Behavioural Neuroscience

Description

Instructors of behavioural neuroscience are faced with the challenge of how to teach the course's complex material in an accessible and relatable, yet comprehensive way for undergraduate students. For more than twenty years, Breedlove and Watson's Behavioural Neuroscience has successfully solved these problems by presenting the most current, definitive, clear, and authoritative introduction to the field. Using stellar examples of today's most exciting research, an unparalleled art program that clarifies even complex biological processes, visual summaries to remind students of the principle findings presented in each chapter, and a comprehensive suite of digital support tools—including animations with built-in assessments that help test the student's knowledge of biological and behavioural processes and neuroanatomy—Behavioural Neuroscience, Ninth International Edition, remains the best resource available to teach introductory neuroscience and behavioral neuroscience courses.

• Learning is supported by a best-in-class full-color art program, including hundreds of original illustrations that make it easy to understand structures, mechanisms, and processes in the brain. Many additional graphical elements have been reproduced from primary research sources, bringing the learner closer to the science behind the subject matter.
• 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 interactive online version that pulls up figures and animations to reinforce each point
• The text is supported by a rich array of internet-based resources, including a clearinghouse of more than 25,000 web links sorted by chapter and topic
• More than 400 new citations keep the text current and an excellent resource

About the Author(s)

S. Marc Breedlove, Michigan State University, and Neil V. Watson, Simon Fraser University

S. Marc Breedlove is the Barnett Rosenberg Professor of Neuroscience at Michigan State University. Neil V. Watson is Professor of Behavioural Neuroscience at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada.

Table of Contents

Chapter 0 Introduction
PART I: BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF BEHAVIOUR
Chapter 1. Functional Neuroanatomy
Chapter 2. Neurophysiology
Chapter 3. The Chemistry of Behaviour
Chapter 4. Hormones and the Brain
PART II: EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
Chapter 5. Evolution of the Brain and Behaviour
Chapter 6. Life-Span Development of the Brain and Behaviour
PART III: PERCEPTION AND ACTION
Chapter 7. General Principles of Sensory Processing, Touch, and Pain
Chapter 8. Hearing, Balance, Taste, and Smell
Chapter 9. Vision
Chapter 10. Motor Control and Plasticity
PART IV: EMOTIONS AND MENTAL DISORDERS
Chapter 11: Emotions, Aggression, and Stress
Chapter 12: Psychopathology
PART V: REGULATION AND BEHAVIOUR
Chapter 13: Sex
Chapter 14: Homeostasis
Chapter 15: Biological Rhythms, Sleep, and Dreaming
PART VI: COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
Chapter 16: Learning and Memory
Chapter 17: Attention and Higher Cognition
Chapter 18: Language and Lateralization

Reviews

"Behavioral Neuroscience provides a strong foundation upon which clinical psychology students can build their understanding of cognitive, emotional, and physical functional correlates" - so important for their future clinical profession!

"Behavioral Neuroscience covers topics regarding the brain and nervous system with lucid explanations and figures. The accompanying supplemental materials are a tremendous asset towards augmenting the students' mastery of the material. The text is straightforward, clear, and useful to both instructors and students from many disciplines. I highly recommend it." - Mario Mata, California State University

"This comprehensive text makes neuroscience accessible to a wide range of students. It engages students with cutting edge neuroscientific research findings and research methodology behind the biological basis of behavior." - Sarita Lagalwar, Skidmore College

"The breadth of topics, beautiful illustrations, and organization provide students with a solid understanding of neuroscience and the biological bases of behavior." - Stephen Lippi, George Mason University

"I am greatly impressed by the authors' ability to present this material to psychology students" - who may not have much prior biology background

"This book is a comprehensive survey of behavioral neuroscience with strong sections on development, evolution, and hormonal regulation of behavior. Highly detailed information about each topic is organized with emphasis on how behaviors are elicited rather than by anatomical connections. Engaging figures throughout the textbook and visual summaries at the end of each chapter provide high quality illustration of challenging concepts." - Jennifer Wilhelm, College of Charleston