Physiology of Behavior, 12th Global Edition

Description

An up-to-date, comprehensive, and accessible overview of behavioral neuroscience

Physiology of Behavior provides a scholarly yet accessible portrait of the dynamic interaction between biology and behavior. Lead author Neil Carlson and new co-author Melissa Birkett drew upon their experience teaching and working with students to create the new edition of this comprehensive and accessible guide for students of behavioral neuroscience. In addition to updated research, the Twelfth Edition offers an updated art and visual program and a more robust learning architecture that highlights key concepts, guiding students through the text.

For courses in Physiological/Biopsychology.

New Features

Updated content ensures a contemporary survey of the field

• The art and visual program has been updated to give the Twelfth Edition a modern, cohesive feel, as well as to keep up with the latest findings and studies in the field.
  
• The Twelfth Edition’s updated research reflects both the enormous advances made in research methods and the discoveries these methods have revealed. By covering the latest methods and techniques, the authors ensure that the text stays atop the latest trends and findings in the field.
  
• New co-author Melissa Birkett joins Neil Carlson for the Twelfth Edition, assisting in revisions to the chapter structure and the addition of new pedagogical features, which include learning objectives and revised thought questions.
  
• A more robust learning architecture guides student through the text and highlights key concepts.
• As compared to previous editions, key information has been better scaffolded within each chapter. The authors have reorganized material so that readers can better identify important concepts and also better see how those concepts relate to each other in more comprehensive patterns.
• Learning objectives at the beginning of each major section of the text help students identify and understand the key points from each section. The learning objectives are revisited in summaries at the end of each section.
• Subheadings in each chapter correspond with the learning objectives and are reinforced in the learning objective summary for each section.
  

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Structure and Functions of Cells of the Nervous System

3. Structure of the Nervous System

4. Psychopharmacology

5. Methods and Strategies of Research

6. Vision

7. Audition, the Body Senses, and the Chemical Senses

8. Control of Movement

9. Sleep and Biological Rhythms

10. Reproductive Behavior

11. Emotion

12. Ingestive Behavior

13. Learning and Memory

14. Human Communication

15. Neurological Disorders

16. Schizophrenia and the Affective Disorders

17. Stress, Anxiety, and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

18. Substance Abuse

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