Understanding Biological Psychology [Hardcover]

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• gives conceptual clarity to a complex and often confusing field;
  
• innovative integration of theory and methods;
  
• covers a core area of the undergraduate syllabus;
  
• accessible, student-friendly text;
  
• synthesizes biological processes with mainstream psychological topics to make the subject both interesting and accessible;
  
• focuses on what biological psychology is for, rather than treating it as an end in itself;
  
• provides basic introductions to biological principles and applications;
  
• covers recent advances, such as neuroimaging and molecular genetics.

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Acknowledgements.

1. Introduction.

Part I: Foundations:.

2. Evolution and Genetics.

3. Brain Structure and Function.

4. Neurons and Neurotransmission.

5. Sensory and Motor Systems.

6. The Neuroendocrine System.

7. Learning and Neural Plasticity.

Part II: Approaches:.

8. Neuropsychology.

9. Psychophysiology.

10. Neuroimaging.&l“$