Jon C. Horvitz (City University of New York City College), Barry L. Jacobs

Principles of Behavioral Neuroscience

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An undergraduate textbook for a first course in brain and behavior. Omitting unnecessary detail, each chapter focuses on key concepts. The book features cutting-edge neuroscience approaches, compelling illustrations, and thought-provoking review questions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• New ed
• Seitenzahl: 652
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 253mm x 178mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 1388g
• ISBN-13: 9781108720786
• ISBN-10: 1108720781
• Artikelnr.: 61330344

Autorenporträt

Jon C. Horvitz grew up in Philadelphia, and graduated from Haverford College before receiving his PhD in Psychology at the University of Calfornia, Santa Barbara. After post-doctoral work in neuroscience at Princeton University, he was a professor of psychology at Columbia University, Boston College, and now City College of New York/CUNY. A passionate teacher who enjoys finding ways to excite his students, his brain-mind courses have won many accolades. His research examines brain circuits underlying natural and drug rewards, and he has been a grant reviewer for the National Institute on Drug Abuse. He loves to play jazz piano. He and his wife regularly travel to Spain to visit her family.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Online resources
1. Nervous systems
2. How neurons work
3. Sensory systems
4. Movement
5. Sleep-waking and circadian rhythms
6. Hunger
7. Sex
8. Brain development and plasticity
9. Long-term learning and memory
10. Attention and working memory
11. Reward, reinforcement, and addiction
12. Stress, fear and anxiety
13. Neuropathology in neurology and psychiatry
14. Higher cognitive function
Index.