Discovering Behavioral Neuroscience: An Introduction to Biological Psychology

Accessible Writing Style: Students and instructors from community colleges through the top R1 universities like the accessible writing style used in this textbook. The text is also widely adopted in non-English-speaking countries, which suggests that the writing style is manageable for students who don't speak English as a first language.

Clear, Large, Carefully Labeled Illustrations: Medical-quality anatomical illustrations help students visualize the structures and processes discussed in the text. The illustrations are augmented by online animations (available in MindTap) that help students grasp processes over time, such as the propagation of action potentials down the length of an axon.

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