Biological psychology /
Suzanne Higgs, Alison Cooper, Jonathan Lee.
- 3rd edition.
- xvii, 610 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Revised edition of: Biological psychology / Suzanne Higgs, Alison Cooper, Jonathan Lee. Second edition. 2020.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-599) and index.
Chapter 1: What is Biological Psychology Chapter 2: Structure and Communication in the Nervous System Chapter 3: Drugs and the Nervous System: Psychopharmacology Chapter 4: Development, Degeneration and Recovery in the Nervous System Chapter 5: The Importance of Experience: Learning and Memory Chapter 6: Sensory Systems Chapter 7: Motor Control Chapter 8: Emotional Behaviours Chapter 9: Motivated Behaviours Chapter 10: Psychological Disorders
Biological Psychology offers a highly visual, in-depth guide to the basic biological functions of the brain that you will need to learn throughout the course of your psychology degree. This edition boasts a revamped learning structure with a strong applied focus. This allows you to engage with biological psychology through a range of real world applications, getting you to apply your learning to conditions such as epilepsy, PTSD and Parkinson’s, and treatments such as gene therapy and brain-computer interfaces for spinal cord injuries--Provided by the Publisher
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Psychobiology. Behavior--physiology. Nervous System Physiological Phenomena. Brain--physiology. Mental Processes--physiology.