Biopsychology /
John P.J. Pinel.
- Eighth edition.
- Boston : Allyn & Bacon, c2011.
- xxiv, 584 pages . : illustrations. (chiefly colour.) ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 516-563) and indexes.
Biopsychology as a neuroscience -- Evolution, genetics, and experience -- Anatomy of the nervous system -- Neural conduction and synaptic transmission -- The research methods of biopsychology -- The visual system -- Mechanisms of perception : hearing, touch, smell, taste, and attention -- The sensorimotor system -- Development of the nervous system -- Brain damage and neuroplasticity -- Learning, memory, and amnesia -- Hunger, eating, and health -- Hormones and sex -- Sleep, dreaming, and circadian rhythms -- Drug addiction and the brain -- Lateralization, language, and the split brain -- Biopsychology of emotion, stress, and health -- Biopsychology of psychiatric disorders.