Introduction to biopsychology / / John P. J. Pinel, Steven J. Barnes

• Autore: Pinel John P. J
• Pubblicazione: Boston, Mass., : Pearson, 2014
• Edizione: 9th ed., Global ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (577 p.) : ill. (some col.)
• Disciplina: 612.8
• Soggetto topico: Psychobiology; Psychophysiology; Brain - Physiology
• Altri autori: BarnesSteven <1973->
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- Preface -- To the Student -- About the Author -- Part One: What is Biopsychology? -- Chapter 1: Biopsychology as a Neuroscience: What is Biopsychology, Anyway? -- The Case of Jimmie G., the Man Frozen in Time -- Four Major Themes of this Text -- 1.1 What is Biopsychology? -- 1.2 What is the Relation between Biopsychology and the Other Disciplines of Neuroscience? -- 1.3 What Types of Research Characterize the Biopsychological Approach? -- Human and Nonhuman Subjects -- Experiments and Nonexperiments -- Pure and Applied Research -- 1.4 What are the Divisions of Biopsychology? -- Physiological Psychology -- Psychopharmacology -- Neuropsychology -- The Case of Mr. R., the Brain-Damaged Student who Switched to Architecture -- Psychophysiology -- Cognitive Neuroscience -- Comparative Psychology -- 1.5 Converging Operations: How do Biopsychologists Work Together? -- 1.6 Scientific Inference: How do Biopsychologists Study the Unobservable Workings of the Brain? -- 1.7 Critical Thinking about Biopsychological Claims -- Case 1: José and the Bull -- Case 2: Becky, Moniz, and Prefrontal Lobotomy -- Themes Revisited -- Think about It -- Key Terms -- Quick Review -- Part Two: Foundations of Biopsychology -- Chapter 2: Evolution, Genetics, and Experience: Thinking about the Biology of Behavior -- 2.1 Thinking about the Biology of Behavior: From Dichotomies to Interactions -- Is it Physiological, or is it Psychological? -- Is it Inherited, or is it Learned? -- Problems with Thinking about the Biology of Behavior in Terms of Traditional Dichotomies -- The Case of the Man Who Fell Out of Bed -- Case of the Chimps with Mirrors -- The Case of the Thinking Student -- 2.2 Human Evolution -- Evolution and Behavior -- Course of Human Evolution -- Thinking about Human Evolution -- Evolution of the Human Brain. ; Evolutionary Psychology: Understanding Mate Bonding -- Thinking about Evolutionary Psychology -- 2.3 Fundamental Genetics -- Mendelian Genetics -- Chromosomes: Reproduction and Recombination -- Chromosomes: Structure and Replication -- Sex Chromosomes and Sex-Linked Traits -- Genetic Code and Gene Expression -- Mitochondrial DNA -- Human Genome Project -- Modern Genetics: Growth of Epigenetics -- 2.4 Epigenetics of Behavioral Development: Interaction of Genetic Factors and Experience -- Selective Breeding of "Maze-Bright" and "Maze-Dull" Rats -- Phenylketonuria: A Single-Gene Metabolic Disorder -- Development of Birdsong -- 2.5 Genetics of Human Psychological Differences -- Development of Individuals versus Development of Differences among Individuals -- Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart -- A Look into the Future: Two Kinds of Twin Studies -- Themes Revisited -- Think about It -- Key Terms -- Quick Review -- Chapter 3: Anatomy of the Nervous System: Systems, Structures, and Cells That Make Up Your Nervous System -- 3.1 General Layout of the Nervous System -- Divisions of the Nervous System -- Meninges, Ventricles, and Cerebrospinal Fluid -- Blood-Brain Barrier -- 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System -- Anatomy of Neurons -- Glia: The Forgotten Cells -- 3.3 Neuroanatomical Techniques and Directions -- Neuroanatomical Techniques -- Directions in the Vertebrate Nervous System -- 3.4 Spinal Cord -- 3.5 Five Major Divisions of the Brain -- 3.6 Major Structures of the Brain -- Myelencephalon -- Metencephalon -- Mesencephalon -- Diencephalon -- Telencephalon -- Limbic System and the Basal Ganglia -- Themes Revisited -- Think about It -- Key Terms -- Quick Review -- Chapter 4: Neural Conduction and Synaptic Transmission: How Neurons Send and Receive Signals -- The Lizard, a Case of Parkinson's Disease -- 4.1 Resting Membrane Potential. ; Recording the Membrane Potential -- Ionic Basis of the Resting Potential -- 4.2 Generation and Conduction of Postsynaptic Potentials -- 4.3 Integration of Postsynaptic Potentials and Generation of Action Potentials -- 4.4 Conduction of Action Potentials -- Ionic Basis of Action Potentials -- Refractory Periods -- Axonal Conduction of Action Potentials -- Conduction in Myelinated Axons -- The Velocity of Axonal Conduction -- Conduction in Neurons without Axons -- The Hodgkin-Huxley Model in Perspective -- 4.5 Synaptic Transmission: Chemical Transmission of Signals among Neurons -- Structure of Synapses -- Synthesis, Packaging, and Transport of Neurotransmitter Molecules -- Release of Neurotransmitter Molecules -- Activation of Receptors by Neurotransmitter Molecules -- Reuptake, Enzymatic Degradation, and Recycling -- Glia, Gap Junctions, and Synaptic Transmission -- 4.6 Neurotransmitters -- Amino Acid Neurotransmitters -- Monoamine Neurotransmitters -- Acetylcholine -- Unconventional Neurotransmitters -- Neuropeptides -- 4.7 Pharmacology of Synaptic Transmission and Behavior -- How Drugs Influence Synaptic Transmission -- Behavioral Pharmacology: Three Influential Lines of Research -- Themes Revisited -- Think about It -- Key Terms -- Quick Review -- Chapter 5: The Research Methods of Biopsychology: Understanding What Biopsychologists Do -- The Ironic Case of Professor P. -- Part One: Methods of Studying the Nervous System -- 5.1 Methods of Visualizing and Stimulating the Living Human Brain -- Contrast X-Rays -- X-Ray Computed Tomography -- Magnetic Resonance Imaging -- Positron Emission Tomography -- Functional MRI -- Diffusion Tensor Imaging -- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation -- 5.2 Recording Human Psychophysiological Activity -- Scalp Electroencephalography -- Magnetoencephalography -- Muscle Tension -- Eye Movement -- Skin Conductance. ; Cardiovascular Activity -- 5.3 Invasive Physiological Research Methods -- Stereotaxic Surgery -- Lesion Methods -- Electrical Stimulation -- Invasive Electrophysiological Recording Methods -- 5.4 Pharmacological Research Methods -- Routes of Drug Administration -- Selective Chemical Lesions -- Measuring Chemical Activity of the Brain -- Locating Neurotransmitters and Receptors in the Brain -- 5.5 Genetic Engineering -- Gene Knockout Techniques -- Gene Replacement Techniques -- Fantastic Fluorescence and the Brainbow -- Part Two: Behavioral Research Methods of Biopsychology -- 5.6 Neuropsychological Testing -- Modern Approach to Neuropsychological Testing -- Tests of the Common Neuropsychological Test Battery -- Tests of Specific Neuropsychological Function -- Frontal-Lobe Function -- 5.7 Behavioral Methods of Cognitive Neuroscience -- 5.8 Biopsychological Paradigms of Animal Behavior -- Paradigms for Assessment of Species-Common Behaviors -- Traditional Conditioning Paradigms -- Seminatural Animal Learning Paradigms -- Themes Revisited -- Think about It -- Key Terms -- Quick Review -- Part Three: Sensory and Motor Systems -- Chapter 6: The Visual System: How We See -- The Case of Mrs. Richards: Fortification Illusions and the Astronomer -- 6.1 Light Enters the Eye and Reaches the Retina -- Pupil and the Lens -- Eye Position and Binocular Disparity -- 6.2 Retina and Translation of Light into Neural Signals -- Cone and Rod Vision -- Spectral Sensitivity -- Eye Movement -- Visual Transduction: The Conversion of Light to Neural Signals -- 6.3 From Retina to Primary Visual Cortex -- Retinotopic Organization -- The M and P Channels -- 6.4 Seeing Edges -- Lateral Inhibition and Contrast Enhancement -- Receptive Fields of Visual Neurons -- Receptive Fields: Neurons of the Retina-Geniculate-Striate System -- Receptive Fields: Simple Cortical Cells. ; Receptive Fields: Complex Cortical Cells -- Organization of Primary Visual Cortex -- The Case of Mrs. Richards, Revisited -- Changing Concept of Visual Receptive Fields: Contextual Influences in Visual Processing -- 6.5 Seeing Color -- Component and Opponent Processing -- Color Constancy and the Retinex Theory -- 6.6 Cortical Mechanisms of Vision and Conscious Awareness -- Damage to Primary Visual Cortex: Scotomas and Completion -- The Case of the Physiological Psychologist who Made Faces Disappear -- Damage to Primary Visual Cortex: Scotomas, Blindsight, and Conscious Awareness -- The Case of D.B., the Man Confused by His Own Blindsight -- Functional Areas of Secondary and Association Visual Cortex -- Dorsal and Ventral Streams -- The Case of D.F., the Woman who Could Grasp Objects she did not Conciously See -- The Case of A.T., the Woman who could not Accurately Grasp Unfamiliar Objects that She Saw -- Prosopagnosia -- R.P., a Typical Prosopagnosic -- Akinetopsia -- Two Cases of Drug-Induced Akinetopsia -- Conclusion -- Themes Revisited -- Think about It -- Key Terms -- Quick Review -- Chapter 7: Mechanisms of Perception: Hearing, Touch, Smell, Taste, and Attention: How You Know the World -- The Case of the Man who Could See Only One Thing at a Time -- 7.1 Principles of Sensory System Organization -- Hierarchical Organization -- The Case of the Man who Mistook His Wife for a Hat -- Functional Segregation -- Parallel Processing -- Summary Model of Sensory System Organization -- 7.2 Auditory System -- The Ear -- From the Ear to the Primary Auditory Cortex -- Subcortical Mechanisms of Sound Localization -- Auditory Cortex -- Effects of Damage to the Auditory System -- 7.3 Somatosensory System: Touch and Pain -- Cutaneous Receptors -- Dermatomes -- Two Major Somatosensory Pathways -- Cortical Areas of Somatosensation. ; Effects of Damage to the Primary Somatosensory Cortex.
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• Titolo autorizzato: Introduction to biopsychology
• ISBN: 9781292066738 (e-book); 1292066733 (e-book)
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154777203321
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