Understand the foundations of biological psychology and explore the stories behind important discoveries in the field.
Everything you need to know about brain and behaviour – from sensory systems, eating disorders and sleep to drugs, language and memory. This fourth edition has been fully updated throughout, and includes new figures and diagrams, revised learning features, and clear explanations of over 330 key terms.
Includes:
- The latest research on the neural basis of mental illness, degenerative diseases, and genetics
- Key Figure and Special Interest boxes spotlight interesting researchers, studies and discoveries of conditions
- End-of-chapter MCQs test understanding and support your preparation for assessments
- 250 full colour diagrams and figures illustrate the key concepts in each chapter
- Supported by online teaching and learning resources including drag and drop exercises for students, an instructor’s manual, testbank, and Power Point slides.
Introduction to Biopsychology is essential reading for all Psychology students studying biological psychology.
Tabella dei contenuti
Chapter 1: An introduction to biological psychology, brains and nerve function
Chapter 2: The visual system
Chapter 3: Sensory systems other than vision
Chapter 4: The control of movement
Chapter 5: Hunger and eating disorders
Chapter 6: Emotional states
Chapter 7: Sleep and circadian rhythms
Chapter 8: Sexual development and behaviour
Chapter 9: Learning and memory
Chapter 10: Language and cognition
Chapter 11: The biological basis of mental illness
Chapter 12: Drugs and addiction
Chapter 13: Degenerative diseases of the nervous system
Chapter 14: Genes and behaviour
Circa l’autore
Andrew Wickens obtained his Ph D From Liverpool University, and spent 2 years as a post doctoral researcher in behavioural pharmacology at Aberdeen before becoming Course Leader for the neuroscience degree at Preston Polytechnic (now University of Central Lancashire) where he spent 27 years. He retired in 2017. Over this time he has written The Causes of Aging, A History of the Brain (which won the British Psychological Society’s best textbook of the year in 2018) and Key Thinkers in Neuroscience. Introduction to Biopsychology first appeared in 2000, and is now with SAGE for its fourth edition.
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