University of Massachusetts Amherst Subject Research Guides - Neuroscience and Behavior

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Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences
Call Number: UM Reference RC334 .E54 2003
Entries on clinical neurology, neurosurgery, neuroanatomy, neurobiology, neuroepidemiology, neuroendocrinology, neurogenetics, neuroimaging, neurotoxicology, neuroimmunology, neuropharmacology, pediatric neurology, neurooncology, neuropathology, developmental neurology, behavioral neurology, neurophysiology, applied electrophysiology, neuroophthalmology, neurotology, pain, psychiatry, psychopharmacology, rehabilitation, critical care medicine, and the history of the neurosciences.
A Dictionary of Animal Behaviour
Call Number: UM Reference QL750.3 .M34 2006
Covers "all aspects of behavior from aggression to courtship" and "includes terms from the related fields of ecology, physiology and psychology."
Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior
Call Number: UM Science Reference QL750.3 .E53 2004
Essays on a wide range of animal species and their behaviors, including aggressive behavior, behavioral physiology, cognition, development, learning, personality and temperament, and tool use.
Encyclopedia of the Human Brain
Call Number: UM Science Reference QP376 .E586 2002
Articles on all aspects of the human brain and nervous system, for example: Neuropsychology of Alzheimer's Disease; Behavioral Neurogenetics; Dreaming; Hypothalamus; Memory; Neural Networks; and Stress.
Hormones, Brain, and Behavior
Call Number: UM Science Reference QP356.45 .H433 2002
Essays review current scholarship of hormone-brain-behavior relations, "covering true molecular genetic approaches as well as neurochemical, electrophysical, zoological, neurochemical, developmental, and behavioral studies."
The Oxford Companion to the Mind
Call Number: UM Reference BF31 .O94 2004
Discusses "concepts such as language, memory, and intelligence" and presents "three 'mini symposia' -- on consciousness, brain scanning, and artificial intelligence."