Description
Dictionary of Biological Psychology
Coordinator: Winn Philip
Language: EnglishSubjects for Dictionary of Biological Psychology:
Keywords
Biological Psychology; SYNAPTIC; Spinal Cord; Held; Olfactory; PARKINSON's DISEASE; Chronic; Rem Sleep; Gaba; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; LOCOMOTION; Optic Tectum; CS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; Follow; VERTEBRATES; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; AXON TERMINAL; Smooth; Sulcus; Cranial Nerve; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; RETICULAR FORMATION; HAIR CELLS
Publication date: 09-2013
Support: Print on demand
Publication date: 02-2001
872 p. · 17.4x24.6 cm · Hardback
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Biological Psychology is the study of psychological processes in terms of biological functions. A major obstacle to understanding dialogue in the field has always been its terminology which is drawn from a variety of non-psychological sources such as clinical medicine, psychiatry and neuroscience, as well as specialist areas of psychology such as ethology, learning theory and psychophysics. For the first time, a distinguished international team of contributors has now drawn these terms together and defined them both in terms of their physical properties and their behavioural significance.
The Dictionary of Biological Psychology will prove an invaluable source of reference for undergraduates in psychology wrestling with the fundamentals of brain physiology, anatomy and chemistry, as well as researchers and practitioners in the neurosciences, psychiatry and the professions allied to medicine. It is an essential resource both for teaching and for independent study, reliable for fact-checking and a solid starting point for wider exploration.
'This is a beautifully organized reference tool that will provide psychologists with the biological information they need. As both a researcher and professor of psychology, I am pleased to have a resource that I can turn to for enhancing not only my knowledge but also that of colleagues and students.' -