This 4 Volume set, originally published between 1973 and 1988 was intended to provide a broad survey of Cognitive Neuroscience, a field known variously as Physiological Psychology or Psychobiology in the 1970s and 1980s when the books were written. The general goal was to summarize what was known about the relation between brain and mind at that time, but with an emphasis on sensory and perceptual topics. Previously out of print for many years the Tetralogy is now available for the first time as a set, or as individual volumes.

William R. Uttal is currently Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Michigan and Professor Emeritus of Engineering at the Arizona State University. Uttal has been a prolific author whose output includes 30 books and 140 scientific articles.