Pinel, John P. J.

Biopsychology / John P.J. Pinel. - 9th ed. - Boston : Allyn & Bacon, 2014 - xxii, 552 pages : illustrations(chiefly colour)

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.

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Psychobiology--Textbooks.
Psychophysiology--methods.
Behavior--physiology.
Brain--physiology.
Brain Diseases--physiopathology.

QP 360 / .P463 2014

612.8

WL 103