History of Cognitive Neuroscience documents the major neuroscientific experiments and theories over the last century and a half in the domain of cognitive neuroscience, and evaluates the cogency of the conclusions that have been drawn from them.

• Provides a companion work to the highly acclaimed Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience - combining scientific detail with philosophical insights
• Views the evolution of brain science through the lens of its principal figures and experiments
• Addresses philosophical criticism of Bennett and Hacker's previous book
• Accompanied by more than 100 illustrations