Forthcoming Behavioral Neuroscience Books

Forthcoming Books

1. The Neural Basis of Human Belief Systems

   Edited by Frank Krueger, Jordan Grafman

   Series: Contemporary Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience

   Is the everyday understanding of belief susceptible to scientific investigation? Belief is one of the most commonly used, yet unexplained terms in neuroscience. Beliefs can be seen as forms of mental representations and one of the building blocks of our conscious thoughts. This book provides an...

   To Be Published July 10th 2012 by Psychology Press
2. Social Neuroscience of Psychiatric Disorders

   Edited by Facundo Manes, Mario Mendez

   Series: Special Issues of Social Neuroscience

   Social Neuroscience of Psychiatric Disorders is about the role of the Social Brain in neuropsychiatry. The need to belong to social groups and interact with others has driven much of the evolution of the human brain. The relatively young field of social neuroscience has made impressive strides...

   To Be Published July 12th 2012 by Psychology Press
3. Neurorhetorics

   Edited by Jordynn Jack

   Series: Rhetoric Society Quarterly

   In academia, as well as in popular culture, the prefix "neuro-" now occurs with startling frequency. Scholars now publish research in the fields of neuroeconomics, neurophilosophy, neuromarketing, neuropolitics, and neuroeducation. Consumers are targeted with enhanced products and services, such as...

   To Be Published July 31st 2012 by Routledge
4. The Rhetoric of the Right

   Language Change and the Spread of the Market

   By David George

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

   This study seeks to demonstrate the subtle ways in which changes in the language associated with economic issues are reflective of a gradual but quantifiable conservative ideological shift. In this rigorous analysis, David George uses as his data a century of word usage within The New York Times,...

   To Be Published August 9th 2012 by Routledge
5. Emotion and Reason

   Mind, Brain, and the Social Domains of Work and Love

   By Warren TenHouten

   Although much academic work has been done on the areas of mind, brain, and society, a theoretical synthesis of the three levels of analysis – the biological, the mental, and the social – has not until now been put forward. In Emotion and Reason, Warren TenHouten presents a truly comprehensive...

   To Be Published August 28th 2012 by Routledge
6. Education and Neuroscience

   Evidence, Theory and Practical Application

   Edited by Paul Howard-Jones

   This book brings together contributions from scientists and educators at the forefront of interdisciplinary research efforts involving neuroscience and education. It includes consideration of what we know about brain function that may be relevant to educational areas including reading,...

   To Be Published August 29th 2012 by Routledge
7. A New Science of Religion

   Edited by Greg Dawes, James Mclaurin

   Series: Routledge Studies in Religion

   Religious belief, once in the domain of the humanities, has found a new home in the sciences. Promising new developments in the study of religion by cognitive scientists and evolutionary theorists put forward empirical hypotheses regarding the origin, spread, and character of religious beliefs....

   To Be Published September 13th 2012 by Routledge
8. Language and Action in Cognitive Neuroscience

   Edited by Yann Coello, Angela Bartolo

   Series: Contemporary Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience

   This book collates the most up to date evidence from behavioural, brain imagery and stroke-patient studies, to discuss the ways in which cognitive and neural processes are responsible for language processing. Divided into six sections, the edited volume presents arguments from evolutionist,...

   To Be Published September 17th 2012 by Psychology Press
9. The Equilibrium of Human Syntax

   Symmetries in the Brain

   By Andrea Moro

   Series: Routledge Leading Linguists

   This book assembles a collection of papers in two different domains: formal syntax and neurolinguistics. Here Moro provides evidence that the two fields are becoming more and more interconnected and that the new fascinating empirical questions and results in the latter field cannot be obtained...

   To Be Published October 4th 2012 by Routledge
10. Routledge Handbook of Motor Control and Motor Learning

    Edited by Albert Gollhofer, Wolfgang Taube, Jens Bo Nielsen

    Series: Routledge International Handbooks

    The Routledge Handbook of Motor Control and Motor Learning is the first book to offer a comprehensive survey of neurophysiological, behavioural and biomechanical aspects of motor function. Adopting an integrative approach, it examines the full range of key topics in contemporary human movement...

    To Be Published November 13th 2012 by Routledge