<p>Michael Saunders Gazzaniga, Richard B. Ivry, G. George Ronald Mangun, <a href="http://books.google.co.in/books?id=_B9CGgAACAAJ&amp;dq=gazzaniga%20cognitive%20neuroscience&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=DizmUY6tBIPnrAeu8YDgAw&amp;ved=0CDYQ6AEwAg" rel="nofollow">Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of the Mind</a></p>

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Dana Sugu
<p>I know this is kind of a "soft question", but it isn't very easy to find a good, comprehensive brain atlas book, which would also link the different areas to their functions (according to recent work). Best would be if the book could also be used for teaching (from the very basics). Any recommendations? I would not like to pay myself sick in finding a good book. Please provide some insights why the book you recommend is better than the others available (or, if you know just one book, what did you learn from it).</p>

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2013-07-16T20:23:07.750Z
What is your goal?  Do you want to be able to pick a brain area and know something about what it does, or do you want to pick a function and know what brain areas are involved?
Craig Bennett
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2013-07-16T20:24:58.183Z
If both ways are not covered, then I'd like to first pick the brain area.
lookinfor
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2013-07-17T03:00:32.763Z
Another useful place to ask this is [in our reading room](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/6314/cogsci-reading-room)
Josh
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2013-07-17T14:52:35.773Z
I'm going to be the bad guy here and say that this is probably too dependent on opinions to be worth much to future visitors.
Chuck Sherrington
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@Damien It's a fine line, I think, and easy to cross over into the "here's my favorite book" type answers.  Stack Overflow has had varying success with these type of questions in the past, but most end up a cluttered, unmanaged list.  I'm only one vote, so we can see what the rest of the community thinks.
Chuck Sherrington
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2013-07-20T17:13:31.573Z
It's easy to say "oh, there's no harm", and I agree to some extent, but do we really want to end up with questions looking like [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/388242/the-definitive-c-book-guide-and-list) in 4 years time?
Chuck Sherrington
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2013-07-20T17:26:27.283Z
@Damien As you've probably observed within our microcosm here, votes don't always indicate quality... Again, this is a hotly debated issue on Stack Exchange in general, so people are going to have differing opinions, and that's fine (see all the MSO debate on that one question alone).  I just tend to think that SO has already gone through many of the "growing pains" and we can map those lessons on to our site to the extent that we can.  Stats.SE does have a lot of book questions with a modicum of success, but some of the quality does tend to degrade over time.
Chuck Sherrington
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2013-07-20T17:43:57.810Z
@Damien I'm willing to let the question be, but I think we're going to have to agree to disagree on this one.  Democracy in action! :)
Chuck Sherrington
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Recommend a book for studying the brain structure
lookinfor
# Recommend a book for studying the brain structure

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-07-16)

I know this is kind of a "soft question", but it isn't very easy to find a good, comprehensive brain atlas book, which would also link the different areas to their functions (according to recent work). Best would be if the book could also be used for teaching (from the very basics). Any recommendations? I would not like to pay myself sick in finding a good book. Please provide some insights why the book you recommend is better than the others available (or, if you know just one book, what did you learn from it).

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: What is your goal?  Do you want to be able to pick a brain area and know something about what it does, or do you want to pick a function and know what brain areas are involved?  
> **username_0**: If both ways are not covered, then I'd like to first pick the brain area.  
> **username_2**: Another useful place to ask this is [in our reading room](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/6314/cogsci-reading-room)  
> **username_3**: I'm going to be the bad guy here and say that this is probably too dependent on opinions to be worth much to future visitors.  
> **username_3**: @Damien It's a fine line, I think, and easy to cross over into the "here's my favorite book" type answers.  Stack Overflow has had varying success with these type of questions in the past, but most end up a cluttered, unmanaged list.  I'm only one vote, so we can see what the rest of the community thinks.  
> **username_3**: It's easy to say "oh, there's no harm", and I agree to some extent, but do we really want to end up with questions looking like [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/388242/the-definitive-c-book-guide-and-list) in 4 years time?  
> **username_3**: @Damien As you've probably observed within our microcosm here, votes don't always indicate quality... Again, this is a hotly debated issue on Stack Exchange in general, so people are going to have differing opinions, and that's fine (see all the MSO debate on that one question alone).  I just tend to think that SO has already gone through many of the "growing pains" and we can map those lessons on to our site to the extent that we can.  Stats.SE does have a lot of book questions with a modicum of success, but some of the quality does tend to degrade over time.  
> **username_3**: @Damien I'm willing to let the question be, but I think we're going to have to agree to disagree on this one.  Democracy in action! :)  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2013-07-17. Score: 3

Michael Saunders Gazzaniga, Richard B. Ivry, G. George Ronald Mangun, [Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of the Mind](http://books.google.co.in/books?id=_B9CGgAACAAJ&dq=gazzaniga%20cognitive%20neuroscience&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DizmUY6tBIPnrAeu8YDgAw&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAg)


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