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Welcome to
Discovering Biological Psychology!
Table Of Contents
- 1. Introducing Biological
Psychology
- Biological Psychology as an
Interdisciplinary Field
- Highlights in the Biological
Psychology Timeline
- Research Ethics
- Human Participants Guidelines
- The Ethics of Research on the Internet
- Animal Subjects Guidelines
- New Directions: New Ethical Challenges
Regarding Cloning and Stem Cell Research
- 2. The Anatomy of the Nervous
System
- Anatomical Directions and Planes of
Section
- Protecting and Supplying the Nervous
System
- The Central Nervous System
- The Spinal Cord
- The Hindbrain
- The Midbrain
- The Forebrain
- The Peripheral Nervous System
- New Directions: The Autonomic Nervous
System and Stress
- 3. Cells of the Nervous System
- Neurons and Glia
- The Generation of the Action Potential
- The Propagation of the Action
Potential
- The Synapse
- Neuromodulation
- New Directions: Tetanus and the Lack
of Inhibition
- 4. Psychopharmacology
- Neurotransmitters, Neuromodulators,
and Neurohormones
- Drug Actions at the Synapse
- Basic Principles of Drug Effects
- Effects of Psychoactive Drugs
- New Directions: The Future of Drug
Therapy and the Human Genome
- 5. The
Genetics, Evolution, and Development of the Human Brain
- Genetics and Behavior
- Evolution
- Development
- New Directions: Can We Stop the Aging
Process?
- 6. Vision
- Characteristics of Light
- The Structure and Functions of the
Visual System
- Visual Perception
- The Development of the Visual System
- Disorders of the Visual System
- New Directions: The Effect of Vision
on Flavor
- 7. Nonvisual Sensation and
Perception
- Audition
- The Body Senses
- The Chemical Senses
- New Directions: Yellow Smoky Voices
and Sounds Like Briny Pickles
- 8. Movement
- Muscles
- Neural Control of Muscles
- Reflex Control of Movement
- Motor Systems of the Brain
- Disorders of Movement
- New Directions: How Much Stronger and
Faster Can We Get?
- 9. Motivation: The Regulation
of Temperature, Thirst, and Hunger
- Homeostasis
- Regulation of Body Temperature
- Thirst: Regulation of the Body's Fluid
- Hunger: Regulation of the Body's
Nutrients
- Obesity and Eating Disorders
- New Directions: Mood and Food
- 10. Sexual Behavior
Sexual Development
- Hormones and Sexual Behavior
- Sex Differences in the Brain
- Sexual Orientation
- Attraction
- Parental Behavior
- Sexual Dysfunction and Treatment
- New Directions: Why Have Sex?
- 11. Sleep and Waking
- Circadian Rhythms
- Stages of Waking and Sleep
- Sleep Throughout the Life Span
- Dreaming During REM and SWS
- The Functions of Sleep
- Brain Mechanisms of Sleep and Arousal
- Biochemistry of Sleep
- Sleep Disorders
- New Directions: Can We Modify Our
Sleep-Waking Cycles?
- 12. Learning and Memory
- Learning
- Memory
- New Directions: Can We Prevent
Age-Related Memory Loss?
- 13. Lateralization, Language,
and Intelligence
- Lateralization of Function
- Language
- Communication Disorders and Brain
Mechanisms for Language
- Intelligence
- New Directions: The Relationship
Between Music and Language
- 14. Emotion, Stress, and
Health
- Emotion
- Aggression and Violence
- Pleasure and Reward
- Stress
- New Directions: Coping with Stress
- 15. Neurological Disorders
- Major Classes of Neurological
Disorders
- Brain Infections
- Migraine Headaches
- Assessment of Neurological Disorders
- Recovery from Damage
- Therapy for Brain Damage
- New Directions: Using Virtual Reality
(VR) for Rehabilitation Following Brain Injury
- 16. Psychological Disorders
- Schizophrenia
- Mood Disorders
- Anxiety Disorders
- Autism
- Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- New Directions: The Roles of "Nature"
and "Nurture" in Psychopathology
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