Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain, 3rd Edition

i got distracted before reading this, maybe I'll resume later,

The book is beautifully composed, with quite lots of facts, together making a serious, very well-rounded overview of the whole discipline. There are many details but they do not overwhelm because they are cleverly spread through the text, with stories of scientists and discoveries mixed in for extra readability.Despite being easily readable and covering a broad topic, it is considerably deep. Every chapter forms a solid starting point for specialized study of appropriate sub-discipline. After reading this, you can continue with any specialized article or monography without fear of drowning.

Overall this is an excellent text for an undergraduate level course. It is the 3rd book on the subject that I've read and the best of the lot. It is much more conprehensive than the others, but does not get into the details of some graduate level books.The content deserves a 5 star, but I gave it 4 stars overall because of a couple shortcomings. The graphics don't convey the 3 dimensionality of the anatomy. All of my anatomy texts do a far better job representing internal structures, and this becomes extremely important.2nd, there are some areas overemphasized, some omissions, and a problem with the order of presentation. The chapter on attention tells me that one of the authors researches in this area. Sorry, it doesn't warrant a chapter. You know you're on the wrong track when you spend an entire page just explaining the minutiae of a single experiment. Second, there was no mention of intelligence. Yes it's a hotbutton issue. No excuse for ignoring it. Finally, issues were raised, such as fear or emotions, that use the same structure. It would be helpful to discuss the anatomy in more detail early on instead of introducing structures piecemeal.Overall an excellent book.

Bought this for a neuroanatomy class. It is a very easy to read book, and has a great way of explaining complicated topics. I found that it was also an easy book to study, as the chapter is broken down into relevant sections to make it easy to make flashcards on each concept. I don't think I would have just bought this for fun to read, but it was a great book for a very difficult class.

This book builds up from a brief history of the neuroscience from time of Hippocrates and then moves to how it is practiced today.The authors have done full justice. Although I am a physician and have about half a dozen books on neuroanatomy, I ordered just because it was so enjoyable to read on "Google review" and "look inside this book". A truly enjoyable and worthy addition to my collection.I retain things very well if I study them in detail-as if I was discovering them for the first time. Very few books are able to satisfy me that way and this is indeed one of them.Highly recommended.PS: Don't get me wrong: it is NOT a Neuroanatomy text but it certainly will make learning neuroanatomy and physiology and functioning of brain much more enjoyable and easy for the reader.

This book arrived promptly and very well-packaged. New. Hardback. Great price when compared to average bookstore or college book center prices. This neuroscience text provides a good overview, and the pictures are helpful. Some chapters can get dense, but if you are using the book in conjunction with a course, I would say that it is a good guide.

Neuroscience is my future career, and I absolutely value this book. It explains the brain amazingly well for those unfamiliar with the details. Figures and illustrations are fabulous. The text is clear, concise, and thorough. I t always kept my attention while reading. It's a great book for general neuroscience courses! I plan to keep it on my bookshelf for a while!

The first soup to nuts neuroscience text I've owned so I'm not qualified to rank this book among it's competing volumes. But from reader experience it is highly approachable in it's explanations. It has well crafted prose and high quality graphics. Glad I made the purchase.

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Eu tinha urgência na aquisição do livro e foi a única forma de ter acesso imediato ao conteúdo, comprando pela Amazon. Além da facilidade e rapidez, ficou bem mais barato do que o exemplar físico, que não tem no Brasil.Livro excelente para todos que querem iniciar nos estudos da neurociência.

Eccezionale testo, completo, ma allo stesso tempo alla portata di tutti coloro che non hanno problemi con l'inglese scientifico. Contiene diverse schede di approfondimento su tanti argomenti. Ampio contenuto di immagini, schemi e una sezione centrale dedicata alle immagini strettamente anatomiche del sistema nervoso. Ottimo per diverse discipline. Fortemente consigliato.

Ich habe mir dieses Buch bestellt, um mich auf eine Prüfung vorzubereiten.Die Themen sind sehr gut strukturiert und aufgeteilt. Es gibt unzählige spannende Grafiken, die das Verständnis erleichtern. Die behandelten Themen werden interessant und mit zusätzlichen Informationen abwechslungsreich aufbereitet. Außerdem enthält das Buch auch noch eine Lern-CD die einem z.B.: auch die "Auswendiglernerei" der Hirnareale etc. erleichtert!Leider war bei meinem Buch der Online-Kurs (das Buch beinhaltete einen Code) bereits abgelaufen/nicht mehr online :(. Schade! Dann würde es 6 von 5 Sternen geben ;)!Wenn man der englischen Sprache nicht fremd ist und sich einen Überblick in den Neurowissenschaften verschaffen will, so liegt man bei diesem Buch garantiert nicht falsch!5/5 Spitze!

第一節(七章まで)を読んだ感想ですが。神経科学と言う学問が有るのならば、この程度のことが分かればよいと言うことが皆書いてありました。特に学問という物は、難解な内容を詰め込む物でなく、簡単な事実の積み重ねからなっていると言うことを理解している人には良い本だと思います。図はきれいで見やすかったのですが、本文の説明は比較的単純な図よりは丁寧な内容の解説になっていました。特に私の場合は、生化学的なアプローチは実習だけならば、昔東大の脳研究所で勉強させてもらえたので、懐かしく読めたのですが(別に東大の医学部に入ったわけではなく配属されて勉強させてもらっただけです。)、神経生理を教える教官がたが、皆エニアグラムのタイプ1(馬完璧)ばかりであったので、分かる話も分からなくなっていた電気生理学の要点を整理できました。また神経解剖学的な説明もゴリラ(エニアグラムのタイプ8)から聴いたので途中から手前味噌になっていたのが、実はこういうことだったのだとかと思えて納得できました。シンプルでわかりやすい脳の発生の話が載っていたのです(ラングマン発生学を読むよりも簡潔で重要なことが書いてありました)。人類の大多数はエニアグラムのタイプ5(緑)なのに、かつて私の在籍した大学はどうしてタイプ5以外の教官があんなにたくさんいたのでしょうか、不思議です。まあ妥協して、緑(5)青(6)オレンジ(7)ピンク(9)紫(3)以外から話を聞きたくありません。あとロビンス(病理学書)の第八版が一万四千円位するのを考えたらこの値段は良心的すぎる気がします。