"Biopsychology" is an introduction to the biological bases of behaviour for students with no previous background in the area. The text focuses on behaviour, acknowledging important recent advances in related neuroscientific fields. New to this edition is a chapter linking genetics, evolution and development, teaching students how to think about the biopsychology of behaviour. Another chapter offers coverage of emotions, stress and psychoneuroendocrinology. Other topics covered include: neural conduction and synaptic transmission; research on eating, drinking and anorexia nervosa; and expanded coverage of the neural mechanisms of sexual behaviour.
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International 2 Revised ed
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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978-0-205-45298-9 (9780205452989)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Biopsychology as a neuroscience; evolution, genetics and development; the anatomy of the nervous system; neural conduction and synaptic transmission; what biopsychologists do - the research methods of biopsychology; human brain damage and animal models; the visual system; mechanisms of perception; the sensorimotor system; biopsychology of eating and drinking; hormones and sex; sleep, dreaming and circadian rhythms; drug abuse and reward circuits in the brain; memory and amnesia; neuroplasticity; lateralization, language and recovery from brain damage; biopsychology of emotions and mental illness.
