Neurobiology Of Decision-Making

Neuroscience has paid only little attention to decision-making for many years. Although no field of science has cohered around this topic, a variety of researchers in different areas of neuroscience ranging from cellular physiology to neuropsychology and computational neuroscience have been engaged in working on this issue. Thus, the time seemed to be ripe to bring these researchers together and discuss the state of the art of the neurobiology of decision-making in a broad forum. This book is a collection of contributions presented at that forum in Paris in October 1994 organized by the Fondation IPSEN

About The Author:

Damasio, A. R., MD, PhD (Univ of Iowa); Damasio, H., MD (Univ of Iowa); Christen, Y., PhD

The contributors represent the specialties of neurology, physiology, pharmacology, imaging, philosophy, neurosciences, psychology, and biology. Most are from hospitals, medical institutes, and universities in France, U.K., and the U.S. Institutions prominently represented include Coll of Paris, France, Pasteur Institute, UCLA, Boston Univ, and Sepulveda Veteran Administration Medical Center.

Table Of Contents:

Human Neuroanatomy Relevant to Decision-Making1Morphological Correlations of Human and Monkey Frontal Lobe13Frontal Lobe and the Cognitive Foundation of Behavioral Action47Neural Mechanisms Supporting Successful Social Decisions in Simians63Neural Basis of Decision in Perception and in the Control of Movement83How the Basal Ganglia Make Decisions101The Will of the Brain: Cerebral Correlates of Willful Acts115Neuronal Models of Cognitive Functions Associated with the Prefrontal Cortex125The Biological Causes of Irrationality145Neuropsychological Approaches to Reasoning and Decision Making157Feeling Reasons181Epilogue: Models of Decision-Making201Subject Index207

Special Features:

Neurobiology of Decision-Making

Xabier Beristain

This book is a collection of the contributions presented at the Colloque Medecine et Recherche: Neurobiology of Decision-Making, held in Paris, France, in October 1994. Decision-making is one of the functions that defines the human trait but it has been neglected in previous research projects. This book try to bring the discussion of the state-of the-art in decision-making from the point of view of cognitive psychology, physiology of mind, and computational neuroscience. The primary target of this book is neuroscientists, computational neuroscientists, and people interested in behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry. This book is written by world-renowned authorities in the fields of cognitive neuroscience, frontal lobe, and computational neuroscience. This book is properly illustrated with black-and-white and color figures. The references are appropriate in number and currency, with several historical references needed to understand historical evolution of the subjects under consideration. Every chapter is perfectly structured and adds a summary that will ease a quick review of the subjects. This book is a logical step in the increasing interest in understanding brain function beyond classical neurology. It is a good summary of several decision-making models and theories that will contribute to a better understanding of outcome in brain-lesioned people.

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Reviewer:This book is a logical step in the increasing interest in understanding brain function beyond classical neurology. It is a good summary of several decision-making models and theories that will contribute to a better understanding of outcome in brain-lesioned people.
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Purpose:This book is a collection of the contributions presented at the Colloque Medecine et Recherche: Neurobiology of Decision-Making, held in Paris, France, in October 1994.
Audience:Decision-making is one of the functions that defines the human trait but it has been neglected in previous research projects. This book try to bring the discussion of the state-of the-art in decision-making from the point of view of cognitive psychology, physiology of mind, and computational neuroscience.
Features:The primary target of this book is neuroscientists, computational neuroscientists, and people interested in behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry. This book is written by world-renowned authorities in the fields of cognitive neuroscience, frontal lobe, and computational neuroscience.
Assessment:This book is properly illustrated with black-and-white and color figures. The references are appropriate in number and currency, with several historical references needed to understand historical evolution of the subjects under consideration. Every chapter is perfectly structured and adds a summary that will ease a quick review of the subjects.

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3 Stars from Doody