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| Each chapter includes Interim Summary | |
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| Prologue | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| Key Concepts, and Suggested Readings | |
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| Origins of Physiological Psychology | |
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| Understanding Human Consciousness: A Physiological Approach | |
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| The Nature of Physiological Psychology | |
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| Ethical Issues in Research with Animals | |
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| Careers in Neuroscience | |
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| Strategies for Learning | |
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| Structure and Functions of Cells of the Nervous System | |
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| Cells of the Nervous System | |
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| Communication within a Neuron | |
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| Communication between Neurons | |
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| Structure of the Nervous System | |
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| Basic Features of the Nervous System | |
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| The Central Nervous System | |
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| The Peripheral Nervous System | |
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| Psychopharmocology | |
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| Principles of Psychopharmacology | |
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| Sites of Drug Action | |
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| Neurotransmittters and Neuromodulators | |
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| Methods and Strategies of Research | |
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| Recording and Stimulating Neural Activity | |
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| Neurochemical Methods | |
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| Genetic Methods | |
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| Vision | |
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| The Stimulus | |
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| Anatomy of the Visual System | |
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| Coding of Visual Information in the Retina | |
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| Analysis of Visual Information: Role of the Striate Cortex | |
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| Analysis of Visual Information: Role of the Visual Association Cortex | |
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| Audition, the Body Senses, and the Chemical Senses | |
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| Audition | |
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| Vestibular System | |
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| Somatosenses | |
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| Gustation | |
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| Olfaction | |
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| Sleep and Biological Rhythms | |
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| A Physiological and Behavioral Description | |
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| Why Do We Sleep? | |
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| Physiological Mechanisms of Sleep and Walking | |
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| Disorders of Sleep | |
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| Biological Clocks | |
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| Reproductive Behavior | |
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| Sexual Development | |
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| Hormonal Control of Sexual Behavior | |
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| Neural Control of Sexual Behavior | |
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| Parental Behavior | |
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| Emotion | |
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| Emotions as Response Patterns | |
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| Expression and Recognition of Emotions | |
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| Feelings of Emotions | |
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| Aggressive Behavior | |
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| Ingestive Behavior | |
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| Physiological Regulatory Mechanisms | |
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| Drinking | |
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| Eating and Metabolism | |
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| What Starts a Meal? | |
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| What Stops a Meal? | |
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| Brain Mechanisms | |
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| Eating Disorders | |
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| Learning and Memory | |
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| The Nature of Learning | |
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| Learning and Synaptic Plasticity | |
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| Perceptual Learning | |
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| Classical Conditioning | |
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| Instrumental Conditioning and Motor Learning | |
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| Relational Learning | |
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| Human Communication | |
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| Speech Production and Comprehension: Brain Mechanisms | |
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| Disorders of Reading and Writing | |
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| Neurological Disorders | |
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| Tumors | |
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| Seizure Disorders | |
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| Cerebrovascular Accidents | |
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| Disorders of Development | |
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| Degenerative Disorders | |
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| Disorders Caused by Infectious Diseases | |
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| Schizophrenia, the Affective Disorders, and the Anxiety Disorders | |
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| Schizophrenia | |
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| Major Affective Disorders | |
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| Anxiety Disorders | |
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| Autistic Disorder, Stress Disorders, and Drug Abuse | |
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| Stress Disorders | |
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| Drug Abuse | |
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| References | |
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| Name Index | |
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| Subject Index | |