The Mind’s Machine: Foundations of Brain and Behaviour

The Mind’s Machine imparts the core concepts of behavioral neuroscience to students in a diverse range of disciplines, including not only psychology and the other life sciences, but art, philosophy, media studies, linguistics, and the like. Now featuring Oxford Insight for adaptive learning, integrated with interactive learning tools, The Mind’s Machine, fourth edition, offers a streamlined text, full-color art, novel pedagogical features, and real-life examples and analogies to engage students new to neuroscience without sacrificing accuracy. This accessible, reader-friendly book is appropriate for brain and behavior, biopsychology, and physiological psychology courses.NEW TO THIS EDITIONNow features Oxford Insight, an adaptive learning and interactive content-based courseware for both students and instructors, that helps students gain a deeper and critical understanding of their reading and provides instructors with an easy to use learning system.Chapter Four is a new and added chapter on development, which was previously a part of chapter Thirteen.Extensive updates to each chapter including 200 new references to current research.An enhanced eBook makes reading an interactive experience with all media included directly in the text.Updated art and figures throughout to match the new and updated references.This title is available as an eBook. Visit VitalSource for more information or to purchase.