An introduction to physiological psychology / Allen M. Schneider, Barry Tarshis.

Table of Contents


PART ONE HISTORY, METHODOLOGY, AND BIOLOGICAL OF FOUNDATIONS OF BEHAVIOR

Chapter 1 History
Introduction
The impact of Descartes
The rise of the experimentation in psychology
Exploring the nervous system
Brian-behavior relations

Chapter 2 Research Techniques
The three approaches to brain-behavior relations
Advancing toward precision
Recent technological developments
Improved recording techniques
Verifying electrode placement
The psychological psychologist in the laboratory
Etc.

Chapter 3 Biological foundations of behavior
The cellular basis of behavior
The structure and function of cells
Energy to power the behavioral cells
The structure and the functions of genes
Etc.

PART TWO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
Chapter 4 The Neuron
Differentiating neurons from other cells
The structure of the neuron
Differentiating among neurons
Forming the neurons system
Etc.

Chapter 5 The Peripheral nervous system
The peripherals nervous system:An overview
The divisions of the peripheral
Nervous system
The skeleton nervous systems
Etc.

Chapter 6 The central nervous systems
The central nervous system: an overview
Nonneural materials in the central nervous stems
The central nervousness systems and behavior
The brain
A structural view of the brain
Etc.

Chapter 7 The Neural Impulse
Tracking the impulse: the early discoveries
The electrical nature of the neuron
The resting potential
Completing impulse cycle
Membrane permeability and the impulse cycle.
Etc.

Chapter 8 The Synapse
Synaptic activity: a chemical affair
Neurotransmitters and the neural impulse
Neurotransmitters and the nervous systems
Neurotransmitters and behavior: In retrospect

Chapter 9 Drugs and Behavior
Psychopharmacology: recent progress
Cataloging the behavioral effects of drugs
The five groups psychoactive drugs
Drugs at work
The tolerance factor
Etc.

PART THREE SENSORY AND MOTOR PROCESSES
Chapter 10 Sensory processing
The transduction properties of the receptor
Sensory coding: an over view
Arousal and attention

Chapter 11 Visual system
Understanding light
How human see
The visual nervous system

Chapter 12 Visual Coding
Transduction in the retina
Neural coding in the retina
Neural coding in the brain
Neural coding: Inherent of acquired

Chapter 13 Audition
The neural of sound
The anatomy of the auditory systems
The auditory nervous system
Coding auditory information

Chapter 14 Smell and the taste
Chemoreceptors
The anatomy of taste
Coding for taste
Smell
Coding for smell

Chapter 15 Cutaneous sense and proprioception
Cutaneous senses
The anatomy of the cutaneous senses
Neural coding for touch and pressure
Neural coding for temperature
Proprioceptive cues
Etc.

Chapter 16 Pain
The nature of pain
Chronic pain
The pain-suppression circuit

Chapter 17 Muscles and glands
The mechanics of movement
The neural aspects of muscle movement
The forum of movement

PART FOUR MOTIVATION
Chapter 18 Eating
The search for feeding centers in the brain
The search for eating signals
The search for metabolic signals
Hypothalamic regulation: a closer look
Etc.

Chapter 19 Drinking and additional eating issues
Drinking behavior: an overview
The search for signals
The two thirsts: Osmotic and volemic
Etc.

Chapter 20 Sleep
Sleep defined
Searching for sleep signals
The neural mechanisms of sleep
The need for paradoxical sleep

Chapter 21 Sex
Defining sex
External control of sexual behavior
Hormones and sexual behavior
Etc.

PART FIVE EMOTION
Chapter 22 The neural basis of emotion
The anatomical basis of emotion
The limbic system
Analyzing the limbic system
Etc.

Chapter 23 The clinical aspects of emotion
Emotional breakdown defined
Visceral breakdown
Teaching body to deal with stress
Etc.

PART SIX LEARNING, MEMORY, AND LOCALIZATION OF HIGHER-ORDER FUNCTIONS
Chapter 24 Learning
Early learning discoveries
Learning and the nervous system
The cortex and learning
Etc.

Chapter 25 Memory
The theory of memory consolidation
The chemical basis of long term memory
Human memory
Etc.

Chapter 26 Localization of higher-order functions
Cortical localization: historical perceptive
Localization of language
Localization of perception

Includes bibliographies and index.