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Biological Psychology » (5th Edition)
Authors: Mark R. Rosenzweig, S. Marc Breedlove
ISBN-13: 9780878937059, ISBN-10: 0878937056
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Incorporated
Date Published: January 2007
Edition: 5th Edition
Author Biography: Mark R. Rosenzweig
Book Synopsis
Covers the history of research on brain & behavior, neoroanatomical bases of behavior, control of behavior, etc.
Booknews
Presents the study of the nervous system and behavior from a biological perspective, examining each major topic in psychobiology with careful description of behavior and discussion of its evolution, development, and biological mechanisms. Also includes discusssion of applications of biological psychology to human problems. For students in courses on physiological psychology, psychobiology, or behavioral neuroscience. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Table of Contents
| Ch. 1 | Biological Psychology | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | Neuroanatomical Bases of Behavior | 33 |
| Ch. 3 | Comparative and Evolutionary Perspectives on the Nervous System and Behavior | 71 |
| Ch. 4 | Development of the Nervous System over the Life Span | 99 |
| Ch. 5 | Neural Conduction, Synaptic Transmission, and Neural Circuits | 139 |
| Ch. 6 | Psychopharmacology | 175 |
| Ch. 7 | Hormones: A Chemical System for Communication and Regulation | 209 |
| Ch. 8 | Principles of Sensory Processing and Experience: Touch and Pain | 245 |
| Ch. 9 | Hearing, Vestibular Perception, Taste, and Smell | 283 |
| Ch. 10 | Vision: From Retinal Processes to Perception | 325 |
| Ch. 11 | Movements and Actions | 369 |
| Ch. 12 | Sex | 411 |
| Ch. 13 | Regulation of Internal States | 449 |
| Ch. 14 | Biological Rhythms and Sleep | 487 |
| Ch. 15 | Psychobiology of Emotions | 529 |
| Ch. 16 | Psychobiology of Mental Disorders | 565 |
| Ch. 17 | Learning and Memory: Biological Perspectives | 611 |
| Ch. 18 | Neural Mechanisms of Learning and Memory | 645 |
| Ch. 19 | Language and Cognition | 691 |
| Ch. 20 | A Final Word | 735 |
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