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Books
Neuroscience, Fourth Edition
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Purves, D Augustine, G A Fitzpatrick, D Hall, W LaMantia, A-S McNamara, J O Williams, S M Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA., 2007 Neuroscience, 4th Edition is a comprehensive textbook created for medical and premedical students as well as graduate students and advanced undergraduates who wish to learn neuroscience. The updated and revised fourth edition (the third edition was published in 2004) was published by Sinauer Associates in the fall of 2007. The editor/authors of the 4th edition are Dale Purves, George Augustine, David Fitzpatrick, William Hall, Anthony-Samuel LaMantia, James McNamara, and Leonard White. |
Principles of Cognitive Neuroscience
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Purves, D Brannon, E M Cabeza, R Huettel, S A LaBar, K S Platt, M L Woldorff, M Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA., 2007 Principles of Cognitive Neuroscience is a textbook written for graduate and undergraduate students seeking an introduction to this emerging field. It was published by Sinauer Associates in the fall of 2007. The text is intended to inform readers about the rapidly growing canon of cognitive neuroscience, and to make clear the many challenges that remain in this field. The editor/authors are Dale Purves, Elizabeth Brannon, Roberto Cabeza, Scott Huettel, Kevin LaBar, Michael Platt, Marty Woldorff. |
Perceiving Geometry
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Purves, D Howe, C Q Springer: New York, NY, 2005. This monograph was published by Springer in the summer of 2005. The book describes how the full range of geometrical percepts and illusions can be accounted for by the empirical relationship between real-world geometry and the projected images that humans have always experienced. It should be of interest to anyone interested in the perception of form and distance.
Book info at Springer [springeronline.com] » |
Why We See What We Do
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Purves, D Lotto, R B Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA., 2003 Why We See What we Do is a book that deals with much of the material presented in this website. It was published in late 2002 by Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland, MA. |
Neural Activity and the Growth of the Brain
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Purves, D Cambridge University Press, 1994 This book is now out of print, but the short lecture series may still be of interest. Brain growth is considered at a macroscopic level by examining brain maps and their molecular substructure, and at a cellular level by investigating the neuronal interactions that influence the formation and maintenance of these structures. The ways that experience influences the maturation of the brain at both macroscopic and microscopic levels are described, and some of the conventional wisdom about these issues re-examined. Anyone interested in how the brain stores information may find the lectures of interest. Parts of this book are available for download. |
Body and Brain: A trophic theory of neural connections
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Purves, D Harvard University Press, 1988 This book has recently gone out of print. It may nonetheless be of interest to many readers because of its broad historical coverage of the relationship between the growth of the body and the complementary growth and organization of the brain. A particular focus is the development of neurons and their synaptic connections, and the mediation of these interactions by trophic agents. The link between somatic targets and their innervation is considered using simple systems such as the neuromuscular junction and the innervation of autonomic ganglion cells as examples of processes that are presumably characteristic of interactions throughout the nervous system.
Now available for download. |
Principles of Neural Development
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Purves, D Lichtman, J W Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, 1985. A textbook of developmental neurobiology.
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Readings in Developmental Neurobiology
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Patterson PH, Purves D (editors) Cold Spring Harbor: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 1982 A compilation of classic papers in developmental neurobiology.
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Other Items of Interest
Sound and Music Research on NPR
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Work on sound and music was featured on All Things Considered on National Public Radio on August 8, 2003. The report concerns the publication of a paper on the subject in the Journal of Neuroscience and features an interview with Purves Lab member David Schwartz. Use the links to the right to hear the NPR piece and read the paper. See Publications for more recent work on music, and General Articles for recent media accounts.
Read the paper [jneurosci.org] »
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Appearance on News Hour with Jim Lehrer
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An account of some of the work considered on this site was featured on the PBS News Hour with Jim Lehrer on December 25, 2002. A transcript and other information is available on the PBS website. The broadcast can be viewed in its entirety by clicking the image to the left. |
Natural Scene Image Database Available
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We have collected a database of range images of natural scenes. For colleagues who are interested in using this database, please contact Dale Purves for more information. |
Sylvius for Neuroscience: Visual Glossary of Human Neuroanatomy
S. Mark Williams, Leonard E. White, and Andrew C. Mace
Sylvius for Neuroscience: Visual Glossary of Human Neuroanatomy is an interactive CD reference guide to the structure of the human nervous system. Students can quickly search for a neuroanatomical structure or term, or view an image (or animation) and basic information about the structure just by entering the page number from the text. Students can take notes on the content and share their annotations with other Sylvius users. The program is an essential study aid for learning basic human neuroanatomy.
Sylvius for Neuroscience: Visual Glossary of Human Neuroanatomy is an interactive CD reference guide to the structure of the human nervous system. Students can quickly search for a neuroanatomical structure or term, or view an image (or animation) and basic information about the structure just by entering the page number from the text. Students can take notes on the content and share their annotations with other Sylvius users. The program is an essential study aid for learning basic human neuroanatomy.
More information is available at sylvius.com and sinauer.com
General Articles
The following articles, TV or radio spots about work in the lab are addressed to general audiences, and may provide additional insight for those who are not scientifically trained, or simply interested in what the media have had to say about this approach.
YouTube(2007)"Music Rooted in Speech" video featuring Dale Purves and Jonathan Choi.
Tenenbaum, David (2007) Music: The Universal Scale. The Why Files: June 07
AUTOR (2007) Whither Harmony?. Just Us: June 05
Therapytimes.com (2007) Essential Tones Of Music Rooted In Human Speech: June 01
Bates, Karl Leif (2007) The Essential Tones of Music Rooted in Human Speech: May 25
Lodriguss, Jerry (2007) Color in Astronomical Images. Astropix.com
Scenta (2007) Music Tones in Speech: May 25
Science Daily (2007) Essential Tones of Music Rooted in Human Speech: May 25
Purves, Dale (2007) Tones of Music Rooted in Human Speech. ClassBrain.com: May 24
Preidt, Robert (2003) The Biology of Distance Perception. HealthScout web report.
Kenneally, C (2003) Songs of ourselves. Boston Globe: November 9.
Knox, R (2003) Origins of music may lie in speech. From NPRs All Things Considered: August 8.
Los Angeles Times (2003) Musical scale is linked to speech. Latimes.com: August 9.
Der Spiegel (2003) Der mensch spricht in Tonleitern. Spiegel Online: August 6.
El Mundo (2003) Escuchamos con la memoria. elmundosalud.com: August 7.
Black, R (2003) Science finds key to music. BBC News: August 6.
Farley, P (2003) Musical roots may lie in human voice. Newscientist.com: August 3.
Billock, VA (2003) A framework for vision's bag of tricks. Science May 2; 300: 742-743.
How We See (2002) Transcript from News Hour with Jim Lehrer that aired December 25th.
Purves D, Lotto RB, Nundy S (2002) Why we see what we do. American Scientist 90(3):236-243. German translation from Spektrum der Wissenschaft. Spanish translation from Investigacion y Ciencia.
Meredith, D (2000) Tricking the eye or trapping a reflex: vision revisited. Duke Magazine. July-August.
Neenan, JM (2000) Colorblind: Why we can be fooled by light and color. HealthScout web report.
Novak, K (1999) Shedding new light on luminance perception. Nature Medicine 5: 1238.
Purves D (1999) Perception as probability. Brain Res. Bull. 50: 321.
Opinions about this approach to vision
It seems only fair to warn those interested in the merits of the general approach to vision outlined here that opinion has been divided about this work. In fact, the majority opinion, to judge from numerous anonymous and a number of signed reviews, has been quite negative. Recent reviews in Science, Nature, Nature Neuroscience, and the Journal of Neuroscience can be consulted to get some flavor of the various complaints and objections that have been raised. Of course, people should make up their own minds, but it would be misleading to present the material, ideas, and demonstrations here without calling attention to their controversial nature. These caveats apply both to the work on vision and music.
Vince Billock (2003) Books: A framework for vision's bag of tricks. Science 300:742-743
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