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Reflecting recent changes in the way cognition and the brain are studied, this thoroughly updated fifth edition of this bestselling textbook provides a comprehensive and student-friendly guide to cognitive neuroscience. Jamie Ward provides an easy-to-follow introduction to neural structure and function, as well as all the key methods and procedures of cognitive neuroscience, with a view to helping students understand how they can be used to shed light on the neural basis of cognition.
The book presents a comprehensive overview of the latest theories and findings in all the key topics in cognitive neuroscience, including vision, hearing, attention, memory, speech and language, executive function, social and emotional behavior, and developmental neuroscience. Throughout, case studies, newspaper reports, everyday examples, and student-friendly pedagogy are used to help students understand the more challenging ideas that underpin the subject. This edition features expanded coverage of consciousness, a combined chapter on literacy and numeracy, and increased coverage of brain networks and computational approaches.
Written in an engaging style by a leading researcher in the field and presented in full color including numerous illustrative materials, this book will be invaluable as a core text for undergraduate modules in cognitive neuroscience. It can also be used as a key text on courses in cognition, cognitive neuropsychology, biopsychology, or brain and behavior. Those embarking on research will find it an invaluable starting point and reference.
This textbook is supported by an extensive collection of free digital resources for students and instructors, including lectures by leading researchers, links to key studies and interviews, multiple-choice questions, and interactive flashcards to test your knowledge. Visit the Instructor & Student Resources website at routledgelearning.com/wardcognitiveneuroscience.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
反映了最近在認知與大腦研究方式上的變化，這本暢銷教科書的第五版經過全面更新，提供了一個全面且學生友好的認知神經科學指南。Jamie Ward 提供了一個易於理解的神經結構與功能介紹，以及認知神經科學的所有關鍵方法和程序，旨在幫助學生理解這些方法如何用來揭示認知的神經基礎。
本書全面概述了認知神經科學中所有關鍵主題的最新理論和研究結果，包括視覺、聽覺、注意力、記憶、語言與言語、執行功能、社會與情感行為，以及發展神經科學。全書通過案例研究、新聞報導、日常範例和學生友好的教學法，幫助學生理解支撐該學科的更具挑戰性的概念。本版特別擴展了對意識的討論，合併了有關識字和計算能力的章節，並增加了對大腦網絡和計算方法的覆蓋。
這本書由該領域的領先研究者以引人入勝的風格撰寫，並以全彩呈現，包括大量插圖材料，將成為本科生認知神經科學模組的核心教材。它也可以作為認知、認知神經心理學、生物心理學或大腦與行為課程的關鍵教材。對於開始研究的人來說，它將是寶貴的起點和參考資料。
這本教科書還提供了一系列廣泛的免費數位資源，供學生和教師使用，包括領先研究者的講座、關鍵研究和訪談的連結、多選題以及互動式抽認卡來測試您的知識。請訪問教師與學生資源網站 routledgelearning.com/wardcognitiveneuroscience。
作者簡介
Jamie Ward is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Sussex, UK. He is the author of a number of books on social and cognitive neuroscience and on synesthesia, and is President of the British Association of Cognitive Neuroscience.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
傑米·沃德是英國薩塞克斯大學的認知神經科學教授。他是多本關於社會與認知神經科學以及共感現象的書籍的作者，並且是英國認知神經科學協會的會長。
