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Physiological psychology explores questions that utterly captivate students, but the wealth and complexity of the information can be daunting. When it comes to making this field clearer and relevant to uninitiated students, no introductory text can match Kolb and Whishaw’s An Introduction to Brain and Behavior. Kolb and Whishaw’s distinctive approach to contemporary brain science engages students by answering the basic questions about the interplay between brain and behavior—answers that incorporate the latest clinical and technological developments in research with fascinating case studies creating an accessible, engaging, student-friendly textbook. Now focused more than ever on new technologies used to research the brain and behavior, and featuring new study tools, new art, and new media support, An Introduction to Brain and Behavior, Third Edition is the most exciting edition yet of this extraordinary text.
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CH01.qxd 1/28/05 9:13 AM Page xx CHAPTER 1 What Are the Origins of Brain and Behavior? Focus on D isorders: Traumatic Brain Injury Why Study Brain and Behavior? Focus on D isorders: Linking Brain Function to Brain Injury W hat Is the Brain? Gross Structure of the N ervous System W hat Is Behavior? Perspectives on Brain and Behavior Aristotle and Mentalism D escartes and D ualism Focus on N ew Research: The Origins of Spoken Language D arwin and Materialism Evolution of Brain and Behavior Origin of Brain Cells and Brains Classification of Life Evolution of Animals with N ervous Systems The Chordate N ervous System Left: Oliver Meckes/Ottawa/Photo Reseachers. Middle: Crandall/The Image Works. Right: CNRI/Phototake. Human Evolution H umans: Members of the Primate Order Australopithecus: O ur D istant Ancestor The First H umans Evolution of the Human Brain Brai