Behavioral Neuroscience Books

New and Published Books

1. Neuroscience and the Economics of Decision Making

   Edited by Alessandro Innocenti, Angela Sirigu

   Series: Routledge Advances in Experimental and Computable Economics

   In the last two decades there has been a flourishing research carried out jointly by economists, psychologists and neuroscientists. This meltdown of competences has lead towards original approaches to investigate the mental and cognitive mechanisms involved in the way the economic agent collects,...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
2. Neuroeconomics: Hype or Hope?

   Edited by Caterina Marchionni, Jack Vromen

   Is neuroeconomics a flimsy fad likely to pass without leaving a discernible trace in economics? Or is it a promising new field with the potential to enrich and improve economic theory? Neuroeconomics brings together a unique mix of perspectives ranging from philosophy of science to neuroeconomics...

   Published January 15th 2012 by Routledge
3. Face Perception

   By Vicki Bruce, Andy Young

   Human faces are unique biological structures that convey a complex variety of important social messages. Even strangers can tell things from our faces – our feelings, our locus of attention, something of what we are saying, our age, sex and ethnic group, whether they find us attractive. In...

   Published December 21st 2011 by Psychology Press
4. Memory and Aging

   Current Issues and Future Directions

   Edited by Moshe Naveh-Benjamin, Nobuo Ohta

   Current demographical patterns predict an aging worldwide population. It is projected that by 2050, more than 20% of the US population and 40% of the Japanese population will be older than 65. A dramatic increase in research on memory and aging has emerged to understand the age-related changes in...

   Published December 16th 2011 by Psychology Press
5. Augmenting Cognition

   By Idan Segev, Henry Markram

   The Human brain is only 100,000 years old. Yet, this newly evolved organ endows us with unique creative capabilities beyond all other living creatures, including the gift to understand itself. As our very survival and success in life depends on utilizing our brain’s power, intense efforts have...

   Published November 20th 2011 by EFPL Press
6. The Body in the Brain

   Body Representations, Processes and Neural Mechanisms

   Edited by Stephen Jackson, Laurel Buxbaum, H. Coslett

   Series: Special Issues of Cognitive Neuroscience

   The past decade has seen increasing interest within the cognitive neuroscience community in understanding the psychological processes involved in representing the body, and in learning how these processes may be implemented within the brain. This special issue of Cognitive Neuroscience contributes...

   Published November 17th 2011 by Psychology Press
7. Attention, Representation, and Human Performance

   Integration of Cognition, Emotion, and Motivation

   Edited by Slim Masmoudi, David Yun Dai, Abdelmajid Naceur

   This volume presents a rare occasion where scholars from Europe, North Africa and North America share their research programs and findings revolving around an important theme: integration. Despite different research foci and methodologies, there is a strong consensus that we need to understand a...

   Published November 15th 2011 by Psychology Press
8. The Cognitive Neuroscience of Semantic Processing

   A Special Issue of Language and Cognitive Processes

   Edited by Wolfram Hinzen, David Poeppel

   Series: Special Issues of Language and Cognitive Processes

   The issue presents a selection of approaches to the cognitive neuroscience of semantic processing. The term ‘semantics’ covers a range of approaches: perception-based conceptual structures, the impact of concepts such as animacy on syntactically determined meaning, the unification of incoming...

   Published November 15th 2011 by Psychology Press
9. Goal-Directed Behavior

   Edited by Henk Aarts, Andrew Elliot

   Series: Frontiers of Social Psychology

   This volume presents chapters from internationally renowned scholars in the area of goals and social behavior. The book is organized around a series of topics that are of critical importance to understanding the social-cognitive aspects of goal-directed behavior. In each chapter, the authors offer...

   Published October 18th 2011 by Psychology Press
10. The Student's Guide to Social Neuroscience

    By Jamie Ward

    Social neuroscience is an expanding field which, by investigating the neural mechanisms that inform our behavior, explains our ability to recognize, understand, and interact with others. Concepts such as trust, revenge, empathy, prejudice, and love are now being explored and unraveled by the...

    Published October 13th 2011 by Psychology Press