
Neuroscience Discoveries
$242.92
- Paperback
318 pages
- Release Date
13 October 2026
Summary
Neuroscientist Edmund Rolls recounts his decades of research into how our brains implement emotion, decision-making, memory, and vision. He details how discoveries build upon one another, revealing the systems-level organization of the brain and introducing key brain systems involved in human behavior.
Rolls argues that a deeper understanding of our brains is crucial not only for understanding behavior but also for developing better treatments for brain and mental disorders. He shares…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262057721 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262057727 |
| Author: | Edmund T. Rolls |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 318 |
| Release Date: | 13 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 254mm |

Critics Review
ENDORSEMENTS
“Neuroscientists tend to be specialists, focusing on a particular brain area or function. Edmund Rolls is an exception. He has studied numerous brain areas and functions in animals and humans, giving us a better understanding of processes as diverse as vision, reward, memory, motivation, and emotion. He also understands the pieces as a whole.”
—Joe LeDoux, Professor Emeritus, New York University; co-creator of The Amygdaloids
“How does it work? For over fifty years, Edmund Rolls has been seeking the juice of neural computations, neurophysiologically, with simulations, through imaging human brains. The juice has been worth the squeeze.”
—Alessandro Treves, Researcher, SISSA—The International School for Advanced Studies
“A fascinating and informative account of a very personal intellectual journey, from early neuroscientific discoveries in the laboratory to their theoretical denouement in computational neuroscience and possible application to human mental disorders.”
—Trevor Robbins, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Cambridge; coeditor of The Frontal Cortex: Organization, Networks, and Function
“Neuroscience suffers from a shortage of historical perspectives. Edmund Rolls provides fascinating insights on important neuroscience discoveries that advanced our understanding of brain mechanisms for behaviors ranging from feeding to face recognition to memory function.”
—Michael Hasselmo, Director, Center for Systems Neuroscience Boston University; author of How We Remember
Edmund T. Rolls
Edmund T. Rolls is Professor of Computational Neuroscience at the University of Warwick. His books include:
- Brain Computations and Connectivity
- Brain Computations: What and How
- The Orbitofrontal Cortex
- The Brain, Emotion, and Depression
- Cerebral Cortex: Principles of Operation
- Emotion and Decision-making Explained
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