A vision of the brain, Semir Zeki

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Label

A vision of the brain, Semir Zeki

Link

http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780632030545.pdf

Statement of responsibility

Semir Zeki

Instantiates

• A vision of the brain

Publication

• Oxford | Boston, Blackwell Scientific Publications, ©1993

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Carrier category

volume

Carrier category code

nc

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

Contents

• 1. The retina and the visual image -- 2. Functional specialization in human cerebral cortex -- 3. The representation of the retina in the primary visual cortex -- 4. Colour in the cerebral cortex -- 5. The evidence against a colour centre in the cortex -- 6. The concept of the duality of the visual process -- 7. The extent of the visual receptive cortex -- 8. The spell of cortical architecture -- 9. Hierarchies in the visual system -- 10. A motion-blind patient -- 11. The multiple visual areas of the cerebral cortex -- 12. The basic anatomy of the visual areas -- 13. Parallelism in the visual cortex -- 14. Functional specialization in the visual cortex -- 15. Functional specialization in human visual cortex -- 16. The collapse of the old concepts -- 17. The mapping of visual functions in the brain -- 18. The corpus callosum as a guide to functional specialization in the visual cortex -- 19. Functional segregation in cortical areas feeding the specialized visual areas
• 20. The P and M pathways and the 'what and where' doctrine -- 21. The modularity of the brain -- 22. The plasticity of the brain -- 23. Colour vision and the brain -- 24. The cerebral cortex as a categorizer -- 25. The retinex theory and the organization of the colour pathways in the brain -- 26. The physiology of the colour pathways -- 27. Some specific visual disturbances of cerebral origin -- 28. A tense relationship -- 29. A theory of multi-stage integration in the visual cortex -- 30. The disintegration of cerebral integration -- 31. The anatomy of integration -- 32. Further unsolved problems of integration -- 33. Consciousness and knowledge through vision

Dimensions

25 cm

Extent

xi, 366 pages

Isbn

9780632030545

Lccn

92048866

Media category

unmediated

Media MARC source

rdamedia

Media type code

n

Note

Spec. Coll. Sontag copy is part of a collection (Collection 892). To page this item, use the collection record; to find the collection record, search the title: Books from the library of Susan Sontag. Item is in box 896. Illustrated wrappers. Correspondence re the book (1 p., Jan.17, no year) laid in

Other physical details

illustrations (some color)

Record ID

7597033

System control number

• (OCoLC)26856193
• ucoclc26856193