To: Professors of Cognitive Neuroscience From: Bernard J. Baars and Nicole Gage Dear Professor, Thank you so much for adopting (or considering the adoption) of Cognition, Brain and Consciousness: An Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience. (Elsevier, Inc. / Academic Press, 2007). For more information about the textbook, press this link. For enthusiastic endorsements by your colleagues, please scroll down this page. This site will help us to exchange ideas about this new introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience. We are pleased to hear from you. Nicole Gage and I welcome any comments, suggestions, and questions you have. Your input will help us to make improvements. You are most welcome to email Baars directly at: baarsbj AT gmail.com. Your ideas for additional Instructor Support are also very welcome. My professional CV can be found at this link. Wikipedia's entry is here. Articles about the scientific study of consciousness, its brain basis, and related questions can be found here. If you would like to talk about Cognitive Neuroscience, we're happy to do that, too! With best regards, Bernard J. Baars, PhD Affiliate Research Fellow The Neurosciences Institute San Diego, Calif. 92121 www.nsi.edu www.nsi.edu/users/baars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Baars Desk copies can be requested at the Elsevier textbook site. (click link)  Endorsements and reviews: Baars & Gage has been enthusiastically reviewed in Doody's, the book review journal for college librarians: "This is an outstanding, comprehensive new introductory textbook on cognitive neuroscience. Written and edited by internationally recognized scientist-educators, it would serve as an excellent accompaniment to an undergraduate course on the brain and behavior." --- Prof. Michael J. Schrift University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine Doody's awarded Baars & Gage a score of 91. Rating: 4 star. Baars & Gage also received a favorable review in Nature Neuroscience, one of the leading journals in the field. The reviewer wrote: "Overall, the organization of the book is driven by psychological principles instead of by the organization of the brain's functions, which one may find refreshing." http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v11/n6/full/nn0608-621.html#a1 Individual endorsements: “It's clearly and entertainingly written, abundantly illustrated and content rich, making this complex, but fascinating field accessible to all.” ---Stan Franklin W. Harry Feinstone Interdisciplinary Research Professor The University of Memphis, Tennessee “This is a wonderful, unique textbook...numerous helpful, vivid color illustrations and an engaging writing style throughout, the text makes inherently technical material accessible without losing sight of the exciting new findings and ideas coming from the research.” ---Nelson Cowan Curators' Professor Department of Psychological Sciences University of Missouri, Columbia “My general impression (and that of the students) is very positive, the book is nicely illustrated and gives a beautiful overall impression. Students liked it a lot.” --- Prof. Dirk Heslenfeld Vrije University Amsterdam The Netherlands “Comprehensive, authoritative and beautifully illustrated, this is a superb introduction to cognitive neuroscience. It is ideally suited as a text to accompany an undergraduate or graduate course.” --- Prof. Michael D. Rugg Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory University of California, Irvine Amazon raters gave Baars & Gage five stars, compared to three stars for Gazzaniga et al (2nd edition), and 4.5 stars for Purves et al. (3rd ed.). Three Amazon.com reviewers wrote: “COGNITION, BRAIN, AND CONSCIOUSNESS provides a somewhat curtailed overview of the emerging science of mind and brain. It is accessible to students and interested readers at all levels. It is beautifully illustrated and pedagogically advanced. It is the best of its kind now available.” --- Henri Montandon, MD, PhD “ The end result is that by the end of each chapter you know the material very well and wouldn't you know it, you've started thinking about how the mind really works and some of the philosophical implications of brain function. That's more than I expect from most textbooks, so I think the authors are being a bit modest in calling this book an introduction to cognitive neuroscience; it is that and much more.” --- Steward Hines “I couldn't agree more with the editorial reviews of this book. It is excellent!” --- jimbo Baars & Gage is now being translated into Chinese and Korean. | A new introduction to cognitive neuroscience. "Brain Science For the Rest of Us!" "How can you tell the front from the back of the brain?" "Where is working memory located?" "Is it relevant to my life?" "I can't memorize all the words!" It can be made easier to learn ... (You can 'drag and drop' the brochure below to your desktop).  (You can "drag and drop" the bookmark below to your desktop.) (bookmark below - copyright Baars & Gage, 2007, Elsevier, Inc.)  Students are encouraged to color functional regions by hand, as medical students have traditionally done to learn anatomy.   Nicole M. Gage, PhD  With thanks to Dr. Susan Blackmore, whose son drew this cartoon! |