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Cognitive Neuroscience is universally recognized as the gold-standard text for undergraduate students, and now the author team, led by Michael Gazzaniga, is proud to welcome star neuroscientists Dani Bassett and Elizabeth Phelps. Together they bring cutting-edge research and a modern perspective to this highly esteemed text.
Features of the Sixth Edition
Enrich your course with cutting-edge insights from world-renowned researchers
Norton is proud to welcome star neuroscientists Dani Bassett (University of Pennsylvania) and Elizabeth Phelps (Harvard University) to the new Sixth Edition. Dr. Bassett brings their expertise in network science, neuroscience, and complex systems, and Dr. Phelps brings her expertise in memory and social cognition, together showcasing the exciting new research and technologies in the field today.
Support the success of all students with new interactive pedagogy
The Sixth Edition brings complex topics to life with the new Norton Illumine Ebook, an interactive learning environment featuring embedded patient videos, an interactive 3-D Brain, and low-stakes assessment tools to support effective reading and studying.
Encourage a sense of belonging with thoughtful, inclusive content
Throughout the text, students will encounter the work of researchers from a wide array of identities. Behind the Citation videos—starring a diverse cast of neuroscientists in the field today—delve into the most pressing questions in the field.
Meet the Authors
Michael S. Gazzaniga
is the director of the SAGE Center for the Study of Mind at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has established centers for cognitive neuroscience at Cornell Medical School, the University of California, Davis, and at Dartmouth. He is founder of the Cognitive Neuroscience Institute and founding editor of the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.
Richard B. Ivry
is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of California, Berkeley. His award-winning research focuses on the relationship of cognition and action, using the many methods of cognitive neuroscience. Dr. Ivry is a senior editor for the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.
George R. Mangun
is a professor of psychology and neurology in the Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Mangun serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience and is editor-in-chief of the series The Neuroscience of Attention. He uses cognitive neuroscience tools in the study of brain attention mechanisms.
Dani S. Bassett
is the J. Peter Skirkanich Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Bassett is best-known for blending neural and systems engineering to identify fundamental mechanisms of cognition and disease in human brain networks. They have received multiple prestigious awards and have been named one of Web of Science's most Highly Cited Researchers for 4 years running, with more than 450 peer-reviewed publications garnering over 33,000 citations.
Elizabeth A. Phelps
is Pershing Square Professor of Human Neuroscience at Harvard University. Her laboratory has earned widespread acclaim for its groundbreaking research on how the human brain processes emotion, particularly as it relates to learning and memory. Dr. Phelps has won many research awards, most recently the prestigious George Miller Prize in Cognitive Neuroscience.
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"Frankly, this is a great textbook…. The combination of clarity of writing, a strong overarching narrative, a recurrent organizational structure, and a very updated take on the current state of research makes the book my choice textbook for teaching cognitive neuroscience."
Assaf Harel, Wright State University
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