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Based on teaching introductory psychobiology and his Principles of Behavioral Neuroscience (Brown & Benchmark, 1995), Beatty (psychology and neuroscience, U. of California at Los Angeles) consciously avoids the "everything but the kitchen sink" approach to introducing this complex, rapidly evolving field. He overviews the tools and philosophical and ethical issues of studying the brain, nervous system functioning and disorders, the senses, sleeping and waking, drives, emotion and stress, language, memory, learning, and brain plasticity. Chapters include key term definitions, b&w illustrations, and suggested readings. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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This book is a conceptually driven and accessible introduction to behavioral neuroscience. Focused, concise and coherent, it reflects integrative trends in the field while making human neuroscience accessible to a wider student audience.Conceptually driven and concise. The field of biological psychology and behavioral neuroscience has grown exponentially in the past decade, and most textbooks have responded by becoming bloated tomes that drown students in unnecessary factoids. Beatty provides just the essentials necessary in a text that is focused, concise, and coherent. A contemporary integrative approach with an emphasis on behavior. Some books in this market focus more on biological mechanisms at the expense of how the biology t
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