge is not assumed, but deduced from basic principles. Topics covered include the physics of sound, the physiology of the auditory system, frequency selectivity and masking, loudness perception, temporal analysis, pitch perception, sound localization, timbre perception, the perceptual organization of complex auditory 'scenes', speech perception, and practical applications such as hearing aids, cochlear implants, and high-fidelity sound reproduction. The book also includes extensive references to recent research so that those interested in a specific area can readily obtain more detailed information. The new edition of An Introduction to the Psychology of Hearing has been thoroughly updated. New sections have been added covering perceptual methods of estimating basilar-membrane compression, informational masking of non-speech and speech sounds, experiments and theories concerning pitch perception, and the perception of speech in complex auditory environments. *This title was originally published by Emerald with ISBN 9781780520384Table of ContentsPreface to the Sixth Edition The nature of sound and the structure and function of the auditory system Absolute thresholds Frequency selectivity, masking and the critical band The perception of loudness Temporal processing in the auditory system Pitch perception Space perception Auditory pattern and object perception Speech perception Practical applications References Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisTiming and Time Perception: Procedures, Measures, and Applications is a one-of-a-kind, collective effort to present the most utilized and known methods on timing and time perception. Specifically, it covers methods and analysis on circadian timing, synchrony perception, reaction/response time, time estimation, and alternative methods for clinical/developmental research. The book includes experimental protocols, programming code, and sample results and the content ranges from very introductory to more advanced so as to cover the needs of both junior and senior researchers. We hope that this will be the first step in future efforts to document experimental methods and analysis both in a theoretical and in a practical manner. Contributors are: Patricia V. Agostino, Rocío Alcalá-Quintana, Fuat Balcı, Karin Bausenhart, Richard Block, Ivana L. Bussi, Carlos S. Caldart, Mariagrazia Capizzi, Xiaoqin Chen, Ángel Correa, Massimiliano Di Luca, Céline Z. Duval, Mark T. Elliott, Dagmar Fraser, David Freestone, Miguel A. García-Pérez, Anne Giersch, Simon Grondin, Nori Jacoby, Florian Klapproth, Franziska Kopp, Maria Kostaki, Laurence Lalanne, Giovanna Mioni, Trevor B. Penney, Patrick E. Poncelet, Patrick Simen, Ryan Stables, Rolf Ulrich, Argiro Vatakis, Dominic Ward, Alan M. Wing, Kieran Yarrow, and Dan Zakay.Table of ContentsPreface List of Illustrations 1 Circadian Timing: From Genetics to Behavior  Patricia V. Agostino, Ivana L. Bussi and Carlos S. Caldart 2 Prospective and Retrospective Timing Processes: Theories, Methods, and Findings  Richard A. Block, Simon Grondin and Dan Zakay 3 Assessing Duration Discrimination: Psychophysical Methods and Psychometric Function Analysis  Karin M. Bausenhart, Massimiliano Di Luca and Rolf Ulrich 4 Methodological Issues in the Study of Prospective Timing  Giovanna Mioni 5 Duration Bisection: A User’s Guide  Trevor B. Penney and Xiaoqin Cheng 6 Temporal Decision-making: Common Procedures and Contemporary Approaches  David Freestone and Fuat Balcı 7 Towards a Process Model of Temporal Generalization  Florian Klapproth 8 Reaction Time Analysis for Interval Timing Research  Patrick Simen 9 Analysing Multi-person Timing in Music and Movement: Event Based Methods  Mark T. Elliott, Dominic Ward, Ryan Stables, Dagmar Fraser, Nori Jacoby and Alan M. Wing 10 Measuring Temporal Preparation  Mariagrazia Capizzi and Ángel Correa 11 Temporal Order and Synchrony Judgments: A Primer for Students  Maria Kostaki and Argiro Vatakis 12 Perceived Temporal Order and Simultaneity: Beyond Psychometric Functions  Miguel A. García-Pérez and Rocío Alcalá-Quintana 13 Collecting and Interpreting Judgments about Perceived Simultaneity: A Model-Fitting Tutorial  Kielan Yarrow 14 Using the Simon Effect in Simultaneity/Asynchrony Discrimination Tasks: Interest, Methods, and Limits  Anne Giersch, Patrick E. Poncelet, Céline Z. Duval and Laurence Lalanne 15 Tracking Time in the Infant Brain  Franziska Kopp

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Book SynopsisIn this volume specific cognitive sub-functions are identified and indications of how basic vestibular input contributes to each are described. The broad range of these functions is consistent with the broad spread of vestibular projections throughout the cortex. Combining vestibular signals about the head’s orientation relative to gravity with information about head position relative to the body provides sufficient information to map body position onto the ground surface and underlie the sense of spatial position. But vestibular signals are also fundamental to sensorimotor control and even to high-level bodily perception such as the sense of body ownership and the anchoring of perspective to the body. Clinical observations confirm the essential role of vestibular signals in maintaining a coherent self-representation and suggest some novel rehabilitation strategies. The chapters presented in this volume are previously published in a Special Issue of Multisensory Research, Volume 28, Issue 5-6 (2015). Contributors are: M. Barnett-Cowan, O. Blanke, J. Blouin, G. Bosco, G. Bottini, J.-P. Bresciani, J.C. Culham, C.L. Darlington, A.W. Ellis, E.R. Ferrè, M. Gandola, L. Grabherr, S. Gravano, P. Grivaz, E. Guillaud, P. Haggard, L.R. Harris, A.E.N. Hoover, I. Indovina, K. Jáuregu Renaud, M. Kaliuzhna, F. Lacquaniti, B. Lenggenhager, C. Lopez, G. Macauda, V. Maffei, F.W. Mast, B. La Scaleia, B.M. Seemungal, M. Simoneau, P.F. Smith, J.C. Snow, D. Vibert, M. Zago, and Y. Zheng.Trade Review"this book provides a lot of evidence for strong and functionally important vestibular influences on various cognitive functions, an aspect that deserves a lot more attention than it has gotten so far. This book is thus an excellent and timely step in the right direction and a helpful introduction for any scientist wanting to familiarize with this topic." Perception, 2018, p. 1-3, (DOI: 10.1177/0301006618774210)Table of ContentsPreface E.R. Ferrè and L.R. Harris Prediction in the Vestibular Control of Arm Movements J. Blouin, J.-P. Bresciani, E. Guillaud and M. Simoneau The Components of Vestibular Cognition — Motion Versus Spatial Perception B.M. Seemungal Gravity in the Brain as a Reference for Space and Time Perception F. Lacquaniti, G. Bosco, S. Gravano, I. Indovina, B. La Scaleia, V. Maffei and M. Zago Contribution of Bodily and Gravitational Orientation Cues to Face and Letter Recognition M. Barnett-Cowan, J.C. Snow and J.C. Culham Internal Models, Vestibular Cognition, and Mental Imagery: Conceptual Considerations F.W. Mast and A.W. Ellis The Effects of Complete Vestibular Deafferentation on Spatial Memory and the Hippocampus in the Rat: The Dunedin Experience P.F. Smith, C.L. Darlington and Y. Zheng Making Sense of the Body: the Role of Vestibular Signals C. Lopez Vestibular–Somatosensory Interactions: A Mechanism in Search of a Function? E.R. Ferrè and P. Haggard Disrupting Vestibular Activity Disrupts Body Ownership A.E.N. Hoover and L.R. Harris Beyond the Non-Specific Attentional Effect of Caloric Vestibular Stimulation: Evidence from Healthy Subjects and Patients G. Bottini and M. Gandola Out-of-Body Experiences and Other Complex Dissociation Experiences in a Patient with Unilateral Peripheral Vestibular Damage and Deficient Multisensory Integration M. Kaliuzhna, D. Vibert; P. Grivaz and O. Blanke Vestibular Function and Depersonalization/Derealization Symptoms K. Jáuregui Renaud The Moving History of Vestibular Stimulation as a Therapeutic Intervention L. Grabherr, G. Macauda and B. Lenggenhager Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together an unprecedented compilation of papers from esteemed Russian psychophysiologists, cognitive scientists, and neuroscientists. The contributors explain the disciplinary trajectories and theoretical foundations inspiring their experimental research, providing important intellectual contexts. Commentaries by editors Chris Forsythe and Gabriel Radvansky discuss the relationships between Russian, European, and American developments in cognitive science and neuroscience. This volume provides a detailed exposition of the distinctively Russian advances in neuropsychology and cognitive science from the late nineteenth century to the present.Table of ContentsContents Notes on Contributors IX Acknowledgements XI section 1: History and Tradition of Russian Neuroscience 1 Origins of Russian Cognitive Psychophysiology  L. V. Sokolova 2 The Beginnings of Russian Cognitive Psychophysiology  V. I. Shostak 3 Systemic Psychophysiology  Yuri I. Alexandrov 4 Cognitive Activity from the Perspective of Functional Systems Theory  K. V. Sudakov Section 1 Commentary: The Genesis and Development of Russian Experimental Neuroscience  Gabriel A. Radvansky and Chris Forsythe section 2: Russian Research in Perceptual and Cognitive Processes 5 The Regulatory Role of an Unconscious Cognitive Set in the Perception of the Facial Expression of Emotion  Eduard Arutunovich Kostandov 6 “Human–Neuron–Model”: A Spherical Model of Signal Discrimination in the Visual System  C. A. Izmailov, A. M. Chernorizov, and V. B. Polyansky 7 Individual Characteristics of Brain Activity and Thinking Strategies  Olga M. Razumnikova and Nina V. Volf Section 2 Commentary: Neuroscience of Cognitive Skills and Abilities  Gabriel A. Radvansky and Chris Forsythe section 3: Russian Electrophysiological Research 8 Brain Oscillations and Personality from an Evolutionary Perspective  Gennady G. Knyazev 9 Oscillatory Dynamics of Spiking Neurons and the Modeling of Memory Functions  V. I. Nekorkin and V. B. Kazantsev 10 Frequency-Selective Generators of Oscillatory Brain Activity as Mapping Structure and Dynamics of Cognitive Processes  N. N. Danilova 11 Oscillatory Self-Organization of Cyclic Synthesis of Sensory Information and Memory Content for Object Recognition  Sergey A. Miroshnikov, Margarita G. Filippova, and Roman V. Chernov Section 3 Commentary: Models of Neural Dynamics Provide a Foundation for Neurocognitive Interventions  Chris Forsythe and Gabriel A. Radvansky section 4: Russian Translational Neuroscience Research 12 Individual Alpha Activity Indices and Biofeedback  Olga Mikhailovna Bazanova 13 The Psychophysiology of Combat Activity  A. A. Bochenkov 14 The Use of Fuzzy Logic and Artificial Neural Networks to Predict the Professional Fitness of Operators of Technical Systems  A. P. Bulka Section 4 Commentary: Neuroscience Applications Extending from the Clinical to the Professional to Everyday Domains  Chris Forsythe and Gabriel A. Radvansky Index

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