Basics of Biopsychology

Name: Basics of Biopsychology
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ISBN: 9780205602391

ISBN-10: 0205602398

ISBN-13: 9780205602391

Edition: 2007

Authors: John P. J. Pinel

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Book details

List price: $198.60
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/26/2007
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 624
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 3.432
Language: English




Introduction to Biopsychology How Biopsychologists Think about Behavior



What is Biopsychology?



Human Evolution



Fundamental Genetics



Thinking about the Biology of Behavior: Mind-Brain and Nature-Nurture Issues



Anatomy of the Brain The Systems, Structures, and Cells that Make Up Your Nervous System



General Layout of the Nervous System



Cells of the Nervous System



Neuroanatomical Techniques and Directions



The Spinal Cord



The Five Divisions of the Brain



Major Structures of the Brain



Neural Activity and How to Study It How Neurons Work



The Neuronrsquo;s Resting Membrane Potential



Postsynaptic Potentials and Action Potentials



Conduction of Action Potentials



Synaptic Transmission: Chemical Transmission of Signals from One Neuron to Another



The Neurotransmitters



How Biopsychologists Study the Brain



Sensory and Motor Systems



The Visual System How We See



Light Enters the Eye and Reaches the Retina



The Retina and Translation of Light into Neural Signals



From Retina to Primary Visual Cortex



Seeing Edges



Seeing Color



Cortical Mechanisms of Vision: Beyond Primary Visual Cortex



Mechanisms of Perception Hearing, Touch, Taste, Smell, and Attention: How You Know the World



Principles of Sensory System Organization



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