Current directions in biopsychology
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Current directions in biopsychology
（Readings from the Association for Psychological Science）
Pearson, c2009
Available at 3 libraries
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"Reprinted as [they] originally appeared in Current directions in psychological science." -- US/MARC
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These timely, cutting-edge articles allow instructors to bring their students real-world perspective-from a reliable source-about today's most current and pressing issues in biopsychology.
Table of Contents
SECTION 1: GENES, EVOLUTION, AND BEHAVIOR
Danielle M. Dick and Richard J. Rose: Behavior Genetics: What's New? What's Next? (Vol. 11, No. 2, 2002, pp. 70-74)
Thomas J. Bourchard: Genetic Influence on Human Psychological Traits (Vol. 13, No. 4, 2004, pp.148-151)
Danielle Posthuman and Eco J.C. de Geus: Progress in the Molecular-Genetic Study of Intelligence (Vol. 15, No. 4, 2006, pp. 151-155)
Steven W. Gangestad, Randy Thornhill, and Christine E. Garver-Apgar: Adaptations to Ovulation (Vol. 14, No. 6, 2005, pp. 312-316)
Francis T. McAndrew: New Evolutionary Perspectives on Altruism: Multilevel-Selection and Costly-Signaling Theories (Vol. 11, No. 2, 2002, pp. 79-82)
Frans B.M. de Waal: Evolutionary Psychology: The Wheat and the Chaff (Vol. 11, No. 6, pp. 187-191)
SECTION 2: PLASTICITY
Bryan Kolb, Robbin Gibb, and Terry E. Robinson: Brain Plasticity and Behavior (Vol. 12, No. 1, 2003, pp. 1-4)
L.K. Marriott and Gary L. Wenk: Neurobiological Consequences of Long-Term Estrogen Therapy (Vol. 13, No. 5, 2004, pp. 173-176)
Ken A. Paller: Electrical Signals of Memory and of the Awareness of Remembering (Vol. 13, No. 2, 2004, pp. 49-55)
Michael D. Beecher and John M. Burt: The Role of Social Interaction in Bird Song Learning (Vol. 13, No. 6, 2004, pp. 224-228)
WickliffeC. Abraham: Memory Maintenance: The Changing Nature of Neural Mechanisms (Vol 15, No. 1, 2006, pp. 5-8)
SECTION 3: RESILIENCE
Jaap M. Koolhaas, Sietse F. De Boer, and Bauke Buwalda: Stress and Adaptation (Vol. 15, No. 13, 2006, pp. 109-112)
Janet A. DiPietro: The Role of Prenatal Maternal Stress in Child Development (Vol. 13, no. 2, 2004, pp. 71-74)
Charles F. Gillespie and Charles B. Nemeroff: Corticotropin-Releasing Factor and the Psychobiology of Early-Life Stress (Vol. 16, No. 2, 2007, pp. 85-89)
Barry L. Jacobs: Depression: The Brain Finally Gets Into the Act (Vol. 13, No. 3, 2004, pp. 103-106)
Nathan A. Fox, Amie A. Hane, and Daniel S. Pine: Plasticity for Affective Neurocircuitry: How the Environment Affects Gene Expression (Vol. 16, no. 1, 2007, pp. 1-5)
Theodore F. Robles, Ronald Glaser, and Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser: Out of Balance: A New Look at Chronic Stress, Depression, and Immunity (Vol. 14, No. 2, 2005, pp. 111-115)
SECTION 4: PAIN
Hans. S. Crombag and Terry E. Robinson: Drugs, Environment, Brain, and Behavior (Vol. 13, No. 3, 2004, pp. 107-111)
Nick E. Goeders: Stress, Motivation, and Drug Addiction (Vol. 13, No. 1, 2004, pp. 33-35)
Thomas B. Baker, Sandra J. Japuntich, Joanne M. Hogle, Danielle E. McCarthy, and John J. Curtin: Pharmacologic and Behavioral Withdrawal from Addictive Drugs (Vol. 15, No. 5, 2006, pp. 232-236)
Tor D. Wager: The Neural Bases of Placebo Effects in Pain (Vol. 14, No. 4, 2005, pp. 175-179)
SECTION 5: HEALTH
Robert Ader: Psychoneuroimmunology (Vol. 10, No. 3, 2001, pp. 94-97)
Neil Schneiderman: Psychosocial, Behavioral, and Biological Aspects of Chronic Diseases (Vol. 13, No. 6, 2004, pp. 247-251)
George E. Miller and Ekin Blackwell: Turning Up the Heat: Inflammation as a Mechanism Linking Chronic Stress, Depression, and Heart Disease (Vol. 15, No. 6, 2006, pp. 269-272)
Randy J. Nelson and Gregory E. Demas: Seasonal Patterns of Stress, Disease, and Sickness Responses (Vol. 13, No. 5, 2004, pp. 198-201)
Sarosh J. Motivala and Michael R. Irwin: Sleep and Immunity (Vol. 16, No. 1, 2007, pp. 21-25)
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