(Not in Browse Books By Subject
- Cognitive Psychology
- Attention
- Auditory Perception
- Cognition & Emotion
- Cognitive Neuropsychology
- Cognitive Science
- Connectionism/Neural Nets
- Consciousness & Cognition
- Creativity
- Dyslexia
- Ecological Psychology
- Emotion
- Imagery
- Individual Differences/IQ
- Psychology of Language
- Learning
- Mathematical Cognition
- Memory
- Motivation
- Motor Skills
- Odor/Olfaction/Smell
- Perception
- Psychology of Music
- Psychology of Reading
- Speech Perception & Production
- Taste
- Thinking, Reasoning & Problem Solving
- Touch
- Visual Cognition
- Visual Perception
- Psychology of Writing
- Counseling Psychology
- Critical Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Adolescent Development
- Adulthood
- Attachment
- Bilingualism - Second Language
- Biological Development
- Childcare
- Child Development
- Children & the Media
- Child Abuse
- Cognitive Development
- Cultural Development
- Developmental Psychopathology
- Development of Social Cognition
- Emotional Development
- Gerontology (Ageing)
- Gender Development
- Infancy
- Language Development
- Lifespan Development
- Moral Development
- Motor Development
- Neonates
- Parenting and Families
- Perceptual Development
- Piagetian Studies
- Social Development & Personality Development
- Theory of Mind
- Theories of Development
- Economic Psychology
- Educational Psychology
- Environmental Psychology
- Evolutionary Psychology
- Feminist Psychology
- Health Psychology
- History of Psychology
- Multidisciplinary Psychology
- Neuropsychology
- Amnesia & Memory Disorders
- Aphasia
- Apraxia
- Child Neuropsychology
- Developmental Language Disorders
- Clinical Neuropsychology
- Epilepsy
- Laterality (Left & Right Domains)
- Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
- Neuropsychological Tests & Assessments
- Speech & Communication Disorders
- Speech Production Disorders (including Stuttering)
- Parapsychology
- Philosophy of Mind
- Philosophy of Psychology
- Psychological Methods & Statistics
- Introductory & Intermediate Statistics
- Experimental Design & Research Methods
- Qualitative & Mixed Methods
- Quantitative Methods
- SPSS/PASW Statistics
- SAS, MATLAB, & other software applications
- Regression Analysis & Multivariate Statistics
- Factor Analysis, SEM, Multilevel & Longitudinal Modeling
- Power Analysis & Effect Sizes
- Meta Analysis
- Social Psychology
- Applied Social Psychology
- Attitudes & Persuasion
- Social Influence
- Attribution
- Criminology & Delinquency
- Cross Cultural Psychology
- Gender Identity & Sex Roles
- Group Processes
- Intergroup Behavior
- Interpersonal Processes & Communication
- Non-verbal Communication
- Personality
- Political Psychology
- Prejudice
- Religion
- Self & Social Identity
- Social Cognition
- Social Constructionism
- Social Psychology of Organizations
- Social Representation
- Sport Psychology
- Work & Organizational Psychology
- Introductory Work/Organizational Psychology
- Organizational Communication
- Leadership
- Executive Coaching
- Personality & Identity at Work
- Stress & Emotion in the Workplace
- Work & Leisure
- Work Motivation
- Personnel Selection, Assessment, & Human Resource Management
- Industrial/Organization Psychology Tests & Assessments
- Consumer Psychology
- Psychology & Nursing
- Developmental Neuroscience
- Social Neuroscience
- Clinical Psychology & Mental Health
Principles Of Biopsychology
- Add to cart
- Price:
$29.99$26.99 - Paperback: pages
- Published: June 1994
- ISBN: 978-0-86377-282-5
- Publisher: Psychology Press
Sharing & Social Bookmarking:
Question about this product?
- By Simon Greene.
This book is intended to provide an introduction to the basic structure and function of the brain and nervous system, emphasizing relationships with behaviour. The first chapter introduces the field, covering aims, objectives and ethical issues. In chapter 2 the neuron is described, and electrical and chemical conduction presented in detail; this chapter also introduces neurotransmitter pathways and drug effects on normal and abnormal behaviour.; After a general survey of the behavioural organization of the nervous system in chapter 3, three chapters describe how language, learning and memory are related to brain mechanisms, with a particular emphasis on clinical data from human patients, and functional assymetries between the hemispheres. The following chapter outlines the Involvement Of Arousal Systems In Stress, Anxiety And Emotion, And Also covers stress reduction techniques. The arousal theme is maintained in chapter 8 in which sleep is discussed in the context of biological rhythms in psychological and physiological processes.; Chapter 9 covers The Biological Bases Of Motivational States Such As Hunger And Thirst, and discusses the concept of homeostasis. Non-homeostatic drives such as electrical self-stimulation of the brain are also considered. Finally, chapter 10 reviews sensory processes in general, and then concentrates on pain perception and the brain mechanisms underlying visual sensation and perception.; It is intended that the material in this book should satisfy the requirements of both the A-level syllabus for Psychology, whichever Board is taken, and first year introductory undergraduate courses in psychobiology.
Table of Contents
The nervous system - neurons, synapses, and neurotransmitters; the nervous system - functional organization; language and hemisphere function; hemisphere function - studies with the normal brain; learning and memory; Stress And Anxiety; Sleep, Arousal And Biological Rhythms; Motivation; sensory processes.
