Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology

by Ian Q. Whishaw, Bryan Kolb, Ian Q Whishaw

Book Overview

As the the first textbook to introduce students to the scientific exploration of human behavior from a neuroscientist's perspective, Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology takes you to the very... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0716795868
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Worth Publishers
• Length: 818 Pages
• Weight: 3.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.2" x 1.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Great Neuro Book

This book has a way of practically presenting information to help you integrate the facts with other concepts related to the nervous system and brain. The authors go into enough depth and are concise and to the point, you will not find yourself constantly embarking on another dreaded long boring chapter. Chapters are 20-30 pages long, but are enough to keep you interested. In the beginning of each chapter there are cases that are poignant to the chapter. Good book, check it out.

Excellent discussion on the relation between Brain and Behaviour

This book is an excellent reference on neuropsychology. I am a graduate student in neuroscience and I was pleasantly surprised to note that this book was very thorough in its discussion of different topics. My research concerns aspects of activity in the temporal lobe and the authors have discussed some of the cutting edge literature.This book is definitely a cut above the normal neuroscience textbooks. The authors have clearly taken the time to go through the literature and pick out interesting papers and placed them in a quick and readable manner. I would recommend this book to any student of systems neuroscience for a good introduction to the fascinating aspects of brain function. In fact I would go as far as saying that this book is an ideal companion to the now dated bible of neuroscience (Kandel, Schwartz and Jessel).

best choice

its the best choice for neuropsychology students. very simpleified & teaches basic important fundementals.

highly recommended

I was very impressed with the 3rd edition of this book back when I was in graduate student, and the 4th edition seems to have kept up the high standards. I highly recommend this book for anyone approaching advanced studies in any behavioral or neuroscientific field.This textbook covers human neuropsychology from a more scientific, as opposed to clinical, viewpoint than many other graduate-level textbooks. Perhaps this is due to the authors' own research experiences, which have been conducted primarily with animal models. Personally, I think that this is a great strength, since the authors very effectively tie together the findings from human and animal work, and fill in the gaps which would remain speculative if one had to rely solely upon research with human subjects and clinical cases. What this means is that there is very limited discussion of assessment and diagnosis, but a thorough review of the anatomical and neurochemical organization of the brain, and well as a thorough review of brain function broken down by behavioral domain (sensory, motor, language, memory, etc.) and by cortical region (frontal, temporal, parietal etc.). Although published in 1996, this book still remains fundamentally state of the art, and a fine textbook in the field.

A good text

This book intergrades different brain structures into holistic pictures that make people easier to understand how the brain works. I had enjoyed reading it! It had solved my puzzle about structures and functions of the brain.