Essential Biological Psychology

A comprehensive biological psychology textbook that fits with the BPS guidelines for undergraduate study, this title represents an inexpensive, yet graphical, colourful, research-rich, and pedagogically developed textbook fully in tune with lecturers' and students' needs in biological psychology.

Drawing on the latest exciting research, Essential Biological Psychology provides students with a solid grasp of the relationship between mind and behaviour, and a detailed understanding of the underlying structure and physiological mechanisms that underpin it. The functions of the nervous system are explained and implications for health are explored. Throughout the book, Jim Barnes encourages students to evaluate essential concepts and theoretical issues.

Features include:

• key concepts highlighted throughout the text enables students to grasp the fundamental knowledge and understanding of the structures and functions of the human nervous system that are relevant to the study of psychology
• the snapshot of key studies detailed in the textboxes allow critical evaluation of the role of physiology in human behaviour against a backdrop of up to date research
• clear explanations of the key methods in the text give students an appreciation of the contributions made by the different approaches and research methods that are used in biological psychology
• memory maps and diagrams within the text encourage learning and allow students to formulate memory aids to assist recall in exam conditions

• a companion website consists of PowerPoint lecture slides and a testbank for teachers (50 questions per chapter) as well as interactive self-assessment testbank for students (10 questions per chapter)

  Autorentext

  Jim Barnes is Reader in Psychology at Oxford Brookes University.

  Inhalt

  Chapter 1: Neurons, Neurotransmission and Communication
  Chapter 2: Neuroanatomy and Brain Mapping
  Chapter 3: Genes and Evolution
  Chapter 4: Development and Plasticity of the Brain
  Chapter 5: Visual System
  Chapter 6: Non-Visual Sensory Systems
  Chapter 7: Motor Control and Movement
  Chapter 8: The Biopsychology of Motivation
  Chapter 9: Sleep and Biological Rhythms
  Chapter 10: Biopsychology of Emotions, Stress and Health
  Chapter 11: Memory, Learning and Amnesia
  Chapter 12: Lateralisation and Language
  Chapter 13: Biological Basis of Behaviour Disorders