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Book title: Principles of Cognitive Neuroscience
Authors: Purves, Cabeza, Huettel, Cabeza, LaBar, Platt en Huettel
Edition: 2nd edition

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2. Methods
5. Motor function
6. Attention and processing
7. Control of attention
8. Memory
9. Declarative memory
10. Emotion
11. Social cognition
12. Language
13. Executive functions
14. Decisions

2. Methods

The goal of cognitive neuroscience is to use the function of the brain and the nervous system to explain cognition and behaviour. Cognitive psychology pointed out the importance of measurement during cognitive and perceptual tasks to investigate neural activity is converted to action, thought and behaviour. Neuroscience has two categories (Figure 2.1 on page 19). The first is researching changes in cognitive behaviour when.........Read more

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What are the effects of attention on stimulus processing? - Chapter 6 - Exclusive

How is attention controlled? - Chapter 7 - Exclusive

What variations and mechanisms are there in our memory? - Chapter 8 - Exclusive

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What can be said about emotions from the perspective of the cognitive neuroscience? - Chapter 10 - Exclusive

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What is the perspective of the cognitive neuroscience on language? - Chapter 12 - Exclusive

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How is action organized in the motor systems? - BulletPoints 5
What are the effects of attention on stimulus processing? - BulletPoints 6
How is attention controlled? - BulletPoints 7
What variations and mechanisms are there in our memory? - BulletPoints 8
What is the declarative memory? - BulletPoints 9
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It activates a relatively small volume of cortex, roughly equivalent to an MRI voxel.
It is an invase technique that can only

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