Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
S. Marc Breedlove, the Barnett Rosenberg Professor of Neuroscience at Michigan State University, US, has written over 100 scientific articles investigating the role of hormones in shaping the developing and adult nervous system, publishing in journals including Science, Nature, Nature Neuroscience, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.Neil V. Watson is Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. He teaches biological psychology to hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students each year.
"I am greatly impressed by Breedlove's ability to present this material to psychology students, who may not have much prior biology background, in a way that makes it engaging and approachable, including clinical examples, without sacrificing accuracy or neglecting to acknowledge the complexities and remaining challenges. The book is up-to-date, with nice examples of the most recent findings in the field covered by the 3 chapters I have had the opportunity to
read. I will most likely switch to this book from Pinel's Biopsychology, which I have been using for decades." --Susan Bachus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
"This textbook is written in a way to engage the student reader and allow the student to apply what he or she has read to their own experiences. Each chapter quickly draws in the reader with a human-based story that relates to the chapter topic. As the reader is smoothly carried through the material, well-designed schematics and well-chosen research studies are used to improve understanding. " --Emma Sarro, Dominican College
Special Features:
- Learning is supported by hundreds of original illustrations that make it easy to understand structures, mechanisms, and processes in the brain
- Every chapter includes a special feature called "The Cutting Edge" that highlights an up-to-the-moment discovery or technical innovation, while illustrating the logic and methodology of experimentation and hypothesis testing
- Each chapter ends with a unique feature, the "Visual Summary," a poster-like layout that provides a graphical review of the major topics of the chapter and directs students to the figures and online animations that reinforce each point.
- The text is supported by a rich array of internet-based resources.
- Over 500 new citations keep the text current
- Thorough and reader-friendly, Behavioral Neuroscience, Eighth Edition
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
S. Marc Breedlove, the Barnett Rosenberg Professor of Neuroscience at Michigan State University, US, has written over 100 scientific articles investigating the role of hormones in shaping the developing and adult nervous system, publishing in journals including Science, Nature, Nature Neuroscience, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.Neil V. Watson is Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. He teaches biological psychology to hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students each year.