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First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Despite an almost universal acceptance by cognitive neuroscientists that the intangible mind must, in some way, be encoded by network states, Uttal shows that the problem of how the transformation occurs is not yet supported by empirical research findings at the micro as well as at the macro levels of analysis.

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Is psychology a science? Unlike Darwinian theory in biology or relativity and quantum theory in physics, psychology lacks the basic quantitative or conceptual foundation for a consensus view about how the mind works. Is psychology on the verge of developing such a foundation? "Probably not, " answers psychologist William R. Uttal in this iconoclastic and critical examination of psychology's underlying principles, assumptions, and concepts. In ...

This text examines the scientific basis of reductionist approaches to understanding visual perception. The author considers the "misdirection" of efforts to explain perceptual and other mental functions in terms of internal cognitive mechanisms, formal models or the brain's neural structures.

Directed to scholars and senior-level graduate students, this book is an iconoclastic survey of the history of dualism and its impact on contemporary cognitive psychology. It argues that much of modern cognitive or mentalist psychology is built upon a cryptodualism--the idea that the mind and brain can be thought of as independent entities. This dualism pervades so much of society that it covertly influences many aspects of modern science, par...

Cognitive neuroscience explores the relationship between our minds and our brains, most recently by drawing on brain imaging techniques to align neural mechanisms with psychological processes. In Mind and Brain, William Uttal offers a critical review of cognitive neuroscience, examining both its history and modern developments in the field. He pays particular attention to the role of brain imaging--especially functional magnetic resonance imag...

Addresses the question of localization: whether psychological processes can be defined and isolated in a way that permits them to beassociated with particular brain regions.

Bill Uttal's tenth book with LEA over the past 25 years. The audience will be the same people who bought Uttal's past work.

Cognitive neuroscience explores the relationship between our minds and our brains, most recently by drawing on brain imaging techniques to align neural mechanisms with psychological processes. In Mind and Brain, William Uttal offers a critical review of cognitive neuroscience, examining both its history and modern developments in the field. He pays particular attention to the role of brain imaging--especially functional magnetic resonance imag...

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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 ...

Originally published in 1978, the second book in this series picks up the neural trail of sensory messages after they arrive at the brain. In addition to the emphasis on central representation and coding of sensory signals, it also considers the topics of brain localization and learning.

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.

Sequel to author's earlier work: Neural theories of mind: why the mind-brain problem may never be solved, published in 2005.

Originally published in 1981, this third volume concentrated on visual processes as they were encoded at all anatomical levels and the possible explanations then available to account for each phenomenon.

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 ...

This volume provides a detailed analysis and critique of theories of mind. There is an emphasis on the logical and conceptual difficulties in developing a theory, with special attention to attempts to go from cumulative responses to the greater question of how the mind is generated by the brain. Controversial topics are considered in detail, including discussions of the empirical, logical, and technological barriers to theory building in cogni...

This book examines the scientific basis of reductionist approaches to understanding visual perception, as well as a critique of con-temporary thinking on perceptual science. For experimental psychologists, and researchers studying perception.