Student's Guide to Cognitive Neuroscience

Reflecting recent changes in the way cognition and the brain are studied, this thoroughly updated fifth edition of this bestselling textbook provides a comprehensive and student-friendly guide to cognitive neuroscience.

List of contents

1. Introducing cognitive neuroscience 2. Introducing the brain 3. The electrophysiological brain 4. The imaged brain 5. The lesioned brain and stimulated brain 6. The developing brain 7. The seeing brain 8. The hearing brain 9. The attending brain 10. The acting brain 11. The remembering brain 12. The speaking brain 13. The literate and numerate brain 14. The executive brain 15. The conscious brain 16. The social and emotional brain

About the author

Jamie Ward is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Sussex, UK. He is the author of a number of books on social and cognitive neuroscience and on synesthesia, and is President of the British Association of Cognitive Neuroscience.

Summary

Reflecting recent changes in the way cognition and the brain are studied, this thoroughly updated fifth edition of this bestselling textbook provides a comprehensive and student-friendly guide to cognitive neuroscience.

Product details

• Authors: Jamie Ward, Ward Jamie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032552927
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3255292-7
• No. of pages: 582
• Dimensions: 175 mm x 255 mm x 40 mm
• Series: Print on Demand
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / General, SCIENCE / General, MEDICAL / Neuroscience, MEDICAL / Neurology, PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology, Neurosciences