The fifth edition of The Mind's Machine captivates students of all backgrounds through coverage of contemporary research, clinical cases, experiments, and compelling examples that directly relate to their lives and fields of interest.The Mind's Machine, Fifth Edition, introduces readers to the basics of behavioral neurosciences and the newest and most fascinating discoveries.This bestselling text offers an engaging introduction to the interdisciplinary topics of introductory behavioral neuroscience. It is designed to cater to a wide range of students including non-science majors, to those majoring in psychology, life sciences, and neuroscience. The Mind's Machine successfully presents neuroscience concepts in a manner that is accessible and that is meaningful to a diverse audience while maintaining scientific accuracy. Moreover, it provides examples from diverse fields within neuroscience, providing students with a comprehensive understanding of the subject matter.The Mind's Machine is available with Oxford Insight. Oxford Insight offers many new assignable activities including Visual Summaries, Videos & Animations, Quizzes, and Interactive Figures. All content has been reviewed by users of the text and curated to provide the best teaching and learning experience for faculty and students, ensuring the Instructor and Student resources work efficiently and effectively together.The eBook offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support: Find the eBook on VitalSource.FeaturesOxford Insight Courseware provides access to the e-book, multimedia resources, assignable/gradable activities, and analytics on student achievement and progress.The Road Ahead learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter provide students with a look at the important points made throughout the material.How's it Going checkpoints provide students with opportunities to reflect on the chapter content at varying points in the reading.Researchers at Work features cover experimental techniques and designs used in behavioral neuroscience.Signs & Symptoms is designed to engage students in scientific thinking while connecting the chapter content to real-world clinical scenarios relevant to the chapter topic. This feature helps students to analyze data, design experiments, or predict outcomes, fostering their ability to think critically and apply their knowledge as they explore real clinical work.Visual Summaries are an innovative combination of the main points and figures from the chapter that allow students to check that they understand the most important topics from the chapter. They are now interactive and assignable in Oxford Insight.A Step Further offers additional, and more advanced material, helpful for classes and students with a science background.Friendly, accessible, and engaging writing style.Broad coverage of contemporary research throughout.Beautiful Illustrations and artwork are designed to effectively demonstrate concepts and aid students' understanding of biological processes with clear labeling and captioning.