Perceptual Neuroscience: The Cerebral Cortex

by Vernon B. Mountcastle

The cerebral cortex, occupying over 70 percent of our brain mass, is key to any understanding of the workings--and disorders--of the human brain. offering a comprehensive account of the role of the cerebral cortex in perception, this monumental work by one of the world's greatest living neuroscientists does nothing short of creating a new subdiscipline in the field: perceptual neuroscience.

For this undertaking, Vernon Mountcastle has gathered...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674661885
• ISBN13: 9780674661882
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.5" x 9.5"