Research Methods for Cognitive Neuroscience

Aaron Newman - Dalhousie University, Canada

March 2019 | 640 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

Format Published Date ISBN Price

Paperback 25/03/2019 9781446296509 £44.99

Hardcover 30/11/2018 9781446296493 £100.00

Electronic Version 18/03/2019 9781473952980 £35.99

This fresh, new textbook provides a thorough and student-friendly guide to the different techniques used
in cognitive neuroscience. Given the breadth of neuroimaging techniques available today, this text is
invaluable, serving as an approachable text for students, researchers, and writers. This text provides the
right level of detail for those who wish to understand the basics of neuroimaging and also provides more
advanced material in order to learn further about particular techniques.

With a conversational, student-friendly writing style, Aaron Newman introduces the key principles of
neuroimaging techniques, the relevant theory and the recent changes in the field.

Table Of Contents:

Introduction

Research Methods and Experimental Design

Electroencephalography (EEG) and Event-Related Potentials (ERP) 1

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Electroencephalography (EEG) and Event-Related Potentials (ERP) 2

Magnetoencephalography (MEG)

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) – Basics

Functional MRI (fMRI) 1

Functional MRI (fMRI) 2 - Experimental design

Structural MRI

Connectomics: Diffusion Tensor MRI and Tractography

Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

Near-Infrared Optical Imaging (fNIRI)

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (TES, tDCS, tACS, tRCS)

Reviews:
An excellent and much-needed textbook on research methods for cognitive neuroscience, for the breadth
and depth of the techniques, covered. Written in a clear, approachable style, that is easy for even
beginning students to digest. This is a book of value that students and professors alike will enjoy reading.

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Dr Joanne Powell
Edge Hill University

An excellent and much-needed textbook on research methods for cognitive neuroscience, for the breadth
and depth of the techniques, covered. Written in a clear, approachable style, that is easy for even
beginning students to digest. This is a book of value that students and professors alike will enjoy reading.

Dr Joanne Powell
Edge Hill University

This well-written textbook by Aaron Newman enriches the literature by covering key concepts in research
methods for cognitive neuroscience. The book follows a logical progression and covers the main
neuroimaging techniques, thus constituting an excellent resource for anyone interested in cognitive
neuroscience research and practice. The layout and organisation of each chapter are excellent, there are
plenty of visually appealing images throughout and an excellent summary at the end of each chapter.

Edson Filho
University of Central Lancashire

The book is a fast-track to fundamental knowledge on the general theory of doing research in cognitive
neuroscience and a comprehensive introduction to a large panorama of research methods. It gives the
reader a strong focus on learning and understanding, and an inspiration to think further into the use of
high-tech and basic research instruments. The book is therefore recommended for both the introduction
and intermediate teaching into cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology and in addition as a quick
reference work for the single technical methods. A must have for students and teachers in the field!

Jesper Jorgensen
Brain Litt

Overall, this is an outstanding textbook for several reasons.

First, the author has an elegant and yet simple writing. Second, the comprehensive scope of this textbook
is simply amazing, such is the complexity of each of the research techniques in focus (i.e., it is extremely
difficult to handle all those with expertise). Third, the book structure presents a logic increment in
complexity. Aaron Newman integrates seemingly “hard to grasp” computations in a concise style, while
providing unique suggestions on experimental design features and data acquisition and analysis. Such
methodological concerns tapping the reader’s hands-on-skills are highly meritorious and should appeal to
most researchers in the field.

Finally, the textbook layout is impeccable. The “box inlets” at the beginning of each chapter (learning
objectives) are quite useful since they help the reader throughout the chapter, eventually pinpointing
contents that may merit further study. In addition, the broad summary and “further readings” suggestions
at the end of each chapter help to provide awareness of the learning process. A stylish artwork and
excellent figures both contribute to top up this edition.

I believe this textbook will soon become an authoritative resource for both graduate students and
experienced researchers in the field.

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Amadeu Quelhas Martins, Ph.D.
Universidade Europeia

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