Main description:

This title offers a comprehensive and up-to-date presentation of the processes by which biological systems, most notably the nervous system, affect behaviour. A fantastic art program, an applauded accessible writing style and a host of pedagogical features - including chapter-opening vignettes, real world examples, applications sections, and frequent summaries - make the text relevant to the lives of the students taking biological psychology. Lecturer and student supplements are available.

Contents:

An Introduction to Biological Psychology; Exploring the Nervous System; The Development and Plasticity of the Nervous System; Communication Within the Nervous System; The Effects of Psychoactive Drugs; Vision; Hearing, Balance, and the Cutaneous and Chemical Senses; The Neurological Control of Movement; Wakefulness and Sleep; The Biology of Eating and Drinking; Sexual Development and Sexual Behavior; The Biology of Emotion and Stress; Language and Lateralization; The Biology of Learning and Memory; The Biological Basis of Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia.