Principles of Behavioral Neuroscience - Softcover

Horvitz, Jon C.; Jacobs, Barry L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108720781 ISBN 13: 9781108720786

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2022

Synopsis

A user-friendly introduction to brain and behavior, highlighting essential concepts with studies employing modern neuroscience techniques.

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About the Authors

Jon C. Horvitz grew up in Philadelphia, and graduated from Haverford College before receiving his PhD in Psychology at the University of Calfornia, Santa Barbara. After post-doctoral work in neuroscience at Princeton University, he was a professor of psychology at Columbia University, Boston College, and now City College of New York/CUNY. A passionate teacher who enjoys finding ways to excite his students, his brain–mind courses have won many accolades. His research examines brain circuits underlying natural and drug rewards, and he has been a grant reviewer for the National Institute on Drug Abuse. He loves to play jazz piano. He and his wife regularly travel to Spain to visit her family.

Barry L. Jacobs was a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Princeton University. He taught one of the university's most popular courses, 'The Brain: A User's Guide', and was a leading researcher in the areas of serotonin, sleep, and depression. He grew up in Chicago, graduated from the University of Illinois–Chicago, and received his doctorate in psychology from the University of California–Los Angeles. He was a postdoctoral fellow in the psychiatry department at Stanford University Medical School before coming to Princeton. He has taken joy in being a mentor to many young neuroscientists throughout the world.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108720781
• ISBN 13: 9781108720786
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 652