Revel for Biopsychology -- Access Card

by Pinel / Pinel / Barnes / Barnes

• ISBN13: 9780135685341
• ISBN10: 0135685346
• Format: Access Card
• Copyright: 2021-01-23
• Publisher: PEARSON

Summary

For courses in Physiological Psychology and Biopsychology.

A student-focused approach to how the central nervous system governs behavior
Revel^® Biopsychology, 11th Edition presents a clear, engaging introduction to the discipline through a unique combination of biopsychological science and personal, reader-oriented discourse. Addressing students directly, authors John Pinel and Steven Barnes interweave the fundamentals of the field with clinical case studies, social issues, personal implications, useful metaphors, and memorable anecdotes. The 11th Edition incorporates two new emerging themes (“thinking about epigenetics” and “consciousness”) and includes up-to-date coverage of recent developments in the field.

Revel empowers students to actively participate in learning. More than a digital textbook, Revel delivers an engaging blend of author content, media, and assessment. With Revel, students read and practice in one continuous experience — anytime, anywhere, on any device.

NOTE: Revel is a fully digital delivery of Pearson content. This ISBN is for the standalone Revel access card. In addition to this access card, you will need a course invite link, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Revel. 

Author Biography

John Pinel obtained his Ph.D. from McGill University in Montreal and worked briefly at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before taking a faculty position at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, where he is currently Professor Emeritus. Professor Pinel is an award-winning teacher and the author of more than 200 scientific papers. However, he feels that Biopsychology is his major career-related accomplishment: "It ties together everything I love about my job: students, teaching, writing, and research."

Steven Barnes obtained his Ph.D. from the University of British Columba. He then worked as a postdoctoral fellow, first in the Department of Epileptology at the University of Bonn and then in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University. He is currently an Associate Professor of Teaching, and Associate Head of Undergraduate Affairs, in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia.

Steven is well-regarded for his work related to online learning technologies (e.g., the Tapestry Project; see tapestrytool.com), student mental health and wellbeing, and bipolar disorder (BD). Steven co-directs the Collaborative Research Team to study psychosocial issues in BD (CREST. BD, see crestbd.ca), a BD research and knowledge exchange network, which received the 2018 Canadian Institutes for Health Research Gold Leaf Prize for Patient Engagement, Canada's most prestigious recognition for patient engagement in research across all health disciplines.

Steven is the recipient of multiple institutional awards for his teaching, including the prestigious Killam Teaching Prize and the 3M National Teaching Fellowship, the top national award given for teaching in any discipline in any postsecondary institution in Canada.

When he isn't teaching, writing, or doing research, he engages in the production of traditional pieces of visual art as well as interactive electronic artworks, some of which have been exhibited at prominent international venues. He sees his involvement in the creation of this new edition of Biopsychology as a complement to everything he loves to do: teaching, writing, visual and interactive art, and research.

Table of Contents

PART I: WHAT IS BIOPSYCHOLOGY?
1. Biopsychology as a Neuroscience

PART II: FOUNDATIONS OF BIOPSYCHOLOGY
2. Evolution, Genetics, and Experience
3. Anatomy of the Nervous System
4. Neural Conduction and Synaptic Transmission
5. The Research Methods of Biopsychology

PART III: SENSORY AND MOTOR SYSTEMS
6. The Visual System
7. Sensory Systems, Perception, and Attention
8. The Sensorimotor System

PART IV: BRAIN PLASTICITY
9. Development of the Nervous System
10. Brain Damage and Neuroplasticity
11. Learning, Memory, and Amnesia

PART V: BIOPSYCHOLOGY OF MOTIVATION
12. Hunger, Eating, and Health
13. Hormones and Sex
14. Sleep, Dreaming, and Circadian Rhythms
15. Drug Use, Drug Addiction, and the Brain's Reward Circuits

PART VI: DISORDERS OF COGNITION AND EMOTION
16. Lateralization, Language, and the Split Brain
17. Biopsychology of Emotion, Stress, and Health
18. Biopsychology of Psychiatric Disorders