Biological Psychology

MARK R. ROSENZWEIG, Professor of Graduate Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. S. MARC BREEDLOVE, faculty member in the Psychology Department at the University of California, Berkeley, for over 20 years, he is currently the Barnett Rosenberg Professor of Neuroscience at Michigan State University. NEIL V. WATSON, Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Biological Psychology: Scope and Outlook PART I: BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF BEHAVIOR Functional Neuroanatomy: The Nervous System and Behavior Neurophysiology: Conduction, Transmission, and Integration of Neural Signals Psychopharmacology: Neurotransmitters, Drugs, and Behavior Hormones and the Brain PART II: EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM Evolution of Brain and Behavior Life Span Development of the Brain and Behavior PART III: PERCEPTION AND ACTION General Principles of Sensory Processing, Touch, and Pain Hearing, Vestibular Perception, Taste, and Smell Vision: From Eye to Brain Motor Control and Plasticity PART IV: THE REGULATION OF BEHAVIOR Sex: Evolutionary, Hormonal, and Neural Bases Homeostasis: Active Regulation of Internal States Biological Rhythms, Sleep, and Dreaming PART V: EMOTIONS AND MENTAL DISORDERS Emotions, Aggression, and Stress Psychopathology: Biological Bases of Behavior Disorders PART VI: COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE Learning and Memory: Biological Perspectives Learning and Memory: Neural Mechanisms Language and Cognition Afterwords