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Biopsychology / John P.J. Pinel & Steven J. Barnes, University of Britsih Columbia.

By: Pinel, John P. J [author.]Contributor(s): Barnes, Steven, 1973- [author.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Harlow, England : Pearson, c2022Edition: Eleventh edition ; Global editionDescription: 619 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume ISBN: 9781292351933 [paperback]Subject(s): Psychobiology -- TextbooksDDC classification:

Contents:

Part one What is biopsychology? -- Chapter 1 Biopschology as a neuroscience -- Part two Foundations of biopsychology -- Chapter 2 Evolution, genetics, and experience -- Chapter 3 Anatomy of the nervous system -- Chapter 4 Neural conduction and synaptic -- Chapter 5 The research methods of biopsychology -- Part three Sensory and motor systems -- Chapter 6 Thr visual system -- Chapter 7 Sensory systems, perception, and attention -- Chapter 8 The sensorimotor system -- Part four Brain plasticity -- Chapter 9 Development of the nervous system -- Chapter 10 Brain damage and neuropasticity -- Chapter 11 Learning, memory, and amnesia -- Part five Biopsychology of motivation -- Chapter 12 Hunger, eating, and health -- Chapter 13 Hormones and sex -- Chapter 14 Sleep, dreaming and circadian -- Chapter 15 Drug use, drug addiction, and the brain's reward circuits -- Part six Disorders of cognition and emotion -- Chapter 16 Lateralization, language, and the split brain -- Chapter 17 Biopsychology of emotion, stress, and health -- Chapter 18 Biopsychology of psychiatric disorders.

Summary: "Forcourses in Physiological Psychology and Biopsychology. Astudent-focused approach to how the central nervous system governs behavior Biopsychology, 11th Edition presents a clear, engagingintroduction to the discipline through a unique combination of biopsychologicalscience and personal, reader-oriented discourse. Addressing students directly,authors John Pinel and Steven Barnes interweave the fundamentals of the fieldwith clinical case studies, social issues, personal implications, usefulmetaphors, and memorable anecdotes. The 11th Edition incorporatestwo new emerging themes (“thinking about epigenetics” and “consciousness”)" --Provided by the publisher

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Item type	Current location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Reference (MAIN)	Extension Library	612.8 P65 2022 (Browse shelf)	Available		3UCBL000027520

Includes bibliographical references, glossary and index.

"Forcourses in Physiological Psychology and Biopsychology. Astudent-focused approach to how the central nervous system governs behavior Biopsychology, 11th Edition presents a clear, engagingintroduction to the discipline through a unique combination of biopsychologicalscience and personal, reader-oriented discourse. Addressing students directly,authors John Pinel and Steven Barnes interweave the fundamentals of the fieldwith clinical case studies, social issues, personal implications, usefulmetaphors, and memorable anecdotes. The 11th Edition incorporatestwo new emerging themes (“thinking about epigenetics” and “consciousness”)" --Provided by the publisher