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Angular Gyrus
Animal Kingdom
Anti-epileptic Drugs
Aromatic Amino Acid Decarboxylase
auditory
Author_Simon Greene
Basilar Membrane
behavioural neuroscience
Body Weight Set Point
callosum
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Cerebro Spinal Fluid
Circular Receptive Fields
cognitive processes
corpus
cortex
disease
Drinking Behaviour
Endogenous Pacemakers
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field
Hair Cell Receptors
hemisphere
left
Left Hemisphere
neural basis of human behaviour
neurophysiology
neurotransmitter pathways
parkinson's
Peripheral Arousal
Peripheral Physiological Arousal
Primary Visual Cortex
Progressive Disease
Pure Word Blindness
Receptive Fields
Rem Sleep
Retinal Receptive Fields
Retrograde Amnesia
RVF Advantage
Spinal Cord
stress response mechanisms
synaptic transmission
Ventro Medial Nucleus
Vice Versa
visual
Product details
- ISBN 9780863772825
- Weight: 600g
- Dimensions: 172 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jun 1994
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book is intended to provide an introduction to the basic structure and function of the brain and nervous system, emphasizing relationships with behaviour. The first chapter introduces the field, covering aims, objectives and ethical issues. In chapter 2 the neuron is described, and electrical and chemical conduction presented in detail; this chapter also introduces neurotransmitter pathways and drug effects on normal and abnormal behaviour.; After a general survey of the behavioural organization of the nervous system in chapter 3, three chapters describe how language, learning and memory are related to brain mechanisms, with a particular emphasis on clinical data from human patients, and functional assymetries between the hemispheres. The following chapter outlines the Involvement Of Arousal Systems In Stress, Anxiety And Emotion, And Also covers stress reduction techniques. The arousal theme is maintained in chapter 8 in which sleep is discussed in the context of biological rhythms in psychological and physiological processes.; Chapter 9 covers The Biological Bases Of Motivational States Such As Hunger And Thirst, and discusses the concept of homeostasis. Non-homeostatic drives such as electrical self-stimulation of the brain are also considered. Finally, chapter 10 reviews sensory processes in general, and then concentrates on pain perception and the brain mechanisms underlying visual sensation and perception.; It is intended that the material in this book should satisfy the requirements of both the A-level syllabus for Psychology, whichever Board is taken, and first year introductory undergraduate courses in psychobiology.
