Neuroscience for the Study of Communicative Disorders

Description

Develop an understanding of neuroscience as it relates to your future career as a clinician, researcher, or instructor with this revised best-seller. The 5th Edition provides an easy-to-understand, meaningful overview of the basics of essential neuroscience concepts  enhanced by case studies that connect neuroscience to the  disorders you’ll see in practice.

Features

• eBook available. Fast, smart, and convenient, today’s eBooks can transform learning. These interactive, fully searchable tools offer 24/7 access on multiple devices, the ability to highlight and share notes, and much more.
• NEW! The complexity of neuroscience has been simplified in every chapter, making it easier for you to master key neurological concepts.
• NEW! Expanded Clinical Correlates sections include more treatment examples and mental function cases, as well as applied Clinical Relevance boxes.
• NEW! Additional chapter-ending, problem-solving case studies deepen your understanding and help you hone your critical thinking skills.
• A consistent, step-by-step structure beginning in Chapter 4 supports learning through learning objectives, chapter introductions, anatomy and terminology by structure, clinical concerns with neurologic concepts including pathology, and a clinical application.
• Charts, graphs, diagrams, illustrations, brain mapping pictures, and MR and CT images (both normal and with pathologies) help you prepare for you­r future role as an SLP therapist or audiologist.
• Chapter-ending learning aids include summaries and review questions (with answers at the end of the book).
• An end-of-book glossary helps you master the vocabulary of neuroscience.
• Interactive, online study tools, including animations, video clips, labeling exercises, a digital Student Workbook, and more, help you master the content you need to succeed in your course and future career. 

• NEW! The complexity of neuroscience is simplified, in part by an even stronger focus on applications of theory and concepts to human behavior
• NEW! Additional interactive, problem-solving cases deepen student understanding, hone their critical thinking skills, and help them prepare for their careers as SLP professionals or audiologists.
• NEW! Expanded Clinical Correlates sections include more treatment examples, neurological concepts, and mental function cases, as well as applied Clinical Relevance boxes.  
• eBook available. Fast, smart, and convenient, today’s eBooks can transform learning. These interactive, fully searchable tools offer 24/7 access on multiple devices, the ability to highlight and share notes, and much more.
• A consistent, step-by-step structure beginning in Chapter 4 supports learning through learning objectives, chapter introductions, anatomy and terminology by structure, clinical concerns with neurologic concepts including pathology, and clinical applications.
• Charts, graphs, diagrams, illustrations, live cortical mapping images, and MR and CT images (both normal and with pathologies) help students master complex clinical and neurological concepts.
• Chapter-ending learning aids include a chapter summaries and review questions (with answers at the end of the book).
• An end-of-book glossary helps students master the vocabulary of neuroscience.