Brain, Mind, and Behavior

The 3rd edition examines the basic physiology of the brain and nervous system and the revolutionary developments now affecting our understanding of the brain. This classic text has been significantly revised to include new breakthroughs in brain research and includes new pedagogical features to make it an even more effective teaching text. BRAIN, MIND, AND BEHAVIOR Brain, Mind, and Behavior makes research about the brain supremely accessible to students with no background in psychology or biology. When it comes to exploring the biological workings of the brain and their relation to behavior and psychological phenomena, no text can match its clear engaging writing or remarkable illustrations rendered in full color by award-winning medical illustrator Carol Donner. THIRD EDITION Floyd E. Bloom, The Scripps Research Institute Charles Nelson, Arlyne Lazerson University of Minnesota Brain, Mind, and Behavior is now significantly revised and expanded to include new breakthroughs in brain research, including the nature of chemical neurotransmission, new treatments and drugs for psychological disorders, new insights into prenatal brain and behavioral development, and new information about genetic heritability and current ways of monitoring brain activity. The authors have also made changes in organization: Chapter 5, "The Motor System," presents new frontiers in research and neuroscience; Chapter 9, "The Human Memory System," explores the level of neuropsychological operations; and Chapter 10, "Cellular Mechanisms of Simple Learning and Memory," discusses animal models of learning and memory. New! Foundations of Behavioral Neuroscience CD-ROM (packaged with each book), by Yehuda Shavit, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Uri Hasson, Weizmann Institute of Israel This inviting and innovative CD-ROM includes five modules on research methods, neural communication, vision, movement, and the central nervous system and includes rotating 3-D models of the human brain and eye, more than twenty-five video clips, narrated animations of key physiological phenomena, and interactive examples of new neuroimaging technologies. ISBN 07167-2389-1 90000 9-780716-723899