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Behavioral Neuroscience: Essentials and Beyond shows students the basics of biological psychology using a modern and research-based perspective. With fresh coverage of applied topics and complex phenomena including social neuroscience and consciousness, author Stephane Gaskin delivers the most current research and developments surrounding the brain's functions through student-centered pedagogy. Carefully crafted features introduce students to challenging biological and neuroscience-based concepts through illustrations of real-life application, exploring myths and misconceptions, and addressing students' assumptions head on. INSTRUCTORS: Behavioral Neuroscience: Essentials and Beyond is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package! Contact your rep to request a demo. SAGE Premium Video Figures Brought to Life animations and Stories of Behavioral Neuroscience videos in the Interactive eBook boost student comprehension and bolster analysis. Interactive eBook Your students save when you bundle the print book with the Interactive eBook, which includes access to SAGE Premium Video and other multimedia tools. SAGE coursepacks SAGE coursepacks makes it easy to import our quality instructor and student resource content into your school's learning management system (LMS). SAGE edge This open-access site offers students provides students an impressive array of learning tools and resources.

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Stephane Gaskin is a psychology professor at Dawson College in Montreal. He is also a lecturer at Concordia and McGill universities. Over the course of over 15 years, Stephane has taught a variety of psychology courses at both college and university. He has taught the very first brain and behavior course officially offered at Dawson College and regularly teaches behavioral neuroscience at university. Stephane obtained both his Bachelor and Master of psychology degrees at Concordia University. For his master's degree, which was also completed at Concordia, Stephane's research focused on the role of the hippocampus in spatial and object-recognition memory. He then pursued and obtained a PhD degree at McGill University where he studied the interaction between various brain areas such as the hippocampus amygdala and striatum in learning to approach cues associated with appetitive stimuli. Stephane then pursued his studies as a postdoctoral researcher at both the University of California in San Diego and Concordia University in Montreal. Much of Stephane's research was published in international scientific journals and presented at the Society for Neuroscience's annual conferences.

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