Behavioral Neuroscience

Instructors of behavioral neuroscience are faced with the challenge of how to teach the course's complex material in an accessible and relatable, yet comprehensive way for undergraduate students. For more than twenty years, Breedlove and Watson's Behavioral Neuroscience has successfully solved these problems by presenting the most current, definitive, clear, and authoritative introduction to the field. Using stellar examples of today's most exciting research, an unparalleled art program that clarifies even complex biological processes, visual summaries to remind students of the principle findings presented in each chapter, and a comprehensive suite of digital support tools--including animations with built-in assessments that help test the student's knowledge of biological and behavioral processes and neuroanatomy--Behavioral Neuroscience, Ninth Edition, remains the best resource available to teach introductory neuroscience and behavioral neuroscience courses.

S. Marc Breedlove is the Barnett Rosenberg Professor of Neuroscience at Michigan State University.

Neil V. Watson is Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada.

PART I: BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF BEHAVIOR

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Functional Neuroanatomy
Chapter 3. Neurophysiology
Chapter 4. The Chemistry of Behavior
Chapter 5. Hormones and the Brain

PART II: EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

Chapter 6. Evolution of the Brain and Behavior
Chapter 7. Life-Span Development of the Brain and Behavior

PART III: PERCEPTION AND ACTION

Chapter 8. General Principles of Sensory Processing, Touch, and Pain
Chapter 9. Hearing, Balance, Taste, and Smell
Chapter 10. Vision
Chapter 11. Motor Control and Plasticity

PART IV: REGULATION AND BEHAVIOR

Chapter 12: Sex
Chapter 13: Homeostasis
Chapter 14: Biological Rhythms, Sleep, and Dreaming

PART V: EMOTIONS AND MENTAL DISORDERS
Chapter 15: Emotions, Aggression, and Stress
Chapter 16: Psychopathology

PART VI: COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
Chapter 17: Learning and Memory
Chapter 18: Attention and Higher Cognition
Chapter 19: Language and Lateralization