Biopsychology. / John P. J. Pinel.
Material type: TextPublisher: Boston: Allyn and Bacon, c1993Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiv, 658p. : ill. ; 26cmISBN: 0205138977LOC classification: QP360.P463Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY nursing | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY | QP360.P463 (Browse shelf) | Available | NURS/058/16 |
Includes index.
Contents: Biopsychology as a neuroscience -- Evolution, genetics, and development: learning to ask the right questions about the biology of behavior -- The anatomy of the nervous system -- Neural conduction and synaptic transmission -- What biopsychologists do: the research methods of biopsychology -- Human brain damage and animal models -- The visual system: From eye to cortex -- Mechanisms of perception -- The sensorimotor system -- The biopsychology of eating and drinking -- Hormones and sex -- Sleep, dreaming, and circadian rhythms -- Drug abuse and reward circuits in the brain -- Memory and amnesia -- Neuroplasticity: development, learning and recovery from brain damage -- Lateralization, language, and the split brain -- The biopsychology of emotions and mental illness.
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