Biopsychology Books

New and Published Books

1. Crime and Personality (Psychology Revivals)

   By H.J. Eysenck

   Series: Psychology Revivals

   When Crime and Personality was first published in 1964, J.A.C. Brown, writing in the New Statesman, commented: ‘There can be no doubt of the importance of Professor Eysenck’s book on the nature and treatment of criminal behaviour.’ This third edition, originally published in 1977, had been...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
2. Experiments in Personality: Volume 1 (Psychology Revivals)

   Psychogenetics and psychopharmacology

   Edited by H.J. Eysenck

   Series: Psychology Revivals

   Originally published in 1960, the two volumes of Experiments in Personality report a number of experiments in psychogenetics, psychopharmacology, psychodiagnostics, psychometrics and psychodynamics, all of which formed part of the programme of research which had been...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
3. Behavior Analysis and Learning

   Fifth Edition

   By W. David Pierce, Carl D. Cheney

   Behavior Analysis and Learning, Fifth Edition is an essential textbook covering the basic principles in the field of behavior analysis and learned behaviors, as pioneered by B. F. Skinner. The textbook provides an advanced introduction to operant conditioning from a very consistent Skinnerian...

   Published March 17th 2013 by Psychology Press
4. Measurement With Persons

   Theory, Methods, and Implementation Areas

   Edited by Birgitta Berglund, Giovanni B. Rossi, James T. Townsend, Leslie R. Pendrill

   Series: Scientific Psychology Series

   Measurements with persons are those in which human perception and interpretation are used for measuring complex, holistic quantities and qualities, which are perceived by the human brain and mind. Providing means for reproducible measurement of parameters such as pleasure and pain has important...

   Published December 18th 2011 by Psychology Press
5. Psychophysiological Measurement and Meaning

   Cognitive and Emotional Processing of Media

   By Robert F. Potter, Paul Bolls

   Series: Routledge Communication Series

   This research volume serves as a comprehensive resource for psychophysiological research on media responses. It addresses the theoretical underpinnings, methodological techniques, and most recent research in this area. It goes beyond current volumes by placing the research techniques within a...

   Published August 28th 2011 by Routledge
6. Experience and Development

   A Festschrift in Honor of Sandra Wood Scarr

   Edited by Kathleen McCartney, Richard A. Weinberg

   Series: Modern Pioneers in Psychological Science: An APS-Psychology Press Series

   The scope of these chapters reflects the strong influence that Sandra Wood Scarr’s scholarship—her empirical research and theoretical contributions—has had on what we know about experience and development via the lens of the psychological sciences, especially the fields of developmental psychology,...

   Published June 24th 2009 by Psychology Press
7. Information-Processing Channels in the Tactile Sensory System

   A Psychophysical and Physiological Analysis

   By George A. Gescheider, John H. Wright, Ronald T. Verrillo

   Series: Scientific Psychology Series

   Information-Processing Channels in the Tactile Sensory System addresses the fundamental question of whether sensory channels, similar to those known to operate in vision and audition, also operate in the sense of touch. Based on the results of psychophysical and neurophysiological experimentation...

   Published December 16th 2008 by Psychology Press
8. Mating Intelligence

   Sex, Relationships, and the Mind's Reproductive System

   Edited by Glenn Geher, Geoffrey Miller

   Human intelligence is sexually attractive, and strongly predicts the success of sexual relationships, but the behavioral sciences have usually ignored the interface between intelligence and mating. This is the first serious scholarly effort to explore that interface, by examining both universal and...

   Published July 19th 2007 by Psychology Press
9. Psychophysiology

   Human Behavior and Physiological Response, 5th Edition

   By John L. Andreassi

   As new technology fuels the rapid growth of research in psychophysiology, it is essential that those new to the field receive a comprehensive introduction. Psychophysiology: Human Behavior and Physiological Response provides students with elementary information regarding the anatomy and physiology...

   Published September 18th 2006 by Psychology Press
10. Relational Psychophysics in Humans and Animals

    A Comparative-Developmental Approach

    By Viktor Sarris

    Relational Psychophysics in Humans and Animals offers a comprehensive and integrated overview of the often fragmented field of psychophysics. It introduces key concepts in psychophysics and clearly summarises and illustrates the central issues through telling examples. It combines empirical...

    Published May 10th 2006 by Psychology Press