Brain and Behavior: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective captures the excitement of cognitive and behavioral neuroscience by focusing on fundamental scientific principles, patterns, and ways of thinking.
Brain and Behavior: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective captures the excitement of cognitive and behavioral neuroscience by focusing on fundamental scientific principles, patterns, and ways of thinking.
David Eagleman is a neuroscientist, New York Times best-selling author, abnd Guggenheim Fellow who currently holds an Adjunct appointment at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Eagleman's areas of research include time perception, vision, synesthesia, and the intersection of neuroscience with the legal system. Jonathan Downar is the Director of the MRI-Guided rTMS Clinic at the University Health network in Toronto, Canada, and a scientist a tthe Toronto Western Research Institute. He currently holds appointments with the department of Psychiatry and the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Toronto. As a physician-scientist, his clinical work focuses on using noninvasive brain stimulation to treat patients with severe and medical-resistant forms of psyhiatric illnesses. His research focuses on developing a new generation of more effective, more accessible, and less costly techniques for brain stimulation in these disorders.
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Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - The Brain and the Nervous System Chapter 3 - Neurons and Synapses Chapter 4 - Neuroplasticity Chapter 5 - Vision Chapter 6 - Other Senses Chapter 7 - The Motor System Chapter 8 - Attention and Consciousness Chapter 9 - Memory Chapter 10 - Sleep Chapter 11 - Language and Lateralization Chapter 12 - Decision Making Chapter 13 - Emotions Chapter 14 - Motivation and Reward Chapter 15 - Social Cognition Chapter 16 - Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders
