Biological psychology : an introduction to behavioral, cognitive, and clinical neuroscience
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Biological psychology : an introduction to behavioral, cognitive, and clinical neuroscience
Sinauer Associates, c2002
3rd ed
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Description
Thoroughly revised and updated the third edition of this text builds on the strengths of the previous edition. Focusing on every major topic of psychobiology, this edition now has a greater emphasis on research methods. The full colour art programme has also been enhanced. Included with every copy of the book is a student CD-ROM which is closely integrated with the text. New features include: a new "Fact or Fiction?" section in Chapter 1 spotlights some popular beliefs about biological psychology, each linked by page reference to in-depth discussions in subsequent chapters; research methods are given greater emphasis and are described in greater detail; discussions of clinical disorders are delineated more clearly in the text; the full-colour art programme has been further refined; more than 300 new references, all cited in the text, have been added; new research helps to round out or give new perspectives on major topics; and some older material has been condensed or deleted, keeping the text at its previous length.
Table of Contents
- Biological psychology - scope and outlook
- functional neuroanatomy - the nervous system and behaviour
- neurophysiology - conduction, transmission, and integration of neural signals
- psychopharmacology - neurotransmitters, drugs, and behaviour
- hormones and behaviour
- evolution of brain and behaviour
- life-span development of the brain and behaviour
- general principles of sensory processing, touch, and pain
- hearing, vestibular perception, taste, and smell
- vision - from eye to brain motor control and plasticity
- sex - evolutionary, hormonal, and neural bases
- homeostasis - active regulation of internal states
- biological rhythms, sleep, and dreaming
- emotions, aggression, and stress
- psychopathology - biological bases of behaviour disorders
- learning and memory - biological perspectives
- learning and memory - neural mechanisms
- language and cognition.
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