How the Brain Works: What Psychology Students Need to Know

About Michael S. C. ThomasSimon Green

Michael S. C. Thomas is a professor of cognitive neuroscience at Birkbeck University of London and Director of the Centre for Educational Neuroscience. One of his main interests is the translation of research between neuroscience and education. With Cathy Rogers he recently published the book Educational Neuroscience: The Basics (Routledge). The focus of his research laboratory the Developmental Neurocognition Lab is to use multi-disciplinary methods to understand the brain and cognitive bases of cognitive variability including the use of behavioural brain imaging computational and genetic methods. He has published over 150 scientific papers and book chapters and his work has been cited over 10000 times. He is a Chartered Psychologist Fellow of the British Psychological Society Fellow of the US Association for Psychological Science and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Simon Green was for many years a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Birkbeck University of London. Recently retired he specialised in teaching introductory neuroscience to first year students. Along the way he published several textbooks in the area including Principles of Biopsychology still in print after 25 years. His research interests include neurotransmitter and hormonal modulation of brain function the evolutionary background to the modern human brain and the psychological and biological roots of psychological disorders. He is a Chartered Psychologist and member of the British Psychological Society.