Format:
XXVI, 566 S
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Ill., graph. Darst
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1 CD-ROM
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28 cm
Edition:
5. ed.
ISBN:
0205349846
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0205372414
Note:
CD-ROM u.d.T.: Beyond the brain & behavior : a multimedia learning tool
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What is biopsychology? Biopsychology as a neuroscience -- Foundations of biopsychology. Evolution, genetics, and experience -- The anatomy of the nervous system -- Neural conduction and synaptic transmission -- The research methods of biopsychology -- Sensory and motor systems. The visual system -- Mechanisms of perception, conscious awareness, and attention -- The sensorimotor system -- Brain plasticity. Development of the nervous system -- Brain damage and neuroplasticity -- Learning, memory, and amnesia -- Biopsychology of motivation. Hunger, eating, and health -- Hormones and sex -- Sleep, dreaming, and circadian rhythms -- Drug addiction and the brain's reward circuits -- Disorders of cognition and emotion. Lateralization, language, and the split brain -- Biopsychology of emotion, stress, and health -- Biopsychology of psychiatric disorders.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Language:
English
Subjects:
Biology
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Psychology
Keywords:
Physiologische Psychologie
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Lehrbuch
Author information:
Pinel, John P. J. 19XX-
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