Descriere - Cognition, Brain and Consciousness Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience
Written specifically for psychology, pre-medical, education and neuroscience undergraduate and graduate students
The thematic approach builds on on accepted concepts, not presuming a background in neuroscience or biology
Ancillary material includes a companion website and Learning Guide for students
Includes two Appendices on brain imaging and neural networks written by Thomas Ramsoy and Igor Aleksander
Introduces the brain in a step-by-step, readable style, with gradually increasing sophistication
Richly illustrated in full color with clear and detailed drawings that build the brain from top to bottome, simplifying the layout of the brain for students
Pedagogy includes exercises and study questions at the end of each chapter, including drawing exercises
Description
A textbook for psychology, neuroscience, pre-medical students, and everybody interested in the neuroscience of cognition. A wave of new research is transforming our understanding of the human mind and brain. Many educational fields now require a basic understanding of the new topic of cognitive neuroscience. However, available textbooks are written more for biology audiences than for psychology and related majors. This text aims to bridge that gap. A background in biology of neuroscience is not required. The thematic approach builds on widely understood concepts in psychology, such as working memory, selective attention, and social cognition. Edited by two leading experts in the field, the book guides the reader along a clear path to understand the latest findings. A support website at http://textbooks.elsevier.com provides all figures in electronic format with export to Powerpoint, as well as supplementary material including movies and support material for teachers and students. (note: support website will be available after June 10, 2007) FEATURES
Written specifically for psychology, pre-medical, education and neuroscience undergraduate and graduate students
The thematic approach builds on on accepted concepts, not presuming a background in neuroscience or biology
Ancillary material includes a companion website and Learning Guide for students
Includes two Appendices on brain imaging and neural networks written by Thomas Ramsoy and Igor Aleksander
Introduces the brain in a step-by-step, readable style, with gradually increasing sophistication
Richly illustrated in full color with clear and detailed drawings that build the brain from top to bottome, simplifying the layout of the brain for students
Pedagogy includes exercises and study questions at the end of each chapter, including drawing exercises
Readership
Graduate and upper-division undergraduate students in psychology, neuroscience and pre-medicine studying cognitive neuroscience.
Quotes
"This is a wonderful, unique textbook, in the form of an edited volume, that makes the field of cognitive neuroscience come alive. It strikes an excellent balance between three interlocking frontiers: behavioral evidence on cognitive processes; neural evidence from brain research, neurology, and neuroimaging; and philosophical responses to this research, pointing out its implications for human consciousness and subjective experience. With its numerous helpful, vivid color illustrations and an engaging writing style throughout, the text makes inherently technical material accessible without losing sight of the exciting new findings and ideas coming from the research. An instructor could find it useful for courses on more than one topic and for courses at more than one level of sophistication. The coverage is sweeping, ranging from the level of the neuron to the whole brain and to the conceptual levels of cognitive psychology and social cognition and emotion. There are many reasons why researchers and instructors in cognitive neuroscience and allied fields need this book. --Nelson Cowan, Curators' Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA "Though intended as a text for students of psychology, biology, education and medicine, Cognition, Brain and Consciousness has much to offer the intelligent layperson and even experts in cognitive neuroscience. It's clearly and entertainingly written, abundantly illustrated and content rich, making this complex, but fascinating, field accessible to all." --Stan Franklin, Ph.D., W. Harry Feinstone Interdisciplinary Research Professor Director, Institute for Intelligent Systems The University of Memphis, Tennessee, USA "Masterfully organized and comprehensive in its coverage, this textbook will surely be THE introduction to cognitive neuroscience. The contributing authors are highly accomplished experts, and details are deftly selected to illustrate principles as well as to launch the curious reader into the exciting but vast realm of the nervous system. Anatomy, sometimes the bane of introductions to the brain, is gracefully interwoven on a need-to-know basis. In a clever use of IT, the accompanying website provides videos of human patients as well as powerpoint slides for anatomy and physiology. The companion website will be updated regularly with the latest results, and in the open-source tradition, website ideas are solicited from imaginative readers. A powerful pedagogical achievement, and a boon for both the novice and the advanced student." --Patricia Smith Churchland, Chair UC President's Professor of Philosophy University of California San Diego, USA "Comprehensive, authoritative and beautifully illustrated, this is a superb introduction to cognitive neuroscience. It is ideally suited as a text to accompany an undergraduate or graduate course. The depth and sophistication of its treatment of key topics make it more than a mere introductory text, though, and it can be read with profit by all with an interest in how the brain supports cognition, whether student or established researcher." --Michael D. Rugg, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory at the University of California, Irvine, USA
