Behavioral Neuroscience Books

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41. Ageing, Cognition, and Neuroscience

    A Special Issue of the European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

    Edited by Soledad Ballesteros, Lars Goran-Nilsson, Patrick Lemaire

    Series: Special Issues of the Journal of Cognitive Psychology

    Developed nations are experiencing enormous increases in the number of elderly people in the population. Ageing is a universal complex multifaceted process that profoundly affects mind and brain of all individuals. Important discoveries are being made at different levels of research on cognitive...

    Published June 3rd 2009 by Psychology Press
42. New and Expanded Neuropsychosocial Concepts Complementary to Llorens' Developmental Theory

    Achieving Growth and Development through Occupation for Neonatal Infants and their Families

    By Lynne F. LaCorte OTD MHS

    This book analyzes and suggests an expansion of Llorens’ developmental theory of occupational therapy, applying these concepts in a final schematic model for use by occupational therapists, occupational scientists, and others involved in occupational tasks, relationships, and activities. The book...

    Published April 13th 2009 by Routledge
43. Computational Modelling in Behavioural Neuroscience

    Closing the Gap Between Neurophysiology and Behaviour

    Edited by Dietmar Heinke, Eirini Mavritsaki

    Series: Advances in Behavioural Brain Science

    Classically, behavioural neuroscience theorizes about experimental evidence in a qualitative way. However, more recently there has been an increasing development of mathematical and computational models of experimental results, and in general these models are more clearly defined and more detailed...

    Published April 5th 2009 by Psychology Press
44. Binding

    A Special Issue of Visual Cognition

    Edited by James R. Brockmole, Steven L. Franconeri

    Series: Special Issues of Visual Cognition

    Visual processing acts as a prism, splitting visual information from the retinal image into separately processed features such as color, shape, and orientation. Binding refers to the set of cognitive and neural mechanisms that re-integrate these features to create a holistic representation of the...

    Published February 26th 2009 by Psychology Press
45. Neurobehavioral Toxicology: Neurological and Neuropsychological Perspectives, 3 Volume Set

    By Stanley Berent, James W. Albers

    Published December 22nd 2008 by Taylor & Francis
46. Emotional Memory Across the Adult Lifespan

    By Elizabeth A. Kensinger

    Series: Essays in Cognitive Psychology

    Though many factors can influence the likelihood that we remember a past experience, one critical determinant is whether the experience caused us to have an emotional response. Emotional experiences are more likely to be remembered than nonemotional ones, and over the past couple of decades there...

    Published December 14th 2008 by Psychology Press
47. Handbook of Imagination and Mental Simulation

    Edited by Keith D. Markman, William M. P. Klein, Julie A. Suhr

    Over the past thirty years, and particularly within the last ten years, researchers in the areas of social psychology, cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, and neuroscience have been examining fascinating questions regarding the nature of imagination and mental simulation – the...

    Published December 14th 2008 by Psychology Press
48. The Mirror Neuron System

    A Special Issue of Social Neuroscience

    Edited by Christian Keysers, Luciano Fadiga

    Series: Special Issues of Social Neuroscience

    Mirror neurons are premotor neurons, originally discovered in the macaque brain , that discharge both during execution of goal-directed actions and during the observation of similar actions executed by another individual. They therefore ‘mirror’ others’ actions on the observer's motor repertoire....

    Published November 29th 2008 by Psychology Press
49. Neurobehavioral Toxicology: Neurological and Neuropsychological Perspectives, Volume III

    Central Nervous System

    By Stanley Berent, James W. Albers

    Series: Studies on Neuropsychology, Neurology and Cognition

    This is the final volume in a three-volume work that has addressed the scientific methodologies relevant to clinical neurobehavioral toxicology. Volume I focused on basic concepts and methodologies in Neurobehavioral Toxicology, with Volume II focusing on the peripheral nervous system. Volume III...

    Published November 17th 2008 by Taylor & Francis
50. Neuropsychology of Malingering Casebook

    Edited by Joel E. Morgan, Jerry J. Sweet

    Series: American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology/Psychology Press Continuing Education Series

    Clinical neuropsychologists frequently evaluate individuals within a forensic context, and therefore must address questions regarding the possible presence of reduced effort, response bias and/or malingering. This volume offers a wide range of instructive real-world case examples involving the...

    Published November 2nd 2008 by Psychology Press