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Pinel, John P. J.

Biopsychology / John P.J. Pinel. - 8th ed. - Boston : Allyn & Bacon, c2011. - xxiv, 584 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 516-563) and indexes.

Biopsychology as a neuroscience -- Evolution, genetics, and experience -- Anatomy of the nervous system -- Neural conduction and synaptic transmission -- The research methods of biopsychology -- The visual system -- Mechanisms of perception : hearing, touch, smell, taste, and attention -- The sensorimotor system -- Development of the nervous system -- Brain damage and neuroplasticity -- Learning, memory, and amnesia -- Hunger, eating, and health -- Hormones and sex -- Sleep, dreaming, and circadian rhythms -- Drug addiction and the brain -- Lateralization, language, and the split brain -- Biopsychology of emotion, stress, and health -- Biopsychology of psychiatric disorders.

ISBN: 9780205832569 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2010038756

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Psychobiology--Textbooks.
Psychophysiology--methods.
Behavior--physiology.
Brain--physiology.
Brain Diseases--physiopathology.

LC Class. No.: QP360 / .P463 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 612.8

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WL 103