Now in its fourth edition, The Brain and Behavior introduces the field of neurobiology of human behavior to a wide audience, from graduate students to professionals in the fields of psychology, psychiatry and neurology. This comprehensive resource focuses on locating human behaviors to specific regions of the brain, aiming to make a complex topic visually accessible through the inclusion of clear and focused illustrations. This important new edition emphasises recent developments in our understanding of the human brain which have emerged from imaging studies. The text also features patient case histories with documented anatomical evidence, tying the science with actual clinical examples, making it the most accessible book for medical practitioners of all levels. The collaboration between a neuropsychiatrist, a behavioral neurologist and a neuroanatomist has resulted in a book which synthesizes the complex and evolving information on the neurobiology of human behavior, and presents it in an eminently readable volume.

This new fourth edition has been completely revised and updated
Highlights the basis of psychiatric disturbances which allows clinicians to explain to the patient the source of their symptoms
Simplifies complex brain anatomy making it a more accessible read than complicated in-depth texts

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Anatomy of the gross brain
3. Histology
4. Occipital and parietal lobes
5. Temporal lobe: neocortical structures
6. Frontal lobe
7. Basal ganglia
8. Diencephalon: hypothalamus and epithalamus
9. Diencephalon: thalamus
10. Brainstem
11. Limbic system: temporal lobe
12. Limbic system: cingulate cortex
13. Asymmetry and interhemispheric connections.