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Psychobiology : the neuron and behavior / created by Katharine Blick Hoyenga, Kermit T. Hoyenga.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Pacific Grove, California : Brooks/Cole Publishing c1988.Description: 513 pages illustrations 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0534069789 :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 612/.82 19
LOC classification:
  • QP360 .H69 1988
NLM classification:
  • WL 103 H868p
Contents:
Part I: Introduction. Psychobiology: philosophy and techniques. Back to the basics. Part II: The communication function of nerve cells. The nerve membrane. The nerve-cell synapse. Genetics and the nerve cell. Part III: The coding function of nerve cells. Principles of sensory coding. Vision. Part IV: The coding of internal motivational and emotional states. Effects of hunger, thirst, and arousal on nerve cells. Sex hormones: reproductive motives and behaviors. The psychobiology of emotions and curiosity. Part V: Effects on brain coding mechanism. Changes in neural activity associated with learning and memory. Effects of developmental experiences and coding. Part VI: Postscript and prelude. Single cells and mental events. References. Index.
Summary: This book emphasizes research that relates the responses of nerve cells in various areas of the brain to a given event or behaviour.
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Book Book School of Social Work Library Open Shelf QP360 HOY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 151181 Available BK135358

Includes index and bibliographical references

Part I: Introduction. Psychobiology: philosophy and techniques. Back to the basics. Part II: The communication function of nerve cells. The nerve membrane. The nerve-cell synapse. Genetics and the nerve cell. Part III: The coding function of nerve cells. Principles of sensory coding. Vision. Part IV: The coding of internal motivational and emotional states. Effects of hunger, thirst, and arousal on nerve cells. Sex hormones: reproductive motives and behaviors. The psychobiology of emotions and curiosity. Part V: Effects on brain coding mechanism. Changes in neural activity associated with learning and memory. Effects of developmental experiences and coding. Part VI: Postscript and prelude. Single cells and mental events. References. Index.

This book emphasizes research that relates the responses of nerve cells in various areas of the brain to a given event or behaviour.

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