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The Student's Guide to Cognitive Neuroscience
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The book explores major topics including vision, hearing, attention, memory, speech and language, numeracy, executive function, social and emotional behaviour, and developmental neuroscience. It incorporates case studies, everyday examples, and pedagogy designed to clarify complex concepts.
The fourth edition includes increased focus on genetics, cutting-edge fields like connectomics, and new research tools such as tES, fNIRS, and multi-voxel pattern analysis in fMRI research. Additional insights cover brain networks versus modularity, hand-eye coordination, speech perception and production, and anterior cingulate function.
Presented in full colour with abundant illustrations, this textbook is ideal for undergraduate cognitive neuroscience modules and related courses in cognition, neuropsychology, biopsychology, and brain and behaviour.
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This book is perfect for undergraduate students and researchers beginning in cognitive neuroscience or related disciplines seeking a clear, engaging, and comprehensive guide. It is also suitable for lecturers looking for a core textbook with extensive supporting online resources.
Reflecting recent changes in the way cognition and the brain are studied, this thoroughly updated fourth edition of this bestselling textbook provides a comprehensive and student-friendly guide to cognitive neuroscience.
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Reflecting recent changes in the way cognition and the brain are studied, this thoroughly updated fourth edition of this bestselling textbook provides a comprehensive and student-friendly guide to cognitive neuroscience. Jamie Ward provides an easy-to-follow introduction to neural structure and function, as well as all the key methods and procedures of cognitive neuroscience, with a view to helping students understand how they can be used to shed light on the neural basis of cognition.
The book presents a comprehensive overview of the latest theories and findings in all the key topics in cognitive neuroscience, including vision, hearing, attention, memory, speech and language, numeracy, executive function, social and emotional behaviour, and developmental neuroscience. Throughout, case studies, newspaper reports, everyday examples and student-friendly pedagogy are used to help students understand the more challenging ideas that underpin the subject.
New to this edition:
- Increased focus on the impact of genetics on cognition
- New coverage of the cutting-edge field of connectomics
- Coverage of the latest research tools including tES and fNIRS, and new methodologies such as multi-voxel pattern analysis in fMRI research
- Additional content is also included on network versus modular approaches, brain mechanisms of hand-eye coordination, neurobiological models of speech perception and production, and recent models of anterior cingulate function
Written in an engaging style by a leading researcher in the field and presented in full colour including numerous illustrative materials, this book will be invaluable as a core text for undergraduate modules in cognitive neuroscience. It can also be used as a key text on courses in cognition, cognitive neuropsychology, biopsychology, or brain and behaviour. Those embarking on research will find it an invaluable starting point and reference.
This textbook is supported by an extensive companion website for students and instructors, including lectures by leading researchers, links to key studies and interviews, interactive multiple-choice questions, and flashcards of key terms.
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ISBN: 9781138490543
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 23 December 2019
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Routledge
Edition: 4th edition
Illustration: 8 Tables, black and white; 78 Halftones, color; 256 Illustrations, color
Audience: Tertiary education
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Width: 189.0mm
Height: 246.0mm
Weight: 1140g
Pages: 526
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About the Author
Jamie Ward is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Sussex, UK. He is the author of a number of books on social and cognitive neuroscience and on synesthesia, and is President of the British Association of Cognitive Neuroscience.
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