The Mind's Machine

Foundations of Brain and Behaviour

Watson, Breedlove (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

624 Seiten

2020 | 4th edition
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-1-60535-973-1 (ISBN)

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The Mind's Machine imparts the core concepts of behavioral neuroscience to students in a diverse range of disciplines, including not only psychology and the other life sciences, but art, philosophy, media studies, linguistics, and the like. Now featuring Oxford Insight for adaptive learning, integrated with interactive learning tools, The Mind's Machine, fourth edition, offers a streamlined text, full-color art, novel pedagogical features, and real-life examples and analogies to engage students new to neuroscience without sacrificing accuracy. This accessible, reader-friendly book is appropriate for brain and behavior, biopsychology, and physiological psychology courses.NEW TO THIS EDITIONNow features Oxford Insight, an adaptive learning and interactive content-based courseware for both students and instructors, that helps students gain a deeper and critical understanding of their reading and provides instructors with an easy to use learning system.Chapter Four is a new and added chapter on development, which was previously a part of chapter Thirteen.Extensive updates to each chapter including 200 new references to current research.An enhanced eBook makes reading an interactive experience with all media included directly in the text.Updated art and figures throughout to match the new and updated references.This title is available as an eBook. Visit VitalSource for more information or to purchase.

1. Cells and Structures: The Anatomy of the Nervous System2. Neurophysiology: The Generation, Transmission, and Integration of Neural Signals3. The Chemistry of Behavior: Neurotransmitters and Neuropharmacology4. Development of the Brain5. The Sensorimotor System6. Hearing, Balance, Taste, and Smell7. Vision: From Eye to Brain8. Hormones and Sex9. Homeostasis: Active Regulation of the Internal Environment10. Biological Rhythms and Sleep11. Emotions, Aggression, and Stress12. Psychopathology: The Biology of Behavioral Disorders13. Memory, Learning, and Development14. Attention and Higher Cognition15. Language and Lateralization

Erscheinungsdatum	19.10.2020
Reihe/Serie	Sinauer
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	1200 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	1-60535-973-4 / 1605359734
ISBN-13	978-1-60535-973-1 / 9781605359731
Zustand	Neuware