Human Sleep and Cognition Basic Research Kerkhof Van Dongen Hardback Volume 185

Human Sleep and CognitionBasic Research\nAuthor(s): Gerard A Kerkhof, Hans Van Dongen\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Elsevier Science & Technology, United Kingdom\nImprint: Elsevier Science Ltd\nISBN-13: 9780444537027, 978-0444537027\nSynopsis\nThis volume focuses on the interplay of mind and motion - the bidirectional link between thought and action. In particular, it investigates the implications that this coupling has for decision making. How do we anticipate the consequences of choices and how is the brain able to represent these choice options and their potential consequences? How are different options evaluated and how is a preferred option selected and implemented? This volume addresses these questions not only through an extensive body of knowledge consisting of individual chapters by international experts, but also through integrative group reports that pave a runway into the future. The understanding of how people make decisions is of common interest to experts working i.