The Mind's Machine

Foundations of Brain and Behavior
5. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-0-19-766608-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 632 Seiten, Format (B × H): 224 mm x 267 mm, Gewicht: 1814 g

The fifth edition of The Mind's Machine captivates students of all backgrounds through coverage of contemporary research, clinical cases, experiments, and compelling examples that directly relate to their lives and fields of interest.

The Mind's Machine, Fifth Edition, introduces readers to the basics of behavioral neurosciences and the newest and most fascinating discoveries.

This bestselling text offers an engaging introduction to the interdisciplinary topics of introductory behavioral neuroscience. It is designed to cater to a wide range of students including non-science majors, to those majoring in psychology, life sciences, and neuroscience. The Mind's Machine successfully presents neuroscience concepts in a manner that is accessible and that is meaningful to a diverse audience while maintaining scientific accuracy. Moreover, it provides examples from diverse fields within neuroscience, providing students with a comprehensive understanding of the subject matter.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Watson, Neil

Breedlove, S. Marc

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- Chapter 1 Structure and Function Neuroanatomy and Research Methods

- Chapter 2 Neurophysiology:The Generation, Transmission, and Integration of Neural Signals

- Chapter 3 The Chemistry of Behavior:Neurotransmitters and Neuropharmacology

- Chapter 4 Development of the Brain

- Chapter 5 The Sensorimotor System

- Chapter 6 Hearing, Balance, Taste, and Smell

- Chapter 7 Vision: From Eye to Brain

- Chapter 8 Hormones and Sex

- Chapter 9 Homeostasis: Active Regulation of the Internal Environment

- Chapter 10 Biological Rhythms and Sleep

- Chapter 11 Emotions, Aggression, and Stress

- Chapter 12 Psychopathology The Biology of Behavioral Disorders

- Chapter 13 Memory and Learning

- Chapter 14 Attention and Higher Cognition

- Chapter 15 Language and Lateralization

Über Autor(innen)

Neil V. Watson and the members of his lab at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada study sex-related aspects of the structure and function of the nervous system, with ongoing grant support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. His research, which spans from the effects of hormones and pollutants on the structure of the nervous system to the relationships among social factors, cognition, and steroids in humans, has appeared in a variety of journals, including the Journal of Neuroscience, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, and Brain Research. Dr. Watson received his undergraduate and master's degrees from the University of Western Ontario and his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia. Following a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley, he joined the faculty at SFU in 1996 where he is now Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience and Chair of Psychology. He teaches biological psychology to hundreds of

undergraduate and graduate students each year.

S. Marc Breedlove, the Barnett Rosenberg Professor of Neuroscience at Michigan State University, has written over 130 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. He is also passionate about teaching-in the classroom, and in the greater community through interviews with the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and Newsweek, as well as broadcast programs such as All Things Considered, Good Morning America, and Sixty Minutes. He has active grant support from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the National Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Breedlove is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Association for Psychological Science.