The Student's Guide to Cognitive Neuroscience (2nd edition)

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Synopsis

Reflecting recent changes in the way cognition and the brain are studied, this updated edition provides a comprehensive and student-friendly guide to cognitive neuroscience. Jamie Ward provides an easy-to-follow introduction to neural structure and function, as well as all the key methods and procedures of cognitive neuroscience, with a view to helping students understand how they can be used to shed light on the neural basis of cognition. The book presents an up-to-date overview of the latest theories and findings in all the key topics in cognitive neuroscience, including vision, attention, memory, speech and language, numeracy, executive function, and social and emotional behavior. This edition also contains two completely new chapters on developmental cognitive neuroscience and hearing Throughout, case studies, newspaper reports and everyday examples are used to help students understand the more challenging ideas that underpin the subject. In addition each chapter includes: Summaries of key terms and points Example essay questions Recommended further reading Feature boxes exploring interesting and popular questions and their implications for the subject

Book details

Author:
Jamie Ward
ISBN:
9781848720022
Related ISBNs:
9781848720022
Publisher:
Psychology Press
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2016-03-09
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2010
Copyright by:
Psychology Press 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Medicine, Nonfiction, Psychology, Science