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Encyclopedia of the Human Brain

  • 2nd Edition - September 18, 2024
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Jordan H. Grafman
  • Language: English

Encyclopedia of the Human Brain, Second Edition, Seven Volume Set builds on the success of the first edition, providing neuroscience researchers with the ideal ‘one-stop… Read more

Description

Encyclopedia of the Human Brain, Second Edition, Seven Volume Set builds on the success of the first edition, providing neuroscience researchers with the ideal ‘one-stop’ resource on all topics related to human brain understanding. Given the length of time since the first edition published, EHB2 is thoroughly revised, with substantial updates on many new and exciting topics, including areas such as human neuroimaging, non-invasive brain stimulation, molecular biology (including genetics and epigenetics), and the clinical diagnoses of brain disorders, along with chapters exploring the introduction of new theoretical and methodological ideas in areas ranging from cognitive neuroscience to evolution of the human brain.

In total, there are 440 articles – a vast increase from 224 previously - thus reflecting the huge explosion in neuroscience research during the last 20 years. EHB2 provides a brand new generation of neuroscientists with the perfect tool with which to learn and master the fundamentals of how and why the human brain operates as it does.

Key features

  • Provides a comprehensive and up-to-date resource for exploring the human brain
  • Includes timely, key topics, providing an excellent overview of the field in a thematically structured one-stop shop location
  • Moves from an alphabetical structure to a systems/topic approach that is more fruitful for specialized readers and allows easier serendipity to less expert readers

Readership

Neuroscience trainees, clinicians, and researchers across the world; including advanced undergraduate and graduate students in neuroscience courses or programs, those in neuroscience residency programs, as well as neuroscience practitioners and researchers

Table of contents

1. Genetics and Molecular Biology

2. Anatomy

3. Physiology and Chemistry

4. Evolution

5. Autonomic Functions

6. Motor Processes

7. Sensory Processes

8. Spatial Navigation

9. Language

10. Memory

11. Neuroplasticity

12. Social Cognition

13. Executive Functions

14. Reward and Reinforcement

15. Environmental and Device Effects

16. Sex Differences

17. Development and Normal Aging

18. Neuroimaging

19. Computational Modeling

20. Methodological Issues

21. Brain Disorders

22. Recovery of Function

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 18, 2024
  • Language: English

About the editor

JG

Jordan H. Grafman

Dr. Grafman has been the director of Brain Injury Research at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab ((SRALab)formally known as the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago) since 2012 and is on faculty at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in the Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Neurology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center as well as the Department of Psychology in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. Before joining the SRALab, Dr. Grafman was briefly director of Traumatic Brain Injury Research at the Kessler Foundation in West Orange New Jersey. Prior to that appointment in 2011, Dr. Grafman was Chief of the Cognitive Neuroscience Section at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in Bethesda, Maryland for many years. His investigation of brain function and behavior contributes to advances in medicine, rehabilitation, and psychology, and informs ethics, law, philosophy, and health policy. His study of the human prefrontal cortex and cognitive neuroplasticity incorporates neuroimaging and genetics, an approach that is expanding our knowledge of the functions of the human frontal lobes, as well as the effects of neurological disorders that impair frontal lobe brain function.
Affiliations and expertise
Director, Brain Injury Research, Head, Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Shirley Ryan Ability Lab; Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Clarkston, IL, USA

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