Learning and Memory (International Edition) - Hardcover

Mark A. Gluck; Eduardo Mercado; Catherine E. Myers

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1319207340 ISBN 13: 9781319207342

Publisher: Worth Publishers, 2019

Synopsis

With real-world examples, fascinating applications and clear explanations, this textbook helps uninitiated students understand the basic ideas and human impact of groundbreaking learning and memory research. Its unique organization into three sections―Behavioral Processes, Brain Substrates, and Clinical Perspectives―allows students to make connections across chapters while giving instructors the flexibility to easily assign the material that matches their course. The new edition again offers the book’s signature inclusion of human and animal studies with an engaging full-colour design and images. You’ll find even more meaningful real-life examples; new coverage of learning and memory research and brain-imaging; an expanded discussion of the role of genetics in producing individual differences; new material on the role of sleep in memory, and more.

About this title

About the Author

Mark A. Gluck is a Professor of Neuroscience and Public Health at Rutgers University–Newark and Director of the Rutgers Aging and Brain Health Alliance. Eduardo Mercado is a Professor of Psychology and of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, as well as Director of the Center for Cognitive Science at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. Catherine E. Myers is a Professor in the Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience at the New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, as well as a Research Scientist with the Department of Veterans Affairs, New Jersey Health Care System.

Edition details

• Publisher: Worth Publishers
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1319207340
• ISBN 13: 9781319207342
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 688