Subfield of [[Neuroscience]] that investigates how the [[Human Brain]] enables the [[Human Mind]], with emphasis on higher functions such as [[perception]], attention, memory, and [[Decision-Making]]. It integrates experimental [[Psychology]] with neuroimaging, electrophysiology, and [[Computational models]]. - Core Focus - [[Perception]]: mapping sensory input to neural systems - Attention: selective processing and control of information - Memory: encoding, retrieval, and network interactions - Language: neural basis of comprehension and production - [[Executive Function]]: goal-setting, planning, inhibition - Methods - [[fMRI]]: functional brain imaging of regional activation - [[EEG]]: temporal dynamics of neural activity - [[TMS]]: causal intervention in cortical regions - Lesion studies: inferences from brain damage - Computational modeling: linking algorithms to cognition - Relationships - [[Neuropsychology]]: complementary, but focuses on clinical/lesion data - [[Clinical Neuroscience]]: applies findings to disorders - [[Philosophy of Mind]]: connects empirical evidence to conceptual debates - [[Human Mind]]: target of inquiry (cognitive processes as emergent functions) - Subtopics - [[Working Memory]] - [[Language Processing]] - [[Decision-Making]] - [[Retrospective Cortex]] - [[Attention Networks]]