Brain and Behavior: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective captures the excitement of cognitive and behavioral neuroscience by focusing on fundamental scientific principles, patterns, and ways of thinking.

Brain and Behavior is clear and vibrant writing, with fascinating real-life examples and applications that help to emphasize the dynamically changing nature of the brain. This text covers a wide territory critical for understanding the brain, from the basics of the nervous system to the sensory and motor systems, sleep, language, memory, emotions and motivation, social cognition, and brain disorders. Throughout the narrative, the authors emphasize the dynamically changing nature of the brain, through the mechanisms of neuroplasticity. The text pulls together the best current knowledge about the brain while acknowledging current areas of ignorance and pointing students toward the most promising directions for future research.

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David Eagleman is a neuroscientist, New York Times best-selling author, and Guggenheim Fellow who currently holds an Adjunct appointment at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Eagleman's areas of research include time perception, vision, synesthesia, and the intersection of neuroscience with the legal system.

Jonathan Downar is the Director of the MRI-Guided rTMS Clinic at the University Health network in Toronto, Canada, and a scientist at the Toronto Western Research Institute. He currently holds appointments with the department of Psychiatry and the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Toronto. As a physician-scientist, his clinical work focuses on using noninvasive brain stimulation to treat patients with severe and medical-resistant forms of psyhiatric illnesses. His research focuses on developing a new generation of more effective, more accessible, and less costly techniques for brain stimulation in these disorders.

"Brain and Behavior is an excellent introduction to cognitive neuroscience for the undergraduate student. It provides sufficient detail at this level for the students to gain an appreciation of the complexity and the importance of brain function in cognition." -Joseph H. Porter, Virginia Commonwealth University

"A great resource for students interested in neuroscience. Well-written, student-friendly, and easy to understand." -Maura Mitrushina, California State University - Northridge

"The text is an excellent adoption as an introduction to important topics in neuroscience, is well researched, and well written." -John E. Bryant, Bowie State University