An Introduction to Brain and Behavior

by Ian Q. Whishaw, G. Campbell Teskey, Bryan Kolb, et al.

Book Overview

Offering a unique introduction to behavioral neuroscience, An Introduction to Brain and Behavior centers each chapter around an important, relevant question. Examples then follow, taking a clinical... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 071677691X
• ISBN13: 9780716776918
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Worth Publishers
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.3" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Brain Fanatics

This textbook provides a thorough introduction to the brain, starting from the nerves to actual sensory systems (motor, auditory, visual etc.,). Even though I spent some time reading this book, I was disappointed the professor only referred to it once or twice and relied primarily on lectures to create tests. Besides providing the mechanism behind the flow of information in the brain, its discussion of how injuries to the brain result in certain conditions (visual agnosia, neglect syndrome, amnesia, aphasia etc.,) also helped my understanding of the material a lot. The biggest hurdle is understanding how nerves function, after that everything is more or less memorization.