Andrew Wickens obtained his PhD From Liverpool University, and spent 2 years as a post doctoral researcher in behavioural pharmacology at Aberdeen before becoming Course Leader for the neuroscience degree at Preston Polytechnic (now University of Central Lancashire) where he spent 27 years. He retired in 2017. Over this time he has written The Causes of Aging, A History of the Brain (which won the British Psychological Society’s best textbook of the year in 2018) and Key Thinkers in Neuroscience. Introduction to Biopsychology first appeared in 2000, and is now with SAGE for its fourth edition.

An interesting and engaging introduction to biopsychology. The chapters make the case for its importance and give the real-world implications.

• Chapter 1: An introduction to biological psychology, brains and nerve functionChapter 2: The visual systemChapter 3: Sensory systems other than visionChapter 4: The control of movementChapter 5: Hunger and eating disordersChapter 6: Emotional statesChapter 7: Sleep and circadian rhythmsChapter 8: Sexual development and behaviourChapter 9: Learning and memoryChapter 10: Language and cognitionChapter 11: The biological basis of mental illnessChapter 12: Drugs and addictionChapter 13: Degenerative diseases of the nervous systemChapter 14: Genes and behaviour