Book Title: Biological Basis of Behavior

Author: Caroline Cobb

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Book Description: Designed for graduate students of PSYC:629, this text gives an overview of the study of human behavior through a biological lens, this text focuses on the role of the central nervous system and its role in the regulation and control of human behavior. This text also includes supplemental resources to integrate the social context related to these topics and address the impact of historic harms to minoritized populations from a behavioral neuroscience lens.

Publication of this book was made possible by the Virginia Commonwealth University Affordable Course Content Awards grant program.

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Book Description

This text is designed for graduate students of PSYC:629, Biological Basis of Behavior, a doctoral-level psychology course at Virginia Commonwealth University.

An overview of the study of human behavior through a biological lens, this text focuses on the role of the central nervous system and its role in the regulation and control of human behavior. Topics include both structure and function of neurons, neurophysiology of the nervous system, basic neuroanatomy, drugs and behavior, internal regulatory processes, learning and memory, emotions, and some forms of psychopathology.

This text also includes supplemental resources to integrate the social context related to these topics and address the impact of historic harms to minoritized populations from a behavioral neuroscience lens.

Publication of this book was made possible by the Virginia Commonwealth University Affordable Course Content Awards grant program.

ISBN: 978-1-7341307-6-8 (Digital Online)
ISBN: 978-1-7341307-7-5 (PDF)
ISBN: 978-1-7341307-8-2 (EPUB)

Author

Caroline Cobb

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Biological Basis of Behavior Copyright © 2024 by Caroline Cobb (Amey) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Subject

Psychopharmacology

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Title
Biological Basis of Behavior
Author
Caroline Cobb
Contributors
Natalie Dautovich; Jared Keeley; David Chester; and Fantasy Lozada
License

Icon for the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Biological Basis of Behavior Copyright © 2024 by Caroline Cobb (Amey) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Copyright © 2023 by Caroline Cobb (Amey) and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Primary Subject
Psychopharmacology
Institution
Virginia Commonwealth University
Publisher
VCU Libraries Publishing
Publication Date
February 29, 2024
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.21974/MSVF-PZ83
Ebook ISBN
978-1-7341307-6-8