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'[A]n admirable balance between breadth and depth.' - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Bryan Kolb and Ian Whishaw’s Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology was the first text to bring a comprehensive introduction to contemporary human neuropsychology to the undergraduate classroom. It gave students access to an extraordinary amount of cutting-edge research and made it coherent, relevant and understandable—with a presentation that reflected the authors’ superb communication and teaching skills.

That text returns in extensively updated new edition that keeps pace with the latest research while maintaining its trademark clarity and student-friendliness. And with its enhanced full-color art program, new case studies, and new companion Web site, the Sixth Edition provides both the most up-to-date understanding of the field and the most effective ways to teach and learn it.

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Hardcover: 763 pages
Publisher: Worth Publishers; 6th edition (February 8, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0716795868
ISBN-13: 978-0716795865
Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.9 x 1.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

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3.0 out of 5 stars The 4th edition is far superior to the 5th, March 3, 2005

By	Darioz Svabodas "Darioz" (Chicago, Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology (Hardcover)

I used this text in its 4th edition in graduate school and I found it to be one of the clearest, concise, and best-illustrated textbooks on brain and behavior I'd ever read. The double column presentation of the text made reading and study a bit easier. Some of the motor and sensory pathway figures in the 4th edition were excellent--they were well detailed and presented in an appropriate amount of space on the page. However, this 5th edition is by far an inferior product. The text is now single column, and worst of all the once large, eye-catching, and detailed figures are too often shoved over into the margin--in many instances the 4th edition illustrations have been replaced by tiny dumbed-down figures. I cannot recommend this edition to students or instructors. A 5 for the text, a 1.5 for the presentation and illustrations.

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5.0 out of 5 stars highly recommended, September 13, 2002

By	M. Lilliquist (Bellingham, Washington USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology (Hardcover)

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.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Counterpoint to poor review of 5th edition--- beware!, December 8, 2006

By	M. Maksimik (Boston) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology (Hardcover)

I just wanted to point out a few things for those looking to find a deal on the editions pubished before the fifth. I bought the 4th edition for a class, saved some bucks, but I have been having to constantly check with folks who have the 5th edition because many chapter and heading locations have changed between the two editions. In addition to this, there are several new chapters that reflect the development of neuroscience in the years between the two editions, such and brain imaging and plasticity. Now after struggling with the earlier edition for two months I am having to biuy the fifth to get the assigned chapters that are not in the fourth.

So, the 4th edition certainly is a good text, but be aware of the changes if you are using this for classwork.

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