Stephane Gaskin

Behavioral Neuroscience - International Student Edition

Essentials and Beyond

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Behavioral Neuroscience: Essentials and Beyond, First Edition offers a modern and research-based perspective while covering the basics of biological psychology. With fresh coverage of applied topics and complex phenomena including social neuroscience and consciousness, Stephane Gaskin delivers the most current research and developments surrounding the brain¿s functions through student-centered pedagogy and features. The features in Behavioral Neuroscience are crafted to introduce students to challenging biological and neuroscience-based concepts through illustrations of real-life application, exploring myths and misconceptions, and addressing students¿ assumptions head-on. The modular format chunks content into manageable segments wrapped in clear learning outcomes and review.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Inc
• Seitenzahl: 568
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2020
• Abmessung: 493mm x 277mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 1148g
• ISBN-13: 9781071808382
• ISBN-10: 1071808389
• Artikelnr.: 69737915

Autorenporträt

Stephane Gaskin is a psychology professor at Dawson College in Montréal. He is also a lecturer at Concordia and McGill universities. Over the course of over 15 years, Stephane has taught a variety of psychology courses at both college and university. He has taught the very first brain and behavior course officially offered at Dawson College and regularly teaches behavioral neuroscience at university. Stephane obtained both his Bachelor and Master of psychology degrees at Concordia University. For his master¿s degree, which was also completed at Concordia, Stephane¿s research focused on the role of the hippocampus in spatial and object-recognition memory. He then pursued and obtained a PhD degree at McGill University where he studied the interaction between various brain areas such as the hippocampus amygdala and striatum in learning to approach cues associated with appetitive stimuli. Stephane then pursued his studies as a postdoctoral researcher at both the University of California in San Diego and Concordia University in Montréal. Much of Stephane¿s research was published in international scientific journals and presented at the Society for Neuroscience¿s annual conferences.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Behavioral Neuroscience: understanding brain-behavior
relationships
Introduction
1.1 What is behavioral neuroscience?
1.2 The evolution of brain-behavior relationships
1.3 The origins of behavioral neuroscience
1.4 Studying Brain and Behavior Today
Chapter 2: Neurons and Glia
Introduction
2.1 Putting neurons into context
2.2 The structure of neurons
2.3 The action potential
2.4 Glia
Chapter 3: The Synapse, Neurotransmitters, Drugs and Addiction
Introduction
3.1 The synapse
3.2 Neurotransmitters
3.3 Drugs and drug addiction
Chapter 4: The Nervous System
Introduction
4.1 Central Nervous System Development
4.2 The Fully Developed Brain
4.3 The Peripheral Nervous System
Chapter 5: Neuro Development, Neuroplasticity and Aging
Introduction
5.1 Neurodevelopment
5.2 Neuroplasticity
5.3 The Aging Brain: adolescence and old age
Chapter 6: Sensation and Perception 1: Vision and Hearing
Introduction
6.1 Vision
6.2 Hearing
Chapter 7: Sensation and Perception 2: taste, smell and touch
Introduction
7.1 Taste
7.2 Smell
7.3 Touch
Chapter 8 Sensorimotor Systems
Introduction
8.1 This is what makes you move
8.2 Spinal control of movement
8.3 Cortical control of movement and sensorimotor Integration
Chapter 9: Motivation: Energy Balance, Temperature regulation and Sleep
Introduction
9.1 Theories of Motivation
9.2 Physiological Mechanisms
9.3 Wake and Sleep Regulation
Chapter 10: Hormones: Social and Reproductive and Behavior
Introduction
10.1 What are hormones?
10.2 Hormones and behavior
10.3 Organizing effects of hormones and sexual orientation
Chapter 11: Emotions
Introduction
11.1 What are Emotions?
11.2 Emotions: where in the brain
11.3 Emotions and decision-making: beyond the amygdala
11.4 Aggression
Chapter 12: Memory and Learning
Introduction
12.1 Memory and memory systems
12.2 Long-term memory
12.3 Memory consolidation
12.4 Navigating through space: spatial memory
12.5 Learning at the molecular level: the acquisition of memories
Chapter 13: Attention and Consciousness
Introduction
13.1 Attention
13.2 Consciousness
Chapter 14: Psychological Disorders
Introduction
14.1 What is a psychological disorder?
14.2 Anxiety Disorders
14.3 Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
14.4 Major Depressive Disorder
14.5 Schizophrenia
Chapter 15: Social Neuroscience
Introduction
15.1 What is Social Neuroscience?
15.2 Self-Awareness
15.3 Theory of Mind
15.4 Social Pain
15.5 Altruism
15.6 Cooperation and Trust