The frontal lobes /

The Frontal Lobes, Volume 163, updates readers on the latest thinking on the structure and function of the human frontal lobe. Sections address methodology, anatomy, physiology and pharmacology, function, development, aging and disorders, and rehabilitation. Patients with focal lesions in the fronta...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: D'Esposito, Mark (Editor), Grafman, Jordan (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, 2019.
Series:Handbook of clinical neurology ; v. 163.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Section I: History. The prefrontal cortex in the neurology clinic
  • Section II: Methods. The functions of the frontal lobes: Evidence from patients with focal brain damage
  • Cognitive neurophysiology of the prefrontal cortex
  • Functional imaging
  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation: Neurophysiological and clinical applications
  • Section III: Anatomy, physiology and pharmacology. The anatomy of the human frontal lobe
  • Dopamine and the motivation of cognitive control
  • Section IV: Function of the frontal lobes. Frontal lobe syndromes
  • Hierarchical cognitive control and the frontal lobes
  • Hemispheric asymmetry in the prefrontal cortex for complex cognition
  • Executive functions
  • The lateral prefrontal cortex and human long-term memory
  • From ideas to action: The prefrontal-premotor connections that shape motor behavior
  • Emotion regulation across the life span
  • Reward
  • Moral conduct and social behavior
  • Computational models of motivated frontal function
  • Control networks of the frontal lobes
  • Section V: Development, aging, and disorders. Development of the frontal lobe
  • Aging of the frontal lobe
  • Neurodegenerative disorders of the human frontal lobes
  • Traumatic brain injury and frontal lobe plasticity
  • Section VI: Rehabilitation. Strengthening goal-directed functioning after traumatic brain injury
  • Experimental social training methods
  • Plasticity and recovery of function