
Fundamentals of Cognitive Neuroscience
A Beginner's Guide
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Description
Key Features
- Winner of a 2019 Textbook Excellence Award (College) (Texty) from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association
- Presents an easy-to-read introduction to mind-brain science based on a simple functional diagram linked to specific brain functions
- Provides new, up-to-date, colorful brain images directly from research labs
- Contains "In the News" boxes that describe the newest research and augment foundational content
- Includes both a student and instructor website with basic terms and definitions, chapter guides, study questions, drawing exercises, downloadable lecture slides, test bank, flashcards, sample syllabi and links to multimedia resources
Readership
Advanced undergraduate/lower-level graduate students in neuroscience, psychology, and related disciplines in which cognitive neuroscience is taught
Table of Contents
1. A framework for mind and brain
2. The Brain
3. Observing the Brain
4. The Art of Seeing
5. Sound, Speech, and Music Perception
6. Language and Thought
7. Learning and Remembering
8. Attention and Consciousness
9. Decisions, Goals, and Actions
10. Humans are Social Beings
11. Feelings
12. Sleep and levels of consciousness
13. Disorders of Consciousness
14. Growing Up
Product details
- No. of pages: 564
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2018
- Published: March 14, 2018
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128038130
- eBook ISBN: 9780128038390
About the Authors
Nicole Gage

Affiliations and Expertise
Bernard Baars
Affiliations and Expertise
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pierrest j. Fri Mar 29 2019
Fundamentals of Cognitive Neuroscience
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