Cognitive neuroscience is the interdisciplinary study of how cognitive and intellectual functions are processed and represented within the brain, which is critical to building understanding of core psychological and behavioural processes such as learning, memory, behaviour, perception, and consciousness. Understanding these processes not only offers relevant fundamental insights into brain-behavioural relations, but may also lead to actionable knowledge that can be applied in the clinical treatment of patients with various brain-related disabilities.

This Handbook focusses on the foundational principles, methods, and underlying systems in cognitive and systems neuroscience, as well as examining cutting-edge methodological advances and innovations.

Containing 34 original, state of the art contributions from leading experts in the field, this Handbook is essential reading for researchers and students of cognitive psychology, as well as scholars across the fields of neuroscientific, behavioural and health sciences.

Part 1: Background Considerations

Part 2: Neuroscientific Substrates and Principles

Part 3: Neuroanatomical Brain Systems

Part 4: Neural Dynamics and Processes

Part 5: Sensory-Perceptual Systems and Cognition

Part 6: Methodological Advances

Chapter 1: Cognitive Neuroscience: Basic principles, systems and methods - Gregory J. Boyle, Georg Northoff, Nadia Bolognini, Aron K. Barbey, Marjan Jahanshahi, Álvaro Pascual-Leone, and Barbara J. Sahakian
PART I BACKGROUND CONSIDERATIONS
Chapter 2: Historical, empirical, and philosophical bases for cognitive neuroscience - Georg Northoff, Philipp Klar
Chapter 3: Aging brain changes across the lifespan - Lídia Vaqué-Alcázar, Anja Soldan, David Bartrés-Faz
Chapter 4: Innovation pathways, real-life neuroscience startups and their applications - Tiago Lazzaretti, Paulo Ricardo de Melo, Anna Marduy, Rafaella Rogatto
PART II NEUROSCIENTIFIC SUBSTRATES AND PRINCIPLES
Chapter 5: Neural processes and activity: Cultural neuroscience - Joan Y. Chiao
Chapter 6: Role of neuroglia in cognition - Alexei Verkhratsky, Alexey Semyanov, Arthur Butt, Olga Garaschuk
Chapter 7: Cognitive Neurogenetics - Jack van Honk, Zhang Li, Norihiro Sadato, Joan Y. Chiao
Chapter 8: Dopamine system and cognitive functioning across adult lifespan - Saana M. Korkki, Lars Nyberg, Marc Guitart-Masip, Goran Papenberg, Alireza Salami, Nina Karalija, Lars Bäckman
Chapter 9: Neurotransmission and neuromodulation of recognition memory: Novelty vs. familiarity - Daniel Osorio-Gómez, María-Isabel Miranda, Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni, Kioko Guzmán-Ramos,
Chapter 10: Neurotransmission and neuromodulation of memory: Intensity and valence - María-Isabel Miranda, Kioko Guzmán-Ramos, Daniel Osorio-Gómez, Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni
Chapter 11: Neuromodulator adenosine A2A receptor control of cognition - Jiang-Fan Chen, Yan Li
Chapter 12: Hormonal influences on cognition - Linda Becker, Nicolas Rohleder
PART III NEUROANATOMICAL BRAIN SYSTEMS
Chapter 13: Modeling of basal ganglia structure and function - Anneke Alkemade, Bernadette C. M. van Wijk, Birte U. Forstmann
Chapter 14: Cerebellum: Advances in Understanding of Cerebellar Functions - Mario Manto
Chapter 15: Amygdaloid complex - Hans Joachim Markowitsch, Jens Borgelt, Angelica Staniloiu
Chapter 16: Hippocampal formation - Rosanna Olsen, Mrinmayi Kulkarni
Chapter 17: Cerebral lateralization and hemispheric specialization - Luis M. García Marín, Zuriel Ceja, Miguel E. Rentería, Albert Galaburda
PART IV NEURAL DYNAMICS AND PROCESSES
Chapter 18: Mirror Mechanism in Cognition - Giacomo Rizzolatti, Leonardo Fogassi
Chapter 19: Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Brain Rhythms - Martin Seeber, Thomas Koenig, Christoph M. Michel
Chapter 20: Sleep and Circadian Rhythms: Alpha Rhythm and Alertness/Sleepiness - Arcady Putilov
PART V SENSORY-PERCEPTUAL SYSTEMS AND COGNITION
Chapter 21: Auditory processing - Erich Schröger, Alexandra Bendixen
Chapter 22: Vestibular processing in cognition - Paul C. J. Taylor
Chapter 23: Somatosensory processing - Jon H. Kaas, Leah A. Krubitzer, Hui-Xin Qi, Jamie Reed
Chapter 24: Motor control: Response preparation, initiation and inhibition - Vishal Rawji, John Rothwell, Marjan Jahanshahi
Chapter 25: Olfactory and Gustatory Sensation-Perception - Anna Kristina Hernandez, Laiquan Zou, Thomas Hummel
Chapter 26: Interoception and thermoreception - Hugo Critchley, Yoko Nagai, Lisa Quadt
Chapter 27: Peripersonal Space Representation: Neural Bases, Properties and Functional Significance - Claudio Brozzoli, Nadia Bolognini, Alessandro Zanini, Alessandro Farnè
PART VI METHODOLOGICAL ADVANCES
Chapter 28: Neural recordings and time series analyses - Randolph F. Helfrich, Robert T. Knight
Chapter 29: Advances in Psychophysical techniques - Irina G. Skotnikova, Alexei N. Gusev, Alexander M. Chernorizov
Chapter 30: Revolutions in "wet" neurobiology - John Bickle, David J. Parker
Chapter 31: Human Brain Project and Beyond - Jorge Mejias, Katrin Amunts, Jan G. Bjaalie, Sander M. Bohte, Alain Destexhe, Lars Muckli, Pier S. Paolucci, Martin Pearson, Cyriel M. A. Pennartz
Chapter 32: Advances in brain imaging - Sicong Tu, William Huynh, Matthew Kiernan
Chapter 33: Novel approaches to large-scale data in neuroimaging studies - Matt Tharp, Shannon L. Risacher, Paula Bice, Paul M. Thompson, Andrew J. Saykin, Meichen Yu
Chapter 34: Advancing cognitive neuroscience - Rotem Botvinik-Nezer, Tor D. Wager