Biopsychology 10th ed Global 2018 by John Pinel torrent

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TITLE: Biopsychology, 10th edition, Global edition (2018)
AUTHOR: John P. J. Pinel, Steven J. Barnes
ISBN-13: 9781292158471
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COURSE: courses in Physiological Psychology and Biopsychology

DESCRIPTION: Explore how the central nervous system governs behavior. "Biopsychology" presents a clear, engaging introduction to biopsychological theory and research through a unique combination of biopsychological science and personal, reader-oriented discourse. Original author John Pinel and new co-author Steven Barnes address students directly and interweave the fundamentals of the field with clinical case studies, useful metaphors, and memorable anecdotes that make course material personally and socially relevant to readers. In addition to expanded learning objectives that guide students through the course, the 10th Edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect this rapidly progressing scientific field.

BRIEF CONTENTS:
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PART ONE What Is Biopsychology?
1 Biopsychology as a Neuroscience: What Is Biopsychology, Anyway?
PART TWO Foundations of Biopsychology
2 Evolution, Genetics, and Experience: Thinking about the Biology of Behavior
3 Anatomy of the Nervous System: Systems, Structures, and Cells That Make Up
Your Nervous System
4 Neural Conduction and Synaptic Transmission: How Neurons Send and Receive
Signals
5 The Research Methods of Biopsychology: Understanding What Biopsychologists Do
PART THREE Sensory and Motor Systems
6 The Visual System: How We See
7 Mechanisms of Perception: Hearing, Touch, Smell, Taste, and Attention: How
You Know the World
8 The Sensorimotor System: How You Move
PART FOUR Brain Plasticity
9 Development of the Nervous System: From Fertilized Egg to You
10 Brain Damage and Neuroplasticity: Can the Brain Recover from Damage?
11 Learning, Memory, and Amnesia: How Your Brain Stores Information
PART FIVE Biopsychology of Motivation
12 Hunger, Eating, and Health: Why Do Many People Eat Too Much?
13 Hormones and Sex: What’s Wrong with the Mamawawa?
14 Sleep, Dreaming, and Circadian Rhythms: How Much Do You Need to Sleep?
15 Drug Use, Drug Addiction, and the Brain’s Reward Circuits: Chemicals That
Harm with Pleasure
PART SIX Disorders of Cognition and Emotion
16 Lateralization, Language, and the Split Brain: The Left Brain and the Right
Brain
17 Biopsychology of Emotion, Stress, and Health: Fear, the Dark Side of Emotion
18 Biopsychology of Psychiatric Disorders: The Brain Unhinged
Epilogue
appendixes
glossary
references
index