Handbook of Psychology, Volume 3, Biological Psychology,

by Editor: Michela Gallagher ( ); Editor: Randy J. Nelson ( ); Editor-in-Chief: Irving B. Weiner

• ISBN13: 9780471384038
• ISBN10: 0471384038
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Includes established theories and cutting-edge developments. Presents the work of an international group of experts. Presents the nature, origin, implications, an future course of major unresolved issues in the area.

Table of Contents

Handbook Preface (I. Weiner).

Volume Preface (M. Gallagher and R. J. Nelson).

I. Evolutionary Psychology (R. Durrant & B. Ellis).

II. Behavioral Genetics (S. Maxson).

III. Comparative Psychology of Vision (G. H. Jacobs).

IV. Comparative Psychology of Audition (C. Moss & C. Carr).

V. Comparative Psychology of Motor Systems (K. Fouad, et al.).

VI. Visual Processing in the Primate Brain (T. Pasternack, et al.).

VII. Auditory Processing in the Primate Brain (T. A. Hackett & J. H. Kaas).

VIII. Processing of Tactile Information in the Primate Brain (K. Johnson, et al.).

IX. The Biological Psychology of Pain (T. Coderre, et al.).

X. Olfaction and Taste (P. D. Lorenzo & S. L. Youngentob).

XI. Food and Fluid Intake (T. H. Moran & R. R. Sakai).

XII. Sex Behavior (E. M. Hull & J. Dominguez).

XIII. Sleep and Biological Clocks (E. Van Cauter & F. Latta).

XIV. Motivational Systems (K. McFarland & P. W. Kalivas).

XV. Emotion (M. Davis & P. J. Lang).

XVI. Stress, Coping and Immune Function (A. L. Dougall & A. Baum).

XVII. The Psychology and Ethology of Learning (G. F. Ball & P. Holland).

XVIII. Biological Models of Associative Learning (J. Steinmetz, et al.).

XIX. Memory Systems (H. Eichenbaum).

XX. Primate Cognition (M. Hauser).

XXI. Language (M. Schwartz).

XXII. Psychological Function in Computational Models of Neural Networks (R. C. O'Reilly & Y. Munakata).

XXIII. Environment and Development of the Nervous System (J. Black).