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The Mind's Machine (2nd Edition) - eBook

The Mind’s Machine (2nd Edition) – PDF

eBook Details

  • Authors: S. Marc Breedlove, Neil V. Watson
  • File Size: 81 MB
  • Format: PDF
  • Length: 500 pages
  • Publisher: Sinauer; 2nd edition
  • Publication Date: 9 Feb. 2016
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1605352764, 1605354449
  • ISBN-13: 9781605352763, 9781605354446

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About The Author

Neil V. Watson

Neil V. Watson

Dr. Neil V. Watson's work on topics ranging from the neural control of reproductive behavior to the effects of steroids on cell survival to human cognitive sex differences has appeared in a variety of journals, including the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, and Brain Research and Journal of Neuroscience.

Dr. Watson and the members of his lab at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada study sex-related aspects of the function and structure of the nervous system, with ongoing grant support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. He got his undergraduate and master's degrees from the University of Western Ontario and his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia. Following a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley, Neil joined the faculty at SFU in 1996 where he is now Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Psychology. He teaches biological psychology to hundreds of graduate and undergraduate students every year.

S. Marc Breedlove

S. Marc Breedlove

Dr. Stephen Marc Breedlove, the Barnett Rosenberg Professor of Neuroscience at Michigan State University, has written more than 125 scientific articles investigating the role of hormones in shaping the developing and adult nervous system, publishing in journals including Nature, Science, Nature Neuroscience, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.

Dr. Breedlove is also passionate about teaching in the classroom, and in the greater community through interviews with the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, and Newsweek, as well as broadcast programs such as Good Morning America, All Things Considered, and Sixty Minutes. He has active grant support from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the National Institute of Mental Health. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Association for Psychological Science.

The Mind’s Machine, 2nd edition (PDF), was composed to impart the core ideas of behavioral neuroscience to trainees in a varied series of disciplines, consisting of not only psychology and the other life sciences, however approach, media research studies, art, linguistics, and so on. Through using a structured book, unique pedagogical functions, complete- color art, and genuine- life examples and examples, the ebook prospered in interesting trainees brand-new to neuroscience without compromising precision. Features of the brand-new 2nd edition:

  • Photographs: Pictures reveal trainees ‘genuine- life’ examples of ideas and subjects.
  • Vignettes: Each chapter starts with a gripping vignette relating the product that follows to a genuine- life scenario.
  • Parts: Larger, standalone ‘Parts’ of chapters are composed discretely to take full advantage of versatility in designating readings.
  • Boxes: Boxes explain intriguing applications, necessary approaches, sidelights, historic viewpoints, or refreshers on theoretical ideas.
  • Marginal Glossary: Bold- dealt with terms are specified in the margins of the ebook to assist trainees determine and discover essential terms as they check out.
  • Researchers at Work: The crucial discoveries are described and shown to highlight the procedure of experimentation and hypothesis screening.
  • ‘How’s it going?’ Questions: At completion of each area are evaluation concerns to assist trainees arrange and practice what they’ve gained from the book.
  • NEW! Signs and Symptoms: This brand-new function highlights crucial medical concerns connected to the chapter subjects that use behavioral neuroscience to the research study of medical conditions.
  • QR Codes: Using their mobile phones, trainees can immediately access assistance product from the Companion Website, such as animations, activities, and videos to more discuss subjects.
  • A Step Further: This function uses extra, advanced product for a trainer who wishes to make particular subjects more difficult or for trainees who need to know more
  • Color Art: The figures are magnificently drawn to assist trainees’ understanding of biological procedures. Concisely identified and described, the figures are among the most essential pedagogical functions in the book.
  • Visual Summary: A graphic design assists arrange the product and directs university student to the figures that strengthen each point. Bold- dealt with essential terms, callouts to relevant figures, and recommendations to the Companion Website are offered.

978- 1605352763, 978- 1605354446 A more recent edition is likewise readily available. See associated ebooks listed below NOTE: This item only consists of the ebook The Mind’s Machine 2e inPDF No access codes consisted of.

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