| Contents | |
| Note: Each chapter includes Interim Summaries and concludes with Thought Questions, Recommended Reading, Key Terms, and Recommended Web Sites | |
| Introducing Biological Psychology | |
| Biological Psychology as an Interdisciplinary | |
| Field Highlights in the Biological Psychology | |
| Timeline Research Methods in Biological Psychology | |
| Research Ethics | |
| New Directions: New Ethical Challenges Regarding Stem Cell Research | |
| The Anatomy of the Nervous System | |
| Anatomical Directions and Planes of Section | |
| Protecting and Supplying the Nervous System | |
| The Central Nervous System | |
| The Peripheral Nervous System | |
| New Directions: The Autonomic Nervous System and Stress | |
| Cells of the Nervous System | |
| Neurons and Glia | |
| The Generation of the Action Potential | |
| The Propagation of the Action Potential | |
| The Synapse Neuromodulation | |
| New Directions: Tetanus and the Lack of Inhibition | |
| Psychopharmacology Neurotransmitters, Neuromodulators, and Neurohormones | |
| Drug Actions at the Synapse | |
| Basic Principles of Drug Effects | |
| Effects of Psychoactive Drugs | |
| New Directions: Designer Drugs | |
| The Genetics, Evolution, and Development of the Human Brain | |
| Genetics and Behavior Evolution Development | |
| New Directions: Can We Stop the Aging Process | |
| Vision Characteristics of Light | |
| The Structure and Functions of the Visual System | |
| Visual Perception | |
| The Development of the Visual System | |
| Disorders of the Visual System | |
| New Directions: The Effect of Vision on Flavor | |
| Nonvisual Sensation and Perception Audition | |
| The Body Senses | |
| The Chemical Senses | |
| New Directions: Yellow Smoky Voices and Sounds Like Briny Pickles | |
| Movement Muscles | |
| Neural Control of Muscles Reflex | |
| Control of Movement Motor Systems of the Brain | |
| Disorders of Movement | |
| New Directions: How Much Stronger and Faster Can We Get | |
| Motivation: The Regulation of Temperature, Thirst, and Hunger Homeostasis | |
| Regulation of Body Temperature | |
| Thirst: Regulation of the Body's Fluid | |
| Hunger: Regulation of the Body's Nutrients | |
| Obesity and Eating Disorders | |
| New Directions: Mood and Food | |
| Sexual Behavior | |
| Sexual Development Hormones and Sexual Behavior | |
| Sex Differences in the Nervous System S | |
| exual Orientation Attraction | |
| Parental Behavior Sexual | |
| Dysfunction and Treatment | |
| New Directions: Why Have Sex | |
| Sleep and Waking Circadian | |
| Rhythms Stages of Waking and Sleep | |
| Sleep Throughout the Life Span | |
| Dreaming During REM and SWS | |
| The Functions of Sleep | |
| Brain Mechanisms of Sleep and Arousal Biochemistry of Sleep | |
| Sleep Disorders | |
| New Directions: Can We Modify Our Sleep-Waking Cycles | |
| Learning and Memory | |
| Learning Memory | |
| New Directions: Can We Prevent Age-Related Memory Loss | |
| Lateralization, Language, and Intelligence Lateralization of Function | |
| Language Communication Disorders and Brain Mechanisms for Language Intelligence | |
| New Directions: The Relationship Between Music and Language | |
| Emotion, Aggression, Reward, and Stress Emotion | |
| Aggression and Violence | |
| Pleasure and Reward Stress | |
| New Directions: Coping with Stress | |
| Neurological Disorders | |
| Major Classes of Neurological Disorders | |
| Brain Infections | |
| Migraine Headaches Assessment of Neurological Disorders | |
| Recovery from Damage Therapy for Brain Damage | |
| New Directions: Using Virtual Reality (VR) for Rehabilitation Following Brain Injury | |
| Psychological Disorders | |
| Schizophrenia Mood Disorders | |
| Anxiety Disorders | |
| Autism Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder | |
| Antisocial Personality Disorder | |
| New Directions: The Roles of Nature and Nurture in Psychopathology | |
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