Neuroscience

A brilliant "Sherlock Holmes" of neuroscience reveals the strangest cases he has solved, uncovering bold insights into deep and quirky questions of human nature few scientists have dared to address. 25 line illustrations.Neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran is internationally renowned for uncovering ans... More

"A Good read, a delightful sense of whimsy throughout… makes the reader wish he or she could have sat in on the editorial planing sessions with contributors challenging one another to 'Guess what this is?"... More

Breakthrough after breakthrough in research is revolutionizing ideas about how the brain works. Here is just a simpling of the 58 readable reports you can put to good use right away : ways ot learn faster and trick your brain into storing information permanently, How women's and men's brains process... More

Thoroughly revised and expanded, this accessible single-volume reference features a foreword by an expert in neuropsychology and will serve lay readers and medical professionals alike. More than 600 clear, concise entries explore such topics as the anatomy of the brain the role of the brain in the c... More

Visit the Neurobiology Website at: www.blackwellpublishing.com/matthewsAs the second edition of a very successful neurobiology book, this text covers a range from molecules to systems, and uses various systems to illustrate each major concept. In addition to the text, this title offers a companion w... More

An Introduction to Neural Networks falls into a new ecological niche for texts. Based on notes that have been class-tested for more than a decade, it is aimed at cognitive science and neuroscience students who need to understand brain function in terms of computational modeling and at engineers who ... More

Providing an excellent overview of all the important areas, this Instant Notes volume offers fast and easy access to the fundamentals of neuroscience. Topics covered include brain cells, electrophysiology, synapse function, neural integration, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, visual and auditory neuro... More

This landmark reference work brings together for the first time in one volume the most recent research from different areas of the emerging field of multisensory integration. After many years of using a modality-specific "sense-by-sense" approach, researchers across different disciplines in neurosci... More

Over the past several decades, much progress has been made in understanding the mechanisms of electrical activity in biological tissues and systems, and for developing non-invasive functional imaging technologies to aid clinical diagnosis of dysfunction in the human body. The book will provide full ... More

The new Robotics: Science and Systems conference spans all areas of robotics, bringing together researchers working on the algorithmic and mathematical foundations of robotics, robotics applications, and analysis of robotics systems. This volume contains papers presented at the inaugural conference,... More

Biomedical Engineering Principles in Sports contains in-depth discussions on the fundamental biomechanical and physiological principles underlying the acts of throwing, shooting, hitting, kicking, and tackling in sports, as well as vision training, sports injury, and rehabilitation. The topics inclu... More

A complete background to concepts and principles of behavioral genetics, Neurobehavioral Genetics: Methods and Applications, Second Edition features a broad spectrum of the most current techniques in neurobehavioral genetics in a single source. International researchers incorporate several new devel... More

This book is based on the proceedings of the inaugural symposium "Northwest Symposium for Systems Biology." Particular focus is on identifying current breakthrough technologies and their application to important model systems. By integrating computational sciences, high-throughput technologies and q... More

The recent findings from cognitive science - one of the fastest growing disciplines worldwide - presented in the volume will serve as a useful resource for scientists/psychologists working in the area. The book highlights the current trends in major sub-disciplines in cognitive science and contains ... More

Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 1996. In hundreds of articles by experts from around the world, and in overviews and "road maps" prepared by the editor, "The Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks" charts the immense progress made in recent years in many specific areas related to great ques... More

The early steps in corticogenesis are decisive for the correct unfolding of neurogenesis, neuronal migration and differentiation under tight genetic control. In this monograph, the author outlines the main events in human preplate formation, the gradual transformation of the preplate into the cortic... More