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Authors: Stephen B. Klein
ISBN-13: 9780023647413, ISBN-10: 0023647418
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Pearson Education
Date Published: October 1999
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: Stephen B. Klein

Book Synopsis

This clearly and concisely written book provides a general introduction to the interaction of biological systems and behavior. The author assumes the reader has little or no neuroscience background and includes carefully chosen learning aids which allow the reader to make the connection between his own experiences and what physiology determines them. For anyone needing a solid introduction to biological systems and behavior.

Table of Contents

1. An Introduction to Biological Psychology.
2. Exploring the Nervous System.
3. The Development and Redevelopment of the Nervous System.
4. Communication Within the Nervous System.
5. Drugs and Behavior.
6. An Introduction to the Senses: Vision.
7. Beyond Vision: The Auditory, Vestibular, Somatosensory, and Chemical Senses.
8. The Biological Control of Movement.
9. Wakefulness and Sleep.
10. The Biology of Eating and Drinking.
11. Sexual Development and Behavior.
12. The Biology of Emotion and Stress.
13. Lateralization and Language.
14. The Biology of Learning and Memory.
15. The Biological Basis of Mental Disorders.

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