This 4 Volume set, originally published between 1973 and 1988 was intended to provide a broad survey of Cognitive Neuroscience, a field known variously as Physiological Psychology or Psychobiology in the 1970s and 1980s when the books were written. The general goal was to summarize what was known about the relation between brain and mind at that time, but with an emphasis on sensory and perceptual topics. Previously out of print for many years the Tetralogy is now available for the first time as a set, or as individual volumes. William R. Uttal is currently Professor Emeritus of Psychology at...
This 4 Volume set, originally published between 1973 and 1988 was intended to provide a broad survey of Cognitive Neuroscience, a field known variousl...
Originally published in 1973, this book deals with what were, even at that time, the well-known neural coding processes of the sensory transmission processes. The book was written to demonstrate the common features of the various senses. It concentrates on the most peripheral neural aspects of the senses starting with the physical transduction process and culminating in the arrival of signals at the brain.
Originally published in 1973, this book deals with what were, even at that time, the well-known neural coding processes of the sensory transmission...
Originally published in 1978, this book develops a conceptual synthesis of the field of physiological psychology, the science specifically concerned with the relationship between the brain and the mind. It was designed to elucidate the important questions under investigation, the basic intellectual and technical problems that were encountered, and the significance of the major empirical results of the time. Of equal or even greater importance is the author's derivation of the general principles relating brain and mind that had emerged after decades of modern research into this important...
Originally published in 1978, this book develops a conceptual synthesis of the field of physiological psychology, the science specifically concerne...
Originally published in 1981, this third volume deals with the empirical data base and the theories concerning visual perception - the set of mental responses to photic stimulation of the eyes. As the book develops, the plan was to present a general taxonomy of visual processes and phenomena. It was hoped that such a general perspective would help to bring some order to the extensive, but largely unorganized, research literature dealing with our immediate perceptual responses to visual stimuli at the time. The specific goal of this work was to provide a classification system that integrates...
Originally published in 1981, this third volume deals with the empirical data base and the theories concerning visual perception - the set of mental r...
Originally published in 1988, this is the final volume in the set. The original intent of the tetralogy was to review neural explanations of high level perceptual and cognitive processes. However, at this point, it became clear that there were few neural explanations of perceptual topics - a situation that still persists today. This book, therefore, used a different framework examining the role of detection, discrimination, and recognition at the behavioral level.
Originally published in 1988, this is the final volume in the set. The original intent of the tetralogy was to review neural explanations of high l...
