Integrating cognitive (neuro)science using mechanisms

The semantics of space: integrating linguistic typology and cognitive neuroscience.

In the cognitive neuroscience literature on the distinction between categorical and coordinate spatial relations, it has often been observed that categorical spatial relations are referred to linguistically by words like English prepositions, many of which specify binary oppositions-e.g., above/below, left/right, on/off, in/out. However, the actual semantic content of English prepositions, and ...

Perceptual anomalies in schizophrenia: integrating phenomenology and cognitive neuroscience.

From phenomenological and experimental perspectives, research in schizophrenia has emphasized deficits in "higher" cognitive functions, including attention, executive function, as well as memory. In contrast, general consensus has viewed dysfunctions in basic perceptual processes to be relatively unimportant in the explanation of more complex aspects of the disorder, including changes in self-e...

Towards Integrating Husserlian Phenomenology with Cognitive Neuroscience of Consciousness

The paper presents, first, some general remarks about Husserl’s philosophical Phenomenology in view of relating it to the scientific study of consciousness, and recalls some of the basic methodological tenets of a Husserlian phenomenology of consciousness (I). It then introduces some recent work on so-called “mental imagery” in cognitive psychology and neuroscience (II). Next, a detailed exposi...

Neuroscience of Preference and Choice: Cognitive and Neural Mechanisms

Cognitive Neuroscience: Brain Mechanisms of Memory and Cognition

Last time we considered the ventral visual stream; today, we will focus on the visuospatial aspects of processing carried out by the dorsal stream. We will consider how the techniques and findings of cognitive neuroscience can be used to investigate the psychological nature and neural basis of neurological syndromes such as neglect. We will also consider different kinds of spatial processing, a...