An Introduction to Brain and Behavior

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By G Campbell Teskey and Bryan Kolb and Ian Whishaw

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An Introduction to Brain and Behavior offers a unique inquiry-based approach to behavioural neuroscience, focusing each chapter on a central question such as "How Does the Nervous System Function?" The authors present a clinical perspective, illustrating neuronal processes through examples of what happens when these processes malfunction. This new edition incorporates the latest research on genetic mosaics and modification, transgenic and optogenetic techniques, neurotransmitters, hormones, brain development during adolescence, psychobiotics, colour perception, and biorhythms. It also covers updated findings on disorders like Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, depression, drug dependency, sleep disorders, schizophrenia, glaucoma, and prenatal development abnormalities.
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This book is ideal for students and professionals interested in behavioural neuroscience, psychology, and clinical neurology, seeking an up-to-date and research-informed introduction to brain function and its influence on behaviour.

With this updated edition of An Introduction to Brain and Behavior, Bryan Kolb and Ian Whishaw again take students to the very forefront of one of the most eventful and impactful areas of scientific inquiry today with an introduction to the scientific exploration of human behaviour.

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In this unique inquiry-based introduction to behavioural neuroscience, each chapter focuses on a central question (e.g., "How Does the Nervous System Function?"). The authors emphasise a distinctive clinical perspective, with examples showing students what happens when common neuronal processes malfunction.

The new edition of An Introduction to Brain and Behavior continues the tradition of incorporating the latest research into the fundamentals of nervous system functioning and the interaction between our behaviour and our brains. Revisions include new material discussing current research on genetic mosaics and modification, including:

Transgenic techniques and optogenetic techniques
Neurotransmitters
Hormones
Brain development in adolescence
Psychobiotics
Colour perception
Biorhythms

The book has also been updated to reflect the latest findings on specific disorders including Parkinson disease, Alzheimer disease, depression and drug dependency, sleep disorders, schizophrenia, glaucoma, and abnormal development related to prenatal experience.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781319243562

Publisher: Macmillan Learning

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 18 January 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: Worth Publishers Inc.,U.S.

Edition: 6th ed. 2019

Illustration: 688 p.

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 155.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 688

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Bryan Kolb Education & Reference G Campbell Teskey Ian Whishaw Non-Fiction Philosophy & Psychology

About the Author

Bryan Kolb received his PhD from the Pennsylvania State University in 1973. He conducted postdoctoral work at the University of Western Ontario and the Montreal Neurological Institute. He moved to the University of Lethbridge in 1976, where he is currently Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and holds a Board of Governor's Chair in Neuroscience.

Ian Q. Whishaw received his PhD from the University of Western Ontario in 1971. He moved to the University of Lethbridge in 1970, where he is currently Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and holds a Board of Governor's Chair in Neuroscience.
G. Campbell Teskey is a professor at the University of Calgary in the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy and the Hotchkiss Brain Institute. His current research program examines the development, organization and plasticity of the motor cortex as well as how seizures alter brain function.