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Physiology of Behaviour - Neil Carlson

Description: ISBN 020549692X / Author: Neil Carlson / Genre: Science & Nature / Publisher: Pearson Education / The Ninth Edition of Physiology of ... more

Physiology of Behaviour - Neil Carlson ... Behavior continues its tradition as the most comprehensive, current, and teachable text for physiological psychology. This extensive revision of a classic text incorporates the latest discoveries in the rapidly changing fields of neuroscience and physiological psychology and offers the most comprehensive and integrative coverage of research and theory in contemporary behavioral neuroscience. Thoughtfully organised, it offers scholarly, yet accessible coverage and effectively emphasises the dynamic interaction between biology and behaviour. Collaboration with a talented artist has provided beautiful, accurate, and informative full-colour illustrations to support explanation througho

Newest Review: ... and caudal positions etc). It also breaks down the Nervous System to the basics i.e. CNS and PNS - the brain + spinal cord ... more

... and the nerves and peripheral ganglia respectively; the meninges and ventricles and more basic brain anatomy. Although I had studied this before I found that they glossary section was ideal for revision of these various parts, as were the diagrams if you cover the labels. I think in this part the only thing missing are diagrams with no labels in the book for more effective revision. It talks about the history of the Central Nervous SYstem and how it froms from conception and how it develops up until the brain aof the f...more

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Physiology of Behaviour - Neil Carlson: Physiology of Behaviour (2793 words)
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Physiology of Behaviour - Neil R Carlson Published by Pearson. I have the international edition (ISBN 0 205 49692 X) which is not available for sale in the United States or Canada. This book is big and informative, but fortunately not as big as some textbooks, so is ok to carry around without hurting your back or arms! It has 734 pages, but that includes all the contents, index, references and photo references. I brought this for the psychology part of my course, a module called Neuropsychology. However, this book goes into scientific detail about humans, so I would have thought it will be just as useful for people studying ... Read the complete review