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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; About the Author; Brief Contents; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Overview and Major Issues; Chapter 1: Nerve Cells and Nerve Impulses; Module 1.1: The Cells of the Nervous System; Module 1.2 The Nerve Impulse; Chapter 2: Synapses; Module 2.1: The Concept of the Synapse; Module 2.2: Chemical Events at the Synapse; Chapter 3: Anatomy and Research Methods; Module 3.1: Structure of the Vertebrate Nervous System; Module 3.2: The Cerebral Cortex; Module 3.3: Research Methods; Chapter 4: Genetics, Evolution, Development, and Plasticity |
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Module 4.1: Genetics and Evolution of BehaviorModule 4.2: Development of the Brain; Module 4.3: Plasticity after Brain Damage; Chapter 5: Vision; Module 5.1: Visual Coding; Module 5.2: How the Brain Processes Visual Information; Module 5.3: Parallel Processing in the Visual Cortex; Chapter 6: Other Sensory Systems; Module 6.1: Audition; Module 6.2: The Mechanical Senses; Module 6.3: The Chemical Senses; Chapter 7: Movement; Module 7.1: The Control of Movement; Module 7.2: Brain Mechanisms of Movement; Module 7.3: Movement Disorders; Chapter 8: Wakefulness and Sleep |
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Module 8.1: Rhythms of Waking and SleepingModule 8.2: Stages of Sleep and Brain Mechanisms; Module 8.3: Why Sleep? Why REM? Why Dreams?; Chapter 9: Internal Regulation; Module 9.1: Temperature Regulation; Module 9.2: Thirst; Module 9.3: Hunger; Chapter 10: Reproductive Behaviors; Module 10.1: Sex and Hormones; Module 10.2: Variations in Sexual Behavior; Chapter 11: Emotional Behaviors; Module 11.1: What Is Emotion?; Module 11.2: Attack and Escape Behaviors; Module 11.3: Stress and Health; Chapter 12: Learning, Memory, and Intelligence; Module 12.1: Learning, Memory, and Memory Loss |
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Module 12.2: The Hippocampus and the StriatumModule 12.3: Storing Information in the Nervous System; Module 12.4: Intelligence; Chapter 13: Cognitive Functions; Module 13.1: Lateralization and Language; Module 13.2: Conscious and Unconscious Processes; Module 13.3: Making Decisions and Social Neuroscience; Chapter 14: Psychological Disorders; Module 14.1: Substance Abuse; Module 14.2: Mood Disorders; Module 14.3: Schizophrenia; Module 14.4: Autism Spectrum Disorders; Appendix A: Brief, Basic Chemistry |
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Appendix B: Society for Neuroscience Policies on the Use of Animals and Human Subjects in ResearchReferences; Name Index; Subject Index/Glossary |
| Summary |
Aiming to make biological psychology accessible to psychology students, this book features examples integrated throughout the text |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 504-566) and indexes |
| Credits |
Produced by the publisher |
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Held by CAPER-BC, Langara College |
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Neuropsychology -- Textbooks
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Psychobiology -- Textbooks
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Psychophysiology.
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Neuropsychology.
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Psychophysiology
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Neuropsychology
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Health and Fitness.
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Psychophysiology
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Neuropsychology
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Psychobiology
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Health and Wellbeing.
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| Reading List |
HPS310 prescribed text 2024
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HPS775 prescribed text 2024
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Textbooks
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781337670296 |
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1337670294 |
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