Philip Winn – författare

Biopsychology: The Basics is a concise, accessible and illuminating introduction to the field of biopsychology. The book explores what psychology is in the broadest sense and how combining it with a biological perspective offers a deeper understanding of behavior and mental life. Key topics include the following:

• What biopsychology is: understanding the interaction of biology and psychology

• The biology of the brain and how to study it

• How psychological states are related to physiological processes

• The effects of drugs, both therapeutic and recreational, on behaviour and psychology

• How genes and the environment impact psychological development

• The biopsychology of cognition

• People in the world: understanding emotions, motivation and communication

• The biological basis of psychopathologies – causes, diagnoses and treatments

• Explanations, mechanisms and the biopsychology of consciousness

With suggestions for further reading and an extensive glossary of key terms, this book is an engaging and ideal introduction for those coming to the subject for the first time.

Biopsychology: The Basics is a concise, accessible and illuminating introduction to the field of biopsychology. The book explores what psychology is in the broadest sense and how combining it with a biological perspective offers a deeper understanding of behavior and mental life. Key topics include the following:

• What biopsychology is: understanding the interaction of biology and psychology

• The biology of the brain and how to study it

• How psychological states are related to physiological processes

• The effects of drugs, both therapeutic and recreational, on behaviour and psychology

• How genes and the environment impact psychological development

• The biopsychology of cognition

• People in the world: understanding emotions, motivation and communication

• The biological basis of psychopathologies – causes, diagnoses and treatments

• Explanations, mechanisms and the biopsychology of consciousness

With suggestions for further reading and an extensive glossary of key terms, this book is an engaging and ideal introduction for those coming to the subject for the first time.

Biological Psychology is the study of psychological processes in terms of biological functions. A major obstacle to understanding dialogue in the field has always been its terminology which is drawn from a variety of non-psychological sources such as clinical medicine, psychiatry and neuroscience, as well as specialist areas of psychology such as ethology, learning theory and psychophysics. For the first time, a distinguished international team of contributors has now drawn these terms together and defined them both in terms of their physical properties and their behavioural significance.The Dictionary of Biological Psychology will prove an invaluable source of reference for undergraduates in psychology wrestling with the fundamentals of brain physiology, anatomy and chemistry, as well as researchers and practitioners in the neurosciences, psychiatry and the professions allied to medicine. It is an essential resource both for teaching and for independent study, reliable for fact-checking and a solid starting point for wider exploration.