Foreword ...................................................... vii
Preface ........................................................ ix
Section 1 Introduction to the Mind Science(s) .................. 1
Chapter 1 New Interdisciplinary Spaces in Mind Science(s) ...... 3
R.C. Tripathi and Narayanan Srinivasan
Chapter 2 Information Processing in the Human Brain ........... 21
P.N. Tandon
Chapter 3 Neuroimaging Studies of Human Cognition:
Measurement Techniques and Recent Developments ...... 33
P. Raghunathan and P.K. Roy
Chapter 4 Electrophysiological Measurement: Insights about
the Temporal Dynamics of Brain and Cognition ........ 49
Bhoomika Rastogi Kar
Section 2 Linking Cognitive, Neural, and Cultural Processes ... 67
Chapter 5 Biological Properties of Transduction Mechanisms
in Sensory Systems .................................. 69
Avi Chaudhuri
Chapter 6 Plasticity of the Somatosensory System Following
Spinal and Peripheral Injuries ...................... 93
Neeraj Jain and Shashank Tandon
Chapter 7 Selective Attention: Insights from Multiple
Methodologies ...................................... 105
Priyanka Srivastava and Narayanan Srinivasan
Chapter 8 Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Memory ........ 129
Shiv K. Sharma
Chapter 9 Effects of Stress on Cognitive Versus Emotional
Function, Cells, Circuits and Behavior ............. 141
Aparna Suvrathan, Rajnish P. Rao and Sumantra
Chattarji
Chapter 10 Neuroeconomics of Individual Decision Making at
Multiple Levels: A Review .......................... 159
V.S. Chandrasekhar Pammi and Krishna P. Miyapuram
Chapter 11 Human Cognition and the Frontal Lobe ............... 187
P.N. Tandon
Chapter 12 Language Processing in Bilinguals and Biliterates .. 201
Shyamala K. Chengappa and Prema K.S. Rao
Chapter 13 Belief: A Scientific Perspective ................... 235
P.N. Tandon
Chapter 14 Comparative and Evolutionary Aspects of Cognition .. 249
Soumya Iyengar
Chapter 15 Facial Expressions of Emotion: A Neuro-Cultural
Perspective ........................................ 267
Manas K. Mandal, Amri Sabharwal and Avinash
Awasthi
Chapter 16 Eco-Cultural Contexts and Cognitive Functioning .... 287
R.C. Mishra
Section 3 Mental and Neural Disorders ........................ 307
Chapter 17 Language Acquisition, Learning and Learning
Disabilities in the Indian Context ................. 309
Prathibha Karanth
Chapter 18 Dyslexia across Orthographies - Insights from
Neuroimaging ....................................... 327
N.C. Singh, A. Chakravarty and P. Padakannaya
Chapter 19 Dementias .......................................... 339
Manjari Tripathi and Deepti Vibha
Chapter 20 Autism: Understanding the Enigma ................... 363
Komilla Thapa
Chapter 21 Cellular and Molecular Basis of Neurocognitive
Deficits in HIV/AIDS ............................... 383
Mamata Mishra and Pankaj Seth
Chapter 22 Psychoneuroimmunology - Where Mind and Body Meet ... 407
Vivek H. Phutane and Prabha S. Chandra
Section 4 Philosophical Issues ............................... 425
Chapter 23 A Sketch of an Indian Psychology ................... 427
P.K. Mukhopadhyay
Chapter 24 The Quest and Denials .............................. 449
Kireet Joshi
Index ......................................................... 467
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