An Introduction to Brain and Behavior

5th Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4641-0601-9
Verlag: WORTH PUBL INC

Buch, Englisch, 704 Seiten, Format (B × H): 233 mm x 284 mm, Gewicht: 1684 g

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From authors Bryan Kolb and Ian Whishaw, and new co-author 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?"). It also incorporates a distinctive clinical perspective, with examples showing students what happens when common neuronal processes malfunction. Now this acclaimed book returns in a thoroughly up-to-date new edition.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Kolb, Bryan

Whishaw, Ian Q.

Teskey, G. Campbell

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Neurobiologie, Verhaltensbiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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?

Über Autor(innen)

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.