BIOPSYCHOLOGY PINEL J. Księgarnia

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BIOPSYCHOLOGY

Biopsychology is one of "the most rapidly progressing fields of science. This edition of Biopsychology has kept abreast of recent developments; it contains approximately 430 references to articles that have been published since the last edition. Indeed, these additions have dictated changes to many parts of this text.

Changes to This Edition

The following is a list of some of the topics that receive more or better coverage in this edition than in the last:

cognitive neuroscience

thinking about evolution

mitochondrial DNA

the human genome project

functions of the autonomic nervous system

metabotropic and ionotropic receptors

ligands and ligand-gated channels

human brain scanning

approaches to neuropsychological testing

genetic engineering

transgenetic animal models

necrosis and apoptosis

ischemic brain damage

search for a Parkinson's gene

two streams of visual cortical analysis

secondary auditory cortex

anterior cingulate cortex and pain

conscious awareness

selective attention

change blindness

secondary motor cortex

somatotopic organization of the motor cortex

cerebellum and learning

ob/ob mice

leptin

calorie restriction and health

neuroanatomy of osmoreceptors

update on the notorious case of ablatio penis

sexual attraction

genetics of circadian rhythms

polyphasic sleep and sleep reduction

melatonin and sleep

theories of hippocampal function

functional brain imaging and memory

memory and the striatum

theories of drug conditioning

methamphetamine and ecstasy

stem cells

human studies of neuroplasticity

genetic treatments of brain disorders

dyslexia

functional brain imaging and language

lateralization of memory

diathesis-stress model

ulcers, infection, and stress

culture and depression

beneficial effects of sleep deprivation on depression

Learning Aids

Biopsychology has four features that are expressly designed to help students learn and remember the material:

I boldfaced key terms and their marginal definitions- additional key terms of less importance appear in italics;

I study exercises that occur in the chapters at key transition points, where students can benefit most from pausing to consolidate preceding material before continuing;

I food-for-thought discussion questions at the end of each chapter;

I appendices, which serve as convenient sources of important information that is too detailed for some students of biopsychology.

Illustrations

The illustrations in Biopsychology are special. This is because each illustration was conceptualized and designed by a scientist-artist team who were uniquely qualified to create illustrations to clarify and reinforce the text. This uniquely qualified team was my wife, Maggie, with occasional suggestions from me.

550 pages

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