The Mind's Machine
Foundations of Brain and Behavior
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Product details:
- Publisher Sinauer Associates
- Date of Publication 8 February 2016
- ISBN 9781605352763
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages500 pages
- Size 275x228x19 mm
- Weight 1265 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
The aim of this book is to help students understand, right from the opening paragraphs, that their mental lives are the product of observable physical processes occurring inside the complicated object between their ears, the brain.
MoreTable of Contents:
1. An Introduction to Brain and Behavior
Updated and new facts and figures to illustrate the complexity of the brain
Discussion of the historical origins and accelerating pace of discovery in neuroscience
Enhanced discussion of neuroplasticity as a general feature of neural systems
2. Cells and Structures: The Anatomy of the Nervous System
Signs & Symptoms: Stroke
Revamped discussion of somatic and autonomic divisions of the peripheral nervous system
Improved illustrations using color coding to link functional and anatomical divisions of the spinal cord
Improved discussion of the blood supply of the brain
New or improved figures depicting types of strokes, cranial nerves, and neuronal structures
3. Neurophysiology: The Generation, Transmission, and Integration of Neural Signals
Signs & Symptoms: Multiple Sclerosis
Improved discussion of steps in synaptic transmission
Refinement of the text in the Visual Summary
4. The Chemistry of Behavior: Neurotransmitters and Neuropharmacology
Signs & Symptoms: Medical Interventions for Substance Abuse
Improved and expanded discussion of neurotransmitters
Updated discussion of cannabinoids and hallucinogens
Updated text and figures on drug abuse
Updates to reflect DSM-5 changes
5. The Sensorimotor System
Signs & Symptoms: Hazards of Painlessness
Updated placement of representation for the neck in the sensory and motor cortex, following a 2015 research report
6. Hearing, Balance, Taste, and Smell
Signs & Symptoms: Restoring Auditory Stimulation in Deafness
New and improved description and illustrations of the function and frequency mapping of the basilar membrane
Updated discussion of sensory adaptations in other species
Clearer presentation of vestibular function
7. Vision: From Eye to Brain
Signs & Symptoms: Robot Eyes?
Improved discussion of visual receptive fields
Streamlined discussion of photopic and scotopic visual systems
8. Hormones and Sex
Signs & Symptoms: Psychosocial Dwarfism
Discussion of effects of hormones in pregnancy on cognition
Updated discussion of prenatal influences on human sexual orientation
9. Homeostasis
Signs & Symptoms: Fat-Busting Surgery
New discussion of allostatic load
Updated discussion and improved illustration of the hypothalamic appetite controller
New illustration of bariatric surgery
10. Biological Rhythms and Sleep
Signs & Symptoms: REM Behavior Disorder
Updated discussion of brain regions controlling sleep states
Discussion of new evidence that toxins are 'cleaned out' of the brain during sleep
11. Emotions, Aggression, and Stress
Signs & Symptoms: Long-term consequences of childhood bullying
Update on fear of suffocation in patient S.M.
Discussion of maternal aggression
12. Psychopathology: The Biology of Behavioral Disorders
Signs & Symptoms: Mixed Feelings about SSRIs
New discussion and reorganization to reflect changes in DSM-5
Extensive update to the description of schizophrenia, with a new symptom-mapping table
Improved coverage of antipsychotic medication
New data and discussion regarding the efficacy of antidepressant treatments
13. Memory, Learning, and Development
Signs & Symptoms: Imaging Alzheimer's Plaques
Update on patient K.C., Kent Cochrane
New figure on hippocampal place cells
14. Attention and Consciousness
Signs & Symptoms: Difficulty with sustained attention can sometimes be relieved with stimulants
Streamlined discussion of attentional processes
Updated and expanded discussion of consciousness, adding material on the default mode network
New table on aspects of consciousness in other species
Discussion of frontal lobe syndromes
Discussion of recreation of mental experiences from measurements of brain activity
15. Brain Asymmetry, Spatial Cognition, and Language
Signs & Symptoms: The Amazing Resilience of a Child's Brain
Updated discussion of genetic aspects of communication
Improved coverage of neural bases of dyslexia
Updated discussion of laterality
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