Biopsychology - Pinel, John P. J. (Boston Allyn & Bacon, 2008)
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
Original edition entitled Biopsychology (Book Alone), 7th Edition by Pinel, John P.J. published by Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Allyn & Bacon, copyright ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc.
Philippine edition published by Pearson Education South Asia Pte. Ltd. Copyright ©2008
Includes bibliographical references (p. 506-558) and indexes
CSSP-7938 donated by Prof. R. J. O. Taduran
Keywords: Psychobiology; Psychobiology -- Textbooks; Mind and body