Description
Book SynopsisUnderstanding Biological Psychology is an accessible and distinctive new core textbook that helps students to appreciate the central role that biological processes play in psychology.
Trade Review"
Understanding Biological Psychology is really biology for psychology rather than a watered-down biology text. Its great strength is bridge building across the many areas of psychology. As a geneticist, I especially appreciated the way the book integrates the latest genetic advances, something seldom seen in biological psychology textbooks"
Robert Plomin, Institute of Psychiatry, London.
"Here is a textbook writer who encourages students to reflect on wider implications of research findings." The Psychologist
“Gives conceptual clarity to a complex field in covering a core area of the undergraduate syllabus, focussing on end uses of biological psychology rather than treating it as an end in itself.”
Times Higher Education Supplement
Table of ContentsPreface.
Acknowledgements.
1. Introduction.
Part I: Foundations:.
2. Evolution and Genetics.
3. Brain Structure and Function.
4. Neurons and Neurotransmission.
5. Sensory and Motor Systems.
6. The Neuroendocrine System.
7. Learning and Neural Plasticity.
Part II: Approaches:.
8. Neuropsychology.
9. Psychophysiology.
10. Neuroimaging.
11. Neurophysiology.
12. Psychopharmacology.
13. Psychogenomics.
Part III: Applications:.
14. Clinical Disorder I: Depression.
15. Clinical Disorder II: Anxiety.
16. Clinical Disorder III: Schizophrenia.
17. Personality: Emotion and Motivation.
18. Cognition: Computation and Consciousness.
Glossary.
References.
Index of Subjects.
Index of Authors
