| Description |
xvii, 693 pages : illustrations |
| Series |
Basic psychology |
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Basic psychology (Oxford, England)
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Evolution and genetics -- 3. Brain structure and function -- 4. Neutons and neutotransmission -- 5. Sensory and motor systems -- 6. The neuroendocrine system -- 7. Learning and neutral plasticity -- 8. Neuropsychology -- 9. Psychophysiology -- 10. Neuroimaging -- 11. Neurophysiology -- 12. Psychopharmacology -- 13. Psychogenomics -- 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 |
| Summary |
"Understanding Biological Psychology is an accessible and distinctive new core textbook, designed to help students to appreciate the central role that biological processes play in psychology. Its innovative syntheses of theory with methods, and biological processes with mainstream psychological topics, give conceptual clarity to a complex and often confusing field."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Psychobiology.
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Psychophysiology.
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Neuropsychology.
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Neurosciences.
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| LC no. |
2005033633 |
| ISBN |
0631219536 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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0631219544 (paperback) |
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9780631219538 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9780631219545 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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