Research Catalog

Title

Biological psychology / James W. Kalat.

Author

Kalat, James W.

Publication

Pacific Grove, CA : Brooks/Cole Pub. Co, ©1998.

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Details

Description

xxi, 535 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm

Summary

Nerve cells - Synapses and drugs - Development and evolution of the brain - Vision - Sensory systems - Movement - Sleep - Hormones and sexual behaviour - Learning and memory - Genetics and evolution - Lateralization and language - Brain damage - Mood disorders - Schizophrenia - Use of animals and human subjects in neuroscience research - Split brain_______________

Subject

• Neuropsychology
• Psychobiology
• Psychophysiology
• Human behavior
• Neuropsychology [MESH]
• Psychophysiology [MESH]
• Behavior [MESH]
• Neuropsychology
• Psychophysiology
• Behavior
• human behavior
• Human behavior
• Psychobiology
• Neuropsychologie
• Physiologische Psychologie
• Psychobiologie

Note

• Study guide written by Elaine M. Hull.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 456-505) and indexes.

Contents

Human behavior in the context of the animal kingdom -- Nerve cells and nerve impulses -- Synapses and drugs -- The anatomy and investigation of the nervous system -- The development and evolution of the brain -- Vision -- The nonvisual sensory systems -- Movement -- Rhythms of wakefulness and sleep -- The regulation of internal body states -- Hormones and sexual behavior -- Emotional behaviors and stress -- The biology of learning and memory -- Lateralization and language -- Recovery from brain damage -- Mood disorders and schizophrenia.

ISBN

• 0534348939
• 9780534348939

LCCN

97025089

OCLC

• ocm37044038
• 37044038
• SCSB-373833

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library