Abstract The Argus® II Retinal Prosthesis System (Second Sight Medical Products) is the
first prosthetic vision device to obtain regulatory approval in both Europe and the USA. As …

Neurological insults, such as congenital blindness, deafness, amputation, and stroke, often
result in surprising and impressive behavioural changes. Cortical reorganisation, which …

Why is there so much more research on vision than on any other sensory modality? There is
a seemingly easy answer to this question: It is because vision is our most important and …

A proposal for a fully post-phrenological neuroscience that details the evolutionary roots of
functional diversity in brain regions and networks. The computer analogy of the mind has …

This chapter looks at a range of auditory display and sonification applications that have
tackled the problem of monitoring real-time data streams and concludes with some …

Conceptual representations in long-term memory crucially contribute to perception and
action, language and thought. However, the precise nature of these conceptual memory …

The problem of consciousness continues to be a subject of great debate in cognitive
science. Synthesizing decades of research, The Conscious Brain advances a new theory of …

The ability to recognize and predict temporal sequences of sensory inputs is vital for survival
in natural environments. Based on many known properties of cortical neurons, hierarchical …

This award-winning classic examines the construction of sexual identity in biology, society,
and history. Why do some people prefer heterosexual love while others fancy the same sex …

The book you are about to read is about research that asks questions like" How do our
senses operate?"" What is the connection between nervous system activity and perception?" …