The Wiley Handbook on the Cognitive Neuroscience of Learning

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by Robin A. Murphy

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The Wiley Handbook on the Cognitive Neuroscience of Learning charts the evolution of associative analysis and the neuroscientific study of behavior as parallel approaches to understanding how the brain learns that both challenge and inform each other. Covers a broad range of topics while maintaining an overarching integrative approach - Includes contributions from leading authorities in the fields of cognitive neuroscience, associative learning, and behavioral psychology - Extends beyond the psychological study of learning to incorporate coverage of the latest developments in neuroscientific research How the brain learns has been one of the key elements of behavioral science for over a century. This handbook provides the first collection of essays on the cognitive neuroscience of learning that encompasses the associative and neuroscientific approaches to learning. Detailing how these approaches challenge and inform each other, the handbook covers a broad range of topics while maintaining an overarching integrative approach. From mediated associations to prediction error and the neurobiology of psychopathology, each chapter features the latest in neuroscientific research and psychological theory. With contributions from scholars at the forefront of the fields of associative learning, cognitive neuroscience, and behavioral psychology, The Wiley Handbook on the Cognitive Neuroscience of Learning will be an essential tool for students, scholars and researchers interested in better understanding how we learn. How the brain learns has been one of the key elements of behavioral science for over a century. This handbook provides the first collection of essays on the cognitive neuroscience of learning that encompasses the associative and neuroscientific approaches to learning. Detailing how these approaches challenge and inform each other, the handbook covers a broad range of topics while maintaining an overarching integrative approach. From mediated associations to prediction error and the neurobiology of psychopathology, each chapter features the latest in neuroscientific research and psychological theory. With contributions from scholars at the forefront of the fields of associative learning, cognitive neuroscience, and behavioral psychology, The Wiley Handbook on the Cognitive Neuroscience of Learning will be an essential tool for students, scholars and researchers interested in better understanding how we learn. Robin A. Murphy is Associate Professor in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford, UK and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College. A member of The Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition editorial board, Professor Murphy has published over 50 scientific articles in prestigious peer-reviewed journals, including The Journal of Experimental Psychology: General , The Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition , PLoS: ONE , Psychopharmacology ,and Science . Robert C. Honey is a Professor in the School of Psychology at Cardiff University, UK. He is a recipient of Experimental Psychology Society Prize and former Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology .  He has published over 100 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals in the behavioral sciences, including contributions to the The Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, PLoS: ONE, and the The Journal of Neuroscience .

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