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Informationen zum Autor Bryan Kolb, Ian Q. Whishaw and G. Campbell Teskey Klappentext This is the textbook only without LaunchPad. From authors Bryan Kolb and Ian Whishaw, and new co-author G. Campbell Teskey, An Introduction to Brain and Behavior offers a unique inquiry-based introduction to behavioral neuroscience, with each chapter focusing on a central question (i.e., "How Does the Nervous System Function?"). It also incorporates a distinctive clinical perspective, with examples showing students what happens when common neuronal processes malfunction. Now this acclaimed book returns in a thoroughly up-to-date new edition. An Introduction to Brain and Behavior can also be purchased with the breakthrough online resource, LaunchPad, which offers innovative media content, curated and organised for easy assignability. LaunchPad's intuitive interface presents quizzing, flashcards, animations and much more to make learning actively engaging. Zusammenfassung The new edition of Kolb and Whishaw's text exploring the biological basis of behaviour, communicates the excitement of the tremendous advances in the field over the past decade. Drawing on their extensive teaching and research experience, the authors organise their text around the key questions that intrigue brain researchers and students alike. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. What Are the Origins of Brain and Behavior? 2. What Is the Nervous System's Functional Anatomy?  3. What Are the Nervous System's Functional Units?     4. How Do Neurons Use Electrical Signals to Transmit Information? 5. How Do Neurons Communicate and Adapt?      6. How Do Drugs and Hormones Influence the Brain and Behavior?  7. How Do We Study the Brain's Structures and Functions?  8. How Does the Nervous System Develop and Adapt?  9. How Do We Sense, Perceive, and See the World? 10. How Do We Hear, Speak, and Make Music?  11. How Does the Nervous System Respond to Stimulation and Produce Movement?  12. What Causes Emotional and Motivated Behavior?  13. Why Do We Sleep and Dream?  14. How Do We Learn and Remember?  15. How Does the Brain Think?  16. What Happens When the Brain Misbehaves? ...
