About this book
Fundamentals of Cognitive Neuroscience: A Beginner’s Guide 2nd Edition PDF by Nicole M. Gage and Bernard Baars is offered here as a PDF eBook. The second edition provides an accessible introduction to cognitive neuroscience for students learning how brain systems support perception, action, learning, memory, language, emotion, consciousness and social behavior. It begins with a practical framework for understanding the visible brain and then connects major cognitive functions with neural structures, research methods and contemporary findings. Updated chapters address emerging topics such as emotion, sleep and disorders of consciousness, while colorful brain images and real research examples help readers translate abstract neuroscience into understandable functional relationships. The book is especially useful for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students who need a clear bridge between cognitive psychology and the biological mechanisms of the brain.
Designed for students beginning cognitive neuroscience, this edition provides a structured resource for understanding how brain organization relates to mental processes and behavior.
This listing is for the 2nd edition of Fundamentals of Cognitive Neuroscience: A Beginner’s Guide. Check the title, edition, authors/editors, and other product information before ordering if you need the book for a particular course, syllabus, examination, or professional reference.
Inside This Beginner’s Guide to Mind and Brain
Gage and Baars introduce cognitive neuroscience through the relationship between mental activity and the brain. The sequence begins with a framework for studying mind and brain, then examines brain organization and methods of observing neural activity. Subsequent chapters follow seeing, hearing, speech, language, learning, attention, decision making, social behavior, and emotion. Sleep and disorders of consciousness extend the discussion beyond ordinary waking experience, while developmental coverage considers how these capacities emerge as people grow. This second edition includes dedicated treatments of feelings, sleep, and consciousness disorders. Its breadth gives newcomers a map of the field before they move into specialized experimental literature.
Cognitive Processes Explored
The 2nd edition covers the following areas:
- Brain organization and observation: Structural foundations and approaches to studying brain activity.
- Visual and auditory perception: How seeing, sound, speech, and music relate to neural processing.
- Language and thought: Connections between communication and cognition.
- Learning and remembering: Memory processes within the broader study of mind and brain.
- Attention and consciousness: The selection of information and the nature of awareness.
- Decisions and social behavior: Goals, actions, and interaction with other people.
- Emotion and sleep: Feelings and changing levels of consciousness.
Building a Foundation in Cognitive Neuroscience
This book is useful when the main challenge is connecting psychological terms with biological mechanisms. A reader interested in memory can place that subject alongside perception and attention rather than treating it as an isolated skill. The progression from brain organization to everyday cognitive functions also gives instructors a coherent route through an introductory course. Chapters on social behavior, feelings, and sleep broaden the field beyond sensory processing alone. For students approaching research papers, the guide provides a conceptual vocabulary for asking what a neural observation explains about thought or behavior. It is especially suited to foundational learning before more specialized neuroscience references.
Who uses this book
- Undergraduate Psychology Students
- Beginning Neuroscience Students
- Cognitive Science Students
- Behavioral Neuroscience Students
- Advanced Undergraduates Studying Mind and Brain
- Early Graduate Students in Psychology and Neuroscience
- Students Learning Brain Imaging and Cognitive Neuroscience Concepts
- Cognitive Neuroscience Instructors
- Learners Connecting Cognitive Psychology With Brain Function
Also suitable for other behavioral- and brain-science learners who need an accessible introduction to how neural systems support cognition, emotion, language and consciousness.
Key Topics Covered
- Brain organization
- Observation of brain activity
- Visual perception
- Sound and speech perception
- Language and thought
- Learning and memory
- Attention
- Consciousness
- Decision making
- Social cognition
- Emotion
- Sleep
- Cognitive development
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