Overview
The Mind's Machine Fifth Edition presents the interdisciplinary topics of introductory behavioral neuroscience to students from non-science majors, to majors in psychology, life sciences, and neuroscience and is the number one text for this ...Synopsis
"The chapter lineup in this edition of The Mind's Machine encompasses several major themes. In the opening chapters, we trace the origins of behavioral neuroscience and introduce you to the structure of the brain, both as seen by the naked eye and as revealed through the microscope. We discuss how the cells of the brain use electrical signals to process information, and how they transmit that information to other cells within larger circuits. Along the way we'll look at the ways in which drugs affect nerve cells in order to change behavior, as well as some of the remarkable technology that lets us study the activity of the conscious brain as it perceives and thinks. And we'll delve into developmental neuroscience: the continual remodeling of the nervous system and behavior as we grow up and grow old"--Book Details
Published
June 14, 2024
Publisher
Sinauer Associates, Incorporated
ISBN
9780197666081