Perceptual Neuroscience: The Cerebral Cortex

The cerebral cortex, occupying over 70 percent of our brain mass, is key to any understanding of the workings—and disorders—of the human brain. offering a comprehensive account of the role of the cerebral cortex in perception, this monumental work by one of the world's greatest living neuroscientists does nothing short of creating a new subdiscipline in the field: perceptual neuroscience.

For this undertaking, Vernon Mountcastle has gathered information from a vast number of sources reaching...