This title is a Pearson Global Edition. The Editorial team at Pearson has worked closely with educators around the world to include content which is especially relevant to students outside the United States.

A reader-oriented approach makes scientific concepts relevant and relatable

NEW! For this edition, original author John Pinel is joined by new co-author Steven Barnes, an educator, researcher, and visual artist who brings his knowledge to bear on the updated Tenth Edition.
Throughout Biopsychology, the authors emphasize the big picture, focusing on four broad themes that provide excellent topics for essay assignments and exam questions. These themes are:
- Thinking creatively;
- Clinical implications;
- Evolutionary perspective; and
- Neuroplasticity.
Carefully selected case studies are highlighted throughout the text. These provocative cases stimulate interest, promote retention of concepts, and allow students to learn how biopsychological principles apply to the diagnosis and treatment of brain disorders.
The text’s engaging illustrations were conceptualized and meticulously designed to clarify and reinforce textual material. Author John Pinel and his artist/designer wife, Maggie Edwards, created many of these illustrations exclusively for this text.
While some biopsychological textbooks emphasize neurophysiology, neurochemistry, and neuroanatomy, Biopsychology gives top billing to coverage of behavioral research. The authors stress that neuroscience is a team effort and that the unique contribution made by biopsychologists to this effort is their behavioral expertise.
Biopsychology emphasizes the scientific method, helping students to view it as a means of answering questions in daily life as well as in the laboratory. The authors also show students how being a scientist can be both fascinating and fun.
Several chapters of Biopsychology — particularly those on eating, sleeping, sex, and drug addiction — carry strong personal and social messages. In these chapters, the authors encourage students to consider the relevance of biopsychological research to their lives outside the classroom.
Biopsychology has been praised by instructors and students alike for its personal tone. In past editions, Pinel addressed students directly with warmth, enthusiasm, and good humor. With the addition of Barnes as coauthor, the Tenth Edition offers another friendly voice as well as some new approaches to teaching.
NEW! The Tenth Edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the current state of one of the most rapidly progressing scientific fields. This edition contains more than 1,265 citations of articles or books that did not appear in the previous edition, and content throughout has been revised and updated accordingly.

Pedagogical learning aids boost student understanding and retention

NEW! Questions for review and reflection are integrated into the text, giving students opportunities to stop and think about the content presented and to respond in a written format. Writing prompts tied to the major themes of this book are located throughout each chapter for individual student response.
NEW! Expanded and more comprehensive learning objectives, written by the authors themselves, better help students to recognize the major points in each portion of the text.
Scan Your Brain study exercises appear at key transition points within chapters, where students can benefit most from pausing to consolidate material before continuing.
Check It Out demonstrations apply biopsychological phenomena and concepts for students to experience themsel

Biopsychology, Global Edition, 10th edition

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