Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience is an open educational resource for behavioral neuroscience courses published by nonprofit publisher Openstax. This book has 19 chapters covering standard topics for entry-level college Intro to Behavioral Neuroscience courses, plus some topics that have not gotten as much coverage in traditional texts. It also has a methods video section with 13 common neuro techniques being explained and demonstrated. Each chapter is contributed by a unique author or set of authors, meant to showcase the people and places of the neuroscience field.
Dr. Kirby is the lead editor of this resource and is joined by co-editors Melissa J. Glenn (Colby College), Noah J. Sandstrom (Williams College), Christina Williams (Duke U). This project was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation to Dr. Kirby (IOS-2035041)
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