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ELEMENTS OF PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCH,9780070555693
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ELEMENTS OF PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCH


Author(s): SCHNEIDER
ISBN10:  0070555699
ISBN13:  9780070555693
Pub. Date:  1/1/1995
Publisher(s): MCG

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Table of Contents
To The Instructor xiii
To The Student xvii
History of Physiological Psychology
1(25)
Introduction
2(1)
Physiological Psychology Defined
3(1)
Looking Back: How Physiological Psychology Evolved
4(4)
Behavior and Experimentation
8(2)
Physiological Psychology: Its Biological Roots
10(3)
Making the Brain-Behavior Connection
13(8)
Looking Ahead: The New Directions
21(5)
The Neuron
26(31)
Introduction
27(1)
The Neuron
28(8)
Development of the Nervous System
36(4)
How Neurons Die
40(5)
Parkinson's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease
45(4)
Reversing Neural Damage: The Transplant Approach
49(8)
The Nervous System
57(48)
Introduction
58(1)
The Nervous System Defined
58(1)
The Peripheral Nervous System
59(3)
The Skeletal Nervous System
62(2)
The Autonomic Nervous System
64(6)
The Central Nervous System
70(8)
The Brain
78(10)
Integrating the Peripheral and Central Nervous Systems
88(3)
Methods for Studying the Brain-Behavior Relationship
91(2)
Research Techniques Involving Humans
93(12)
The Electrochemical Basis of Behavior
105(38)
Introduction
106(1)
Tracking the Neural Impulse: The Early Discoveries
106(2)
The Electrochemical Signal: An Overview
108(2)
How the Neuron Produces the Impulse
110(4)
Firing: Initiating the Electrochemical Signal
114(9)
Neural Transmission and Behavior
123(1)
The Synapse and Behavior
124(7)
Synaptic Modulation and Behavioral Flexibility
131(5)
Preserving Normal Synaptic Activity: The Defense Mechanisms
136(7)
The Neurochemical Basis of Behavior
143(43)
Introduction
144(1)
Neurotransmitters: An Overview
144(1)
Acetylcholine
145(4)
Monoamines
149(6)
Other Neurotransmitter Substances
155(3)
Neurotransmitters and Behavior: In Retrospect
158(1)
Neurotransmitters and Psychoactive Drugs
159(1)
The Five Groups of Psychoactive Drugs
159(10)
Drugs at Work
169(2)
The Tolerance Factor
171(3)
Addiction
174(3)
Treating the Addict
177(1)
Dietary Control: An Alternative to Drug Therapy
178(1)
Looking Ahead
179(7)
Sensory Processing
186(21)
Introduction
187(1)
Transduction and Receptors: An Overview
187(4)
Sensory Coding: An Overview
191(6)
Sensory Processing: The Psychological Impact
197(4)
Looking Ahead: Common Mechanisms and Sensory Processing
201(6)
The Visual System
207(49)
Introduction
208(1)
How Humans See
209(2)
The Visual Nervous System: Anatomy
211(4)
The Visual Nervous System: Function
215(5)
Neural Coding
220(6)
Coding in the Mammalian Visual System
226(3)
The Work of Hubel and Wiesel
229(5)
New Directions in Coding Research
234(4)
Neural Coding: Inherent or Acquired?
238(1)
Color Vision
239(2)
Tracking the Color Code
241(7)
Color Blindnes
248(8)
Audition, Taste, and Smell
256(36)
Introduction
257(1)
Audition: An Overview
257(4)
The Anatomy of the Auditory System
261(4)
The Auditory Nervous System
265(2)
Coding for Auditory Information
267(6)
Coding for Sound Localization
273(2)
Taste and Smell
275(1)
The Anatomy of Taste
276(3)
Coding for Taste
279(2)
Smell
281(3)
Coding for Smell
284(8)
Cutaneous Senses Including Pain and Proprioception
292(38)
Introduction
293(1)
Cutaneous Senses
293(9)
The Physiological Basis of Pain
302(5)
Chronic Pain
307(3)
The Pain-Suppression Circuit
310(6)
Neural Coding for Temperature
316(1)
Proprioception
317(1)
Kinesthetics: A Sense of Movement
318(2)
Labyrinthine Sense
320(10)
Muscles and Glands
330(32)
Introduction
331(1)
The Mechanics of Movement
331(2)
The Neural Aspects of Muscle Movement
333(3)
The Form of Movement
336(3)
The Brain and Movement
339(15)
Control of Internal Behavior
354(8)
Eating and Drinking
362(48)
Introduction
363(1)
Biological Basis of Hunger
364(2)
The Search for Eating Signals
366(6)
The Search for Metabolic Signals
372(9)
Neural Mechanisms for Eating
381(7)
Eating Behavior: The Human Factor
388(4)
Learning to Eat: Specific Hungers
392(2)
Drinking Behavior: An Overview
394(1)
The Search for the Signals
395(1)
The Two Thirsts: Osmotic and Volemic
396(5)
Regulating Drinking Behavior
401(9)
Sleep
410(28)
Introduction
411(1)
Sleep Defined
412(3)
Searching for Sleep Signals
415(7)
The Neural Mechanisms of Wakefulness
422(2)
The Neural Mechanisms of Sleep
424(1)
Searching for Sleep Areas
425(5)
The Need for REM Sleep
430(1)
Sleep Disorders
431(7)
Sex
438(34)
Introduction
439(1)
Defining Sex
439(1)
External Control of Sexual Behavior
440(1)
Hormones and Sexual Behavior
441(4)
The Brain and Sexual Behavior
445(6)
Searching for the Performance Circuit
451(3)
Developmental Aspects of Sexual Behavior
454(8)
The Learning and Social Aspects of Human Sexual Behavior
462(10)
The Neural Basis of Emotion
472(40)
Introduction
473(1)
Isolating the Chain: An Overview
474(5)
The James-Lange Theory Revisited
479(4)
The Anatomical Basis of Emotion
483(1)
The Early Studies
484(4)
Analyzing the Limbic System
488(7)
From Lower Animals to Humans
495(5)
The Neural Basis of Pleasure
500(4)
The Chemical Nature of Reward
504(8)
The Neural Basis of Psychological Disorder
512(39)
Introduction
513(2)
Visceral Breakdown: The Early Findings
515(2)
Stress: The Psychological Dimension
517(3)
Mental Illness: A Physiological Perspective
520(2)
The Monoamine Theory of Depression
522(5)
Treating Depression: Assessing the Options
527(4)
Anxiety Disorders
531(4)
Schizophrenia
535(8)
The Schizophrenic Brain and Behavior
543(8)
Learning
551(41)
Introduction
552(1)
Early Learning Discoveries
553(2)
Learning and The Nervous System
555(1)
The Cortex and Learning
556(4)
The Role of the Hippocampus in Learning
560(4)
Mapping the Anatomical Site
564(7)
The Synaptic Basis of Learning
571(1)
Kandel's Aplysia Work
572(8)
Long-Term Potentiation
580(12)
Memory
592(40)
Introduction
593(1)
The Theory of Memory Consolidation: A Historical Perspective
594(6)
The Chemical Basis of Memory Consolidation
600(7)
Memory Consolidation: The Role of Specific Circuits
607(7)
Human Memory
614(3)
Memory in Brain-Damaged Humans
617(7)
Memory Retrieval
624(2)
Strengthening Retrieved Memories
626(1)
Memory: A Psychological Perspective
627(5)
Localization of Higher-Order Function
632(34)
Introduction
633(1)
Cortical Localization: A Historical Perspective
633(3)
Language and The Cortex: Leaning to the Left
636(3)
Localization of Perception: Leaning to the Right
639(4)
Coordinating the Two Hemispheres
643(6)
The Function of the Corpus Callosum
649(4)
Why Are the Hemispheres Specialized?
653(6)
Hemispheric Differences between the Sexes
659(2)
A Final Look
661(5)
Glossary 666(20)
References 686(24)
Indexes
Name Index 710(6)
Subject Index 716

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