Behavioral Neuroscience Products

Edited by Jack J Vromen, Caterina Marchionni

In recent years there has been an astonishing growth in scholarly work at the intersection of economics, neuroscience, and psychology. As neuroeconomics (as this domain is usually known) continues to blossom, this new title from Routledge’s Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences series provides a…

Hardback – 2019-03-14
Routledge
Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences

Edited by Susan McHugh, Garry Marvin

Human-Animal Studies is a burgeoning multidisciplinary enterprise. Human-Animal Studies places the relationships humans have with other animals, and the relations other animals have with humans, at the centre of scholarly enquiry, artistic practice, and political critique. It draws from, and…

Hardback – 2018-02-22
Routledge
Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences

Edited by Cass Sunstein, Lucia Reisch

Proponents of ‘nudge theory’ argue that, because of our human susceptibility to an array of biases, we often make subprime choices and decisions that make us poorer, less healthy, and more miserable than we might otherwise be. However, using behavioural economics—and insights from other…

Hardback – 2016-10-10
Routledge
Critical Concepts in Economics

Edited by Matt DeLisi, Michael G. Vaughn

Biosocial criminologists seek to explain crime (and related anti-social behaviour) by exploring both biological and environmental factors. Combining perspectives from mainstream Criminology and Sociology, with contributions from those working in disciplines such as Genetics, Neuropsychology, and…

Hardback – 2015-07-29
Routledge
Critical Concepts in Criminology

Edited by Jamie Ward

Standing at the junction of psychology, neuroscience, and biology, cognitive neuroscience seeks to provide brain-based accounts of mental functions such as language, memory, perception, action, emotions, and decision-making. Its emergence as a coherent discipline came about relatively recently…

Hardback – 2009-06-30
Routledge
Critical Concepts in Psychology

Edited by Jackie Andrade

The term ‘memory’ encompasses our recollections of past experiences, our ability to keep track of what is happening from moment to moment, our stored knowledge, including knowledge of words and their meanings, our habits, our recognition of objects and faces, and our ability to remember to do…

Hardback – 2007-10-31
Psychology Press
Critical Concepts in Psychology