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Biological Psychology: An Introduction to Behavioral, Cognitive, and Clinical Neuroscience, Fifth Edition
S. Marc Breedlove, Mark R. Rosenzweig, and Neil V. Watson
2007
603 pages, 423 illustrations
casebound
About This Title
Biological Psychology is a comprehensive survey of the biological bases of behavior that is authoritative and up-to-date. Designed for undergraduates enrolled in Biological Psychology, Physiological Psychology, or Behavioral Neuroscience, the book continues to offer an outstanding illustration program that engages students, making even complicated topics and processes clear. The book offers a broad perspective, encompassing lucid descriptions of behavior, evolutionary history, development, proximate mechanisms, and applications. The Fifth Edition has been redesigned to help students study and learn more effectively. Optional advanced topics are available on the Web as “A Step Further,” streamlining the printed text to emphasize the important points. Each chapter begins with a brief outline and an engaging narrative relating the topic to the human condition. Bold-faced terms are defined in margins and at the end of the book to aid students in remembering key terms. The new edition boasts hundreds of new references, including research students may have encountered in the popular media. Yet critical thinking skills are also honed as the reader is alerted to the many widely held myths about the neuroscience of behavior and educated about facts that sound unlikely to the uninformed. Thorough and reader-friendly, Biological Psychology reveals the fascinating interactions of brain and behavior.
Key Features
- The book has an outstanding full-color art program, including hundreds of original drawings that make it easy to understand structures, mechanisms, and processes in the brain.
- Each chapter opens with a brief outline and a narrative illustrating an important aspect of behavioral biology that will be made clear to the student by reading the rest of the chapter.
- Chapters end with a summary of the main points and offer recommended reading for students who want to learn more.
- Bold-faced terms are defined in the margins of the text to help students identify and learn key terminology.
- All references to figures, tables, and boxes are now bold-faced and in color, for easy differentiation from the body of the text.
- The electronic study guide, Learning Biological Psychology, is now available on the Web and is referenced from icons and in-text callouts throughout the text. (See Media and Supplements section.)
About the Authors
S. Marc Breedlove, the Barnett Rosenberg Professor of Neuroscience at Michigan State University, has written over 100 scientific articles investigating the role of hormones in shaping the developing and adult nervous system, publishing in journals including Science, Nature, Nature Neuroscience, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. He has been widely interviewed about his research by periodicals including the San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and Newsweek, as well as broadcast programs such as All Things Considered, Good Morning America and Sixty Minutes. He has active grant support from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the National Science Foundation. In November 2009, Dr. Breedlove was honored for his contributions to science with election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
The late Mark R. Rosenzweig was Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Rochester and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. He was active in research in biological psychology for fifty years and taught the subject for almost as many years. His main research was on brain mechanisms of learning and memory, and he also did research on brain mechanisms of auditory perception. He authored or coauthored 300 scientific publications—books, chapters, and articles. Dr. Rosenzweig held several offices in the International Union of Psychological Science, including the presidency. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A., and he was awarded honorary doctorate degrees by the Université Rene Descartes (Paris), the Université Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg), and the Université de Montreal.
Neil V. Watson and the members of his lab at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada study sex-related aspects of the structure and function of the nervous system, with ongoing grant support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. He has published scientific articles on topics ranging from the effects of steroid hormones on cell survival, to the neural control of reproductive behavior, to human cognitive sex differences. Dr. Watson received his undergraduate and master's degrees from the University of Western Ontario and his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia. Following a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley, he joined the faculty at SFU in 1996 where he is now Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Psychology. He teaches biological psychology to hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students each year.
Reviews and Commentary
“This is an excellent book for the undergraduate, for learning about recent developments while completing medical studies, and for reacquainting and updating a professional in the field.”
—Richard J. Bodnar, JAMA
Table of Contents
A Chapter-by-Chapter Sampling of New Content
1. Biological Psychology: Scope and Outlook
- Updated discussion of consciousness and recent studies of animal intelligence
Part I: Biological Foundations of Behavior
2. Functional Neuroanatomy: The Nervous System and Behavior
- Completely reorganized, with updated information about the structure of the nervous system, from the level of the synapse to the major divisions of the nervous system
- Enhanced coverage of modern techniques ranging from immunohistological approaches to fMRI, optical imaging, rTMS, and magnetoencephalography.
3. Neurophysiology: The Generation, Transmission, and Integration of Neural Signals
- Improved discussion of membrane potentials
- New box on channel toxins and channelopathy
- Updated descriptions of the integration of postsynaptic potentials, synaptic transmission, receptors and their regulation, ectopic transmission, and the activity of neural circuits
4. The Chemical Bases of Behavior: Neurotransmitters and Neuropharmacology
- Substantially updated and reorganized
- New box on dose-response curves and drug effects
- Improved coverage of soluble gas neurotransmitters
- Updated descriptions of drugs of abuse, models of addiction, and the importance of environmental cues
5. Hormones and the Brain
- Improved coverage of hormone receptors and their cellular effects
- New examples of hormone-mediated behaviors
- Current research developments, such as the identification of gonadotropin inhibiting hormone (GnIH) and kisspeptin in reproduction and puberty
Part II: Evolution and Development of the Nervous System
6. Evolution of the Brain and Behavior
- Substantially revised
- Stresses evolution as an ongoing process and gives examples of recent evolutionary changes in humans and other species
7. Life-Span Development of the Brain and Behavior
- New section on the adolescent brain
- New findings on neurogenesis in adulthood
- Updated information on autism and Alzheimer’s disease
Part III: Perception and Action
8. General Principles of Sensory Processing, Touch, and Pain
- More discoveries about the newly discovered receptors for warmth and cool temperatures in skin
- Role of endocannabinoids in stress-induced pain modulation
- Newly discovered sodium channel specific to pain fibers
- New box on synesthesia
9. Hearing, Vestibular Perception, Taste, and Smell
- Updated coverage of the auditory sense and human auditory cognition
- Coverage of the latest taste receptor discoveries
- Up-to-the-minute discussion of olfactory receptors and their functions
10. Vision: From Eye to Brain
- Reorganized for easier comprehension
- New material on mirror neurons
11. Motor Control and Plasticity
- New vignette about proprioception
- Box on mirror neurons
- Updated information on regeneration after spinal injury
- Molecular bases of Parkinson’s and Huntington’s disease
Part IV: Regulation and Behavior
12. Sex: Evolutionary, Hormonal, and Neural Bases
- Overall size of the chapter significantly reduced
- Extensive updates to the discussion of human sexuality, pheromones and sexual behavior, parenting, environmental influences in sexual differentiation and gender identity
13. Homeostasis: Active Regulation of Internal States
- Improved coverage of energy maintenance (glucostasis)
- Thoroughly revised and updated information on the peptide hormone-based appetite control circuitry of the hypothalamus, including new material on ghrelin and obestatin
- Endocannabinoids and hunger
- Bariatric surgery
- Body Mass Index and health
14. Biological Rhythms, Sleep, and Dreaming
- The shift in circadian rhythms at puberty
- Clarified discussion of the neural mechanisms of sleep, including the role of hypocretin
- Updates on narcolepsy
Part V: Emotions and Mental Disorders
15. Emotions, Aggression, and Stress
- Updated information about maternal behavior and “stress immunization”
- New findings about aggression
- Next generation of “lie detectors”
- The social brain
16. Psychopathology: Biological Basis of Behavioral Disorders
- Updates on the effectiveness of traditional versus atypical antipsychotic drugs and the controversy over use of antidepressants in children and adolescents
- Updates on Tourette’s syndrome and the use of vagal and deep brain stimulation therapies
Part VI: Cognitive Neuroscience
17. Learning and Memory: Biological Perspectives
- This chapter has been reorganized for greater clarity, and new research has been included.
18. Learning and Memory: Neural Mechanisms
- New vignette featuring a striking 70-year-old recollection of a pioneer investigator of memory.
19. Language and Cognition
- Updated discussion of aphasias
- Genetic models of verbal behavior
- Stroke, language impairments, and recovery of function
Afterword
Appendix
Glossary
References
Author Index
Subject Index
Media and Supplements
For Students
Companion Website
(www.biopsychology.com)
The electronic study guide, Learning Biological Psychology, is now available on the Web, and contains a wide range of study and review resources to help students master the material presented in the textbook. Tightly integrated with the text, with content corresponding to every major heading and subheading in the book, this online resource greatly enhances the learning experience.
The site includes:
- Detailed Chapter Outlines that link to all of the resources on the site, forming a complete review of each chapter
- Extensive Study Questions that help the student master the full range of material in each chapter
- Animated Tutorials, Activities, and Videos that illustrate many of the complex, dynamic concepts and processes of biological psychology
- Comprehensive Quizzes that test the student’s grasp of the material, with results stored in the new online gradebook (instructor registration required)
- Interactive Terminology Quizzes that reinforce the many new terms introduced in each chapter
- Essay Questions that challenge students to synthesize what they have learned and apply it to more open-ended questions and problems
- A Step Further, offering advanced coverage to allow students to explore topics more deeply.
- A Glossary that provides quick access to definitions of all the important terminology used in the textbook
Biological Psychology NewsLink
(www.biopsychology.com/newslink)
This invaluable online resource helps students make connections between the science of biological psychology and their daily lives and keeps them apprised of the latest developments in the field. The site includes links to thousands of news stories, all organized by both keyword and textbook chapter. The site is updated daily, so it includes up-to-the-minute information.
For Instructors
If you have adopted Biological Psychology for course use (within the U.S., Canada, or the Caribbean) and are interested in the instructor’s supplements that accompany the text, please contact Linda VandenDolder, vandendolder@sinauer.com. Outside the U.S., Canada, or the Caribbean? Check our ordering page for your local distributor.
Instructor’s Resource Library
The expanded Fifth Edition Instructor’s Resource Library includes a variety of resources to aid you in the planning of your course, the development of your lectures, and the assessment of your students. Features include:
- Figures & Tables: All of the line-art illustrations, photos, and tables from the textbook are provided as both high-resolution and low-resolution JPEGs, all optimized for use in presentation software (such as PowerPoint®)
- PowerPoint Resources: Three different types of PowerPoint presentations are provided for each chapter of the textbook:
- All figures, photos, and tables
- NEW! A complete lecture outline, including selected figures
- Animations and videos
- Videos: A collection of video segments for use in lecture
- Animations: These detailed animations help enliven lectures and illustrate dynamic processes.
- Instructor’s Manual and Test Bank in both Word and PDF formats
- Computerized Test Bank: The entire Test Bank is provided in Diploma® format (software included) making it easy to quickly assemble exams using any combination of publisher-provided and custom questions. Includes the companion website quiz questions.
Instructor’s Manual & Test Bank
(included in the Instructor’s Resource Library)
The Biological Psychology Instructor’s Manual and Test Bank includes useful resources for planning your course, lectures, and exams. For each chapter of the textbook, it includes the following:
- A Chapter Overview that gives a brief synopsis of the topics covered
- A complete Chapter Outline
- A set of Key Concepts that break the chapter down into its core elements
- Detailed Lecture Outlines that aid in preparing lectures
- Additional References for lecture and course development
- Comprehensive Exam Questions, including multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, matching, essay, definition, and paragraph development questions that cover the full range of material in each chapter (Companion Website quiz questions included)
Online Quizzing
New for the Fifth Edition, the Companion Website includes online quizzes that can be assigned by instructors or used as self-review exercises. Quizzes can be customized with any combination of the default questions and an instructor’s own questions, and can be assigned as desired. Results of the quizzes are stored in the online gradebook. (Instructors must register in order for their students to be able to take the quizzes.)
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