Title overview
- A user-friendly approach guides students without a background in biology through the course of topics, without sacrificing depth or detail.
- Learning outcomes, section summaries and 'test your knowledge' questions are included to aid the learning process and allow students to manage their progress.
- Each chapter ends with a section entitled ‘bringing things together’, which encourages a wider and more considered understanding.
- A dedicated feature on evolutionary psychology explains and explores this topic in depth.
- Greater depth on neuroscience and its methods ensures students are introduced to the debates within this topical area.
- ‘A personal angle’ introduces key figures.
Table of contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Genes, Environment and Evolution
Chapter 3: The Nervous and Endocrine Systems
Chapter 4: Neurons: How They Work
Chapter 5: The Brain: Basics of Structure and Role
Chapter 6: Development and Plasticity
Chapter 7: Sensory Systems: General Principles
Chapter 8: Vision
Chapter 9: The Other Sensory Systems
Chapter 10: The Control of Movement
Chapter 11: Learning and Memory
Chapter 12: Emotion
Chapter 13: Stress and Coping
Chapter 14: Pain
Chapter 15: Motivation
Chapter 16: Feeding and Drinking
Chapter 17: Sexual Behaviour
Chapter 18: Drugs and Addiction
Chapter 19: Sleep and Walking
Chapter 20: Cognition and Action
Chapter 21: Consciousness
Chapter 22: When Things Go Wrong
Author bios
Frederick Toates is a Professor of Biological Psychology at the Open University who has 44 years experience of researching and teaching the subject across the UK, continental Europe and the USA.