Breathe, Walk and Chew: The Neural Challenge - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0444538259 ISBN 13 : 9780444538253

Editeur : Elsevier Science Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

This volume investigates the implications of how our brain directs our movements on decision making. An extensive body of knowledge in chapters from international experts is presented as well as integrative group reports discussing new directions for future research.
The understanding of how people make decisions is of central interest to experts working in fields such as psychology, economics, movement science, cognitive neuroscience, neuroinformatics, robotics, and sport science. For the first time the current volume provides a multidisciplinary overview of how action and cognition are integrated in the planning of and decisions about action.

* Offers intense, focused, and genuine interdisciplinary perspective
* Conveys state-of-the-art and outlines future research directions on the hot topic of Mind and Motion (or embodied cognition)
* Includes contributions from psychologists, neuroscientists, movement scientists, economists, and others

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This volume investigates the implications of how our brain directs our movements on decision-making. An extensive body of knowledge in chapters from international experts is presented as well as integrative group reports discussing new directions for future research.

The understanding of how people make decisions is of central interest to experts working in fields such as psychology, economics, movement science, cognitive neuroscience, neuroinformatics, robotics, and sport science. For the first time the current volume provides a multidisciplinary overview of how action and cognition are integrated in the planning of and decisions about action.

• Offers intense, focused, and genuine interdisciplinary perspective
• Conveys state-of-the-art and outlines future research directions on the hot topic of mind and motion (or embodied cognition)
• Includes contributions from psychologists, neuroscientists, movement scientists, economists, and others

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Elsevier Science Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0444538259
• ISBN 13: 9780444538253
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 266
• Éditeur: Gossard Jean-Pierre
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Barbara Criscuolo; b.criscuolo@lswr.it; ; Via Spadolini, 7; Milano; 20141; Italie