Biopsychology:/ John P.J. Pinel & Steven J.Barnes

1. Biopsychology As a Neuroscience: What Is Biopsychology, Anyway?
What Is Biopsychology?
What Is the Relation Between Biopsychology and the Other Disciplines of Neuroscience?
What Types of Research Characterize the Biopsychological Approach?
What Are the Divisions of Biopsychology?
Converging Operations: How Do Biopsychologists Work Together?
Scientific Interference: How Do Biopsychologists Study the Unobservable Workings of the Brain?
Critical Thinking About Biopsychological Claims
2. Evolution, Genetics, and Experience: Thinking About the Biology of Behavior
Thinking About the Biology of Behavior: From Dichotomies to Relations and Interactions
Human Evolution
Fundamental Genetics
Behavioral Development: The Interaction of Genetic Factors and Experience
The Genetics of Human Psychological Differences
3. The Anatomy of the Nervous System: The Systems, Structures, and Cells That Make Up Your Nervous System
General Layout of the Nervous System
Cells of the Nervous System
Neuroanatomical Techniques and Directions
Spinal Cord
The Five Major Divisions of the Brain
Major Structures of the Brain
4. Neural Conduction and Synaptic Transmission: How Neurons Send and Receive Signals
The Neurons Resting Membrane Potential
Generation and Conduction of Postsynaptic Potentials
Integration of Postsynaptic Potentials and Generation of Action Potentials
Conduction of Action Potentials
Synaptic Transmission: Chemical Transmission of Signals from One Neuron to Another
The Neurotransmitters
Pharmacology of Synaptic Transmission
5. The Research Methods of Biopsychology: Understanding What Biopsychologists Do
Methods of Visualizing the Living Human Brain
Recording Human Psychophysiological Activity
Invasive Physiological Research Methods
Pharmacological Research Methods
Genetic Engineering
Neuropsychological Testing
Behavioral Methods of Cognitive Neuroscience
Biopsychological Paradigms of Animal Behavior
6. The Visual System: From Your Eyes to Your Cortex
Light Enters the Eye and Reaches the Retina
The Retina and Translation of Light into Neural Signals
From Retina to Primary Visual Cortex
Seeing Edges
Seeing Color
7. Mechanisms of Perception, Conscious Awareness, and Attention: How You Know the World
Principles of Sensory System Organization
Cortical Mechanisms of Vision
Audition
Somatosensation: Touch and Pain
The Chemical Senses: Smell and Taste
Selective Attention
8. The Sensorimotor System: How You Do What You Do
Three Principles of Sensorimotor Function
Sensorimotor Association Cortex
Secondary Motor Cortex
Primary Motor Cortex
Cerebellum and Basal Ganglia
Descending Motor Pathways
Sensorimotor Spinal Circuits
Central Sensorimotor Programs
9. Development of the Nervous System: From Fertilized Egg to You
Phases of Neural Development
Postnatal Cerebral Development in Human Infants
Effects of Experience on Neural Development
Neuroplasticity in Adults
Disorders of Neurodevelopment: Autism and Williams Syndrome
10. Brain Damage and Neuroplasticity: Can the Brain Recover from Damage?
Causes of Brain Damage
Neuropsychological Diseases
Animal Models of Human Neuropsychological Diseases
Neuroplastic Responses to Nervous System Damage: Degeneration, Regeneration, Reorganization, and Recovery
Neuroplasticity and the Treatment of Nervous System Damage
11. Learning, Memory, and Amnesia: How Your Brain Stores Information
Amnesic Effects of Bilateral Medial Temporal Lobectomy
Amnesia of Korsakoffs Syndrome
Amnesia of Alzheimers Disease
Amnesia After Concussion: Evidence for Consolidation
Neuroanatomy of Object-Recognition Memory
Hippocampus and Memory for Spatial Location
Where Are Memories Stored? Synaptic Mechanisms of Learning and Memory
Conclusion: Infantile Amnesia and the Man Who Remembered Nothing but H.M
12. Hunger, Eating, and Health: Why Do Many People Eat Too Much? Digestion and Energy Flow
Theories of Hunger and Eating: Set Points Versus Positi