Book Title: Biological Psychology [1st Edition]

Authors: Michael J. Hove and Steven A. Martinez

Book Description: Biological psychology is the study of the biological bases of behavior and mental processes. It explores how biological factors like genes, hormones, neurotransmitters, and brain structures influence psychological components like thoughts, emotions, memories, and actions. This free and open textbook provides a wide ranging and up-to-date introduction to the main topics and methods of biological psychology.

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Book Description

Biological psychology is the study of the biological bases of behavior and mental processes. It explores how biological factors like genes, hormones, neurotransmitters, and brain structures influence psychological components like thoughts, emotions, memories, and actions. This free and open textbook provides a wide ranging and up-to-date introduction to the main topics and methods of biological psychology. It starts by covering foundations of biological psychology (brain anatomy, neurons, research methods), continues to higher-level topics that link biology and psychology (how drugs and hormones affect the brain and behavior; brain development; genetics; and emotions) and concludes with neural and behavioral differences associated with brain damage, neurological diseases, and psychological disorders.

Authors

Michael J. Hove and Steven A. Martinez

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Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology

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Title
Biological Psychology [1st Edition]
Authors
Michael J. Hove and Steven A. Martinez
License

Icon for the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

Biological Psychology [1st Edition] Copyright © 2024 by Michael J. Hove and Steven A. Martinez is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Primary Subject
Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology
Additional Subject(s)
Psychology of ageing, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Psychopharmacology, Genetics (non-medical), Cognitive and behavioural neuroscience, Human biology
Institution
Fitchburg State University
Publisher
ROTEL (Remixing Open Textbooks with an Equity Lens) Project
Publication Date
February 5, 2024