From authors Bryan Kolb, Ian Whishaw, and G. Campbell Teskey, An Introduction to Brain and Behavior offers a unique inquiry-based introduction to behavioral neuroscience, with each chapter focusing on a central question (i.e., "How Does the Nervous System Function?"). The authors emphasize a distinctive clinical perspective, with examples showing students what happens when common neuronal processes malfunction. The new edition continues the B&B tradition of incorporating the latest research into the fundamentals of nervous system functioning and the interaction between our behavior and our brains. Revisions include new material discussing current research on genetic mosaics and modification, including transgenic techniques and optogenetic techniques, neurotransmitters, hormones, brain development in adolescence, psychobiotics, color perception, and biorhythms, as well as updates to the discussion of specific disorders to reflect the current state of understanding, including Parkinson disease, Alzheimer disease, depression and drug dependency, sleep disorders, schizophrenia, glaucoma, and abnormal development related to prenatal experience.
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1. What Are the Origins of Brain and Behavior?.- 2. What Is the Nervous System's Functional Anatomy?.- 3. What Are the Nervous System's Functional Units?.- 4. How Do Neurons Use Electrical Signals to Transmit Information?.- 5. How Do Neurons Communicate and Adapt?.- 6. How Do Drugs and Hormones Influence the Brain and Behavior?.- 7. How Do We Study the Brain’s Structures and Functions?.- 8. How Does the Nervous System Develop and Adapt?.- 9. How Do We Sense, Perceive, and See the World?.- 10. How Do We Hear, Speak, and Make Music?.- 11. How Does the Nervous System Respond to Stimulation and Produce Movement?.- 12. What Causes Emotional and Motivated Behavior?.- 13. Why Do We Sleep and Dream?.- 14. How Do We Learn and Remember?.- 15. How Does the Brain Think?.- 16. What Happens When the Brain Misbehaves?
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Clinical Focus, which introduces fascinating and revealing real-life cases of neurological disorders and their treatmentExperiment, which take students step by step through an important research endeavor that enhanced our understanding of the chapter’s topicThe Basics to refresh students on fundamental concepts in biology and chemistry that they may have learned in previous coursesEnd-of-Section Review, which offer fill-in comprehension questions and a more open ended short answer question as a quick check for students.End-of-chapter Pedagogy, including chapter reviews, summaries, and key termsnew_to_this_edition
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ISBN
9781319005900
Utgiver
Vendor
Worth Publishers Inc.,U.S.
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Kombinasjonsprodukt
Antall sider
688

Biographical note

Bryan Kolb received his Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University in 1973. He conducted postdoctoral work at the University of Western Ontario and the Montreal Neurological Institute. He moved to the University of Lethbridge in 1976, where he is currently Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and holds a Board of Governor's Chair in Neuroscience.
Ian Q. Whishaw received his Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario in 1971. He moved to the University of Lethbridge in 1970, where he is currently Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and holds a Board of Governor's Chair in Neuroscience.