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Biopsychology, Global Edition

Biopsychology, Global Edition

John P. J. Pinel | Steven Barnes

(2017)

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Abstract

For courses in Physiological Psychology and Biopsychology
 
Explore how the central nervous system governs behavior
Biopsychology presents a clear, engaging introduction to biopsychological theory and research through a unique combination of biopsychological science and personal, reader-oriented discourse. Original author John Pinel and new co-author Steven Barnes address students directly and interweave the fundamentals of the field with clinical case studies, useful metaphors, and memorable anecdotes that make course material personally and socially relevant to readers. In addition to expanded learning objectives that guide students through the course, the Tenth Edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect this rapidly progressing scientific field.

 

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Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Cover Cover
Title Page 1
Copyright Page 2
Brief Contents 3
Contents 5
Preface 16
To the Student 22
About the Authors 22
Part One What Is Biopsychology? 25
1 Biopsychology as a Neuroscience: What Is Biopsychology, Anyway? 25
The Case of Jimmie G., the Man Frozen in Time 27
Four Major Themes of This Text 27
Thinking Creatively About Biopsychology 27
Clinical Implications 27
The Evolutionary Perspective 28
Neuroplasticity 28
What Is Biopsychology? 28
Defining Biopsychology 28
What Are the Origins of Biopsychology? 28
How Is Biopsychology Related to the Other Disciplines of Neuroscience? 28
What Types of Research Characterize the Biopsychological Approach? 29
Human and Nonhuman Subjects 29
Experiments and Nonexperiments 30
Experiments 30
Quasiexperimental Studies 32
Case Studies 32
Pure and Applied Research 32
What Are the Divisions of Biopsychology? 33
Physiological Psychology 34
Psychopharmacology 34
Neuropsychology 34
The Case of Mr. R., the Brain-damaged Student Who Switched to Architecture 34
Psychophysiology 35
Cognitive Neuroscience 35
Comparative Psychology 36
How Do Biopsychologists Conduct Their Work? 37
Converging Operations: How Do Biopsychologists Work Together? 37
Scientific Inference: How Do Biopsychologists Study the Unobservable Workings of the Brain? 38
Critical Thinking about Biopsychological Claims 40
Case 1: José and the Bull 40
Case 2: Becky, Moniz, and the Prefrontal Lobotomy 41
Themes Revisited 42
Key Terms 43
Part Two Foundations of Biopsychology 44
2 Evolution, Genetics, and Experience: Thinking About the Biology of Behavior 44
Thinking bbout the Biology of Behavior: from Dichotomies to Interactions 45
The Origins of Dichotomous Thinking 45
Is It Physiological, or Is It Psychological? 45
Is It Inherited, or Is It Learned? 46
Problems with Thinking About the Biology of Behavior in Terms of Traditional Dichotomies 46
Physiological-or-Psychological Thinking Runs into Difficulty 46
The Case of the Man Who Fell Out of Bed 47
Case of the Chimps with Mirrors 47
Nature-or-Nurture Thinking Runs into Difficulty 48
The Case of the Thinking Student 48
A Model of the Biology of Behavior. 49
Human Evolution 49
Darwin’s Theory of Evolution 49
Evolution and Behavior 50
Social Dominance 50
Courtship Display 51
Course of Human Evolution 51
Evolution of Vertebrates 52
Evolution of Amphibians 52
Evolution of Reptiles 52
Evolution of Mammals 52
Emergence of Humankind 53
Thinking about Human Evolution 54
Evolution of the Human Brain 56
Evolutionary Psychology: Understanding Mate Bonding 57
Polygyny and Polyandry 58
Monogamy 58
Thinking About Evolutionary Psychology 59
Fundamental Genetics 60
Mendelian Genetics 60
Chromosomes 60
Reproduction and Recombination 60
Structure and Replication 61
Sex Chromosomes and Sex-Linked Traits 63
Genetic Code and Gene Expression 63
Human Genome Project 64
Modern Genetics: Growth of Epigenetics 65
Epigenetics of Behavioral Development: Interaction of Genetic Factors and Experience 68
Selective Breeding of “Maze-Bright” and “Maze-Dull” Rats 68
Phenylketonuria: A Single-Gene Metabolic Disorder 69
Development of Birdsong 70
Genetics of Human Psychological Differences 71
Development of Individuals Versus Development of Differences Among Individuals 72
Heritability Estimates: Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart 72
A Look into the Future: Two Kinds of Twin Studies 73
Twin Studies of Epigenetic Effects 73
Twin Studies of the Effects of Experience on Heritability 74
Themes Revisited 74
Key Terms 75
3 Anatomy of the Nervous System: Systems, Structures, and Cells That Make Up Your Nervous System 76
General Layout of the Nervous System 77
Divisions of the Nervous System 77
Meninges 78
Ventricles and Cerebrospinal Fluid 79
Blood–brain Barrier 80
Cells of the Nervous System 81
Anatomy of Neurons 81
External Anatomy of Neurons 81
Internal Anatomy of Neurons 81
Neuron Cell Membrane 81
Classes of Neurons 82
Neurons and Neuroanatomical Structure 84
Glia: The Forgotten Cells 84
Neuroanatomical Techniques and Directions 86
Neuroanatomical Techniques 86
Golgi Stain 86
Nissl Stain 87
Electron Microscopy 87
Neuroanatomical Tracing Techniques 88
Directions in the Vertebrate Nervous System 88
Anatomy of the Central Nervous System 90
Spinal Cord 90
Five Major Divisions of the Brain 90
Myelencephalon 91
Metencephalon 91
Mesencephalon 92
Diencephalon 93
Telencephalon 94
Cerebral Cortex 94
Limbic System and the Basal Ganglia 96
Themes Revisited 100
Key Terms 100
4 Neural Conduction and Synaptic Transmission: How Neurons Send and Receive Signals 101
The Lizard, a Case of Parkinson’s Disease 102
Resting Membrane Potential 103
Recording the Membrane Potential 103
Ionic Basis of the Resting Potential 103
Generation, Conduction, and Integration of Postsynaptic Potentials 104
Generation and Conduction of Postsynaptic Potentials 104
Integration of Postsynaptic Potentials and Generation of Action Potentials 105
Conduction of Action Potentials 108
Ionic Basis of Action Potentials 108
Refractory Periods 108
Axonal Conduction of Action Potentials 109
Conduction in Myelinated Axons 110
The Velocity of Axonal Conduction 111
Conduction in Neurons Without Axons 111
The Hodgkin-Huxley Model in Perspective 111
Synaptic Transmission: Chemical Transmission of Signals Among Neurons 111
Structure of Synapses 112
Synthesis, Packaging, and Transport of Neurotransmitter Molecules 112
Release of Neurotransmitter Molecules 114
Activation of Receptors by Neurotransmitter Molecules 114
Reuptake, Enzymatic Degradation, and Recycling 116
Glia, Gap Junctions, and Synaptic Transmission 116
Neurotransmitters 118
Overview of the Neurotransmitter Classes 118
The Roles and Functions of Neurotransmitters 119
Amino Acid Neurotransmitters 119
Monoamine Neurotransmitters 119
Acetylcholine 120
Unconventional Neurotransmitters 120
Neuropeptides 120
Pharmacology of Synaptic Transmission and Behavior 121
How Drugs Influence Synaptic Transmission 121
Behavioral Pharmacology: Three Influential Lines of Research 121
Wrinkles and Darts: Discovery of Receptor Subtypes. 121
Pleasure and Pain: Discovery of Endogenous Opioids 123
Tremors and Mental Illness: Discovery of Antischizophrenic Drugs 124
Themes Revisited 125
Key Terms 125
5 The Research Methods of Biopsychology: Understanding What Biopsychologists Do 126
The Ironic Case of Professor P. 128
Part One Methods of Studying the Nervous System 128
Methods of Visualizing or Stimulating the Living Human Brain 128
X-Ray-Based Techniques 128
Contrast X-Rays 129
Computed Tomography 129
Radioactivity-Based Techniques 130
Positron Emission Tomography 130
Magnetic-Field-Based Techniques 130
Magnetic Resonance Imaging 130
Functional MRI 131
Diffusion Tensor Imaging 132
Transcranial Stimulation 132
Recording Human Psychophysiological Activity 133
Psychophysiological Measures of Brain Activity 133
Scalp Electroencephalography 133
Magnetoencephalography 135
Psychophysiological Measures of Somatic Nervous System Activity 135
Muscle Tension 135
Eye Movement 135
Psychophysiological Measures of Autonomic Nervous System Activity 136
Skin Conductance 136
Cardiovascular Activity 136
Invasive Physiological Research Methods 136
Stereotaxic Surgery 136
Lesion Methods 137
Aspiration Lesions 137
Radio-Frequency Lesions 137
Knife Cuts 137
Reversible Lesions 137
Interpreting Lesion Effects. 138
Bilateral and Unilateral Lesions. 138
Electrical Stimulation 138
Invasive Electrophysiological Recording Methods 138
Intracellular Unit Recording 138
Extracellular Unit Recording 138
Multiple-Unit Recording 139
Invasive Eeg Recording 139
Pharmacological Research Methods 139
Routes of Drug Administration 140
Selective Chemical Lesions 140
Measuring Chemical Activity of the Brain 140
2-Deoxyglucose Technique 140
Cerebral Dialysis 140
Locating Neurotransmitters and Receptors in the Brain 140
Immunocytochemistry 140
In Situ Hybridization 141
Genetic Engineering 142
Gene Knockout and Gene Replacement Techniques 142
Gene Knockout Techniques 142
Gene Replacement Techniques 142
Fantastic Fluorescence and the Brainbow 142
Optogenetics: A Neural Light Switch 144
Part Two Behavioral Research Methods of Biopsychology 144
Neuropsychological Testing 145
Modern Approach to Neuropsychological Testing 145
The Single-Test Approach 145
The Standardized-Test-Battery Approach 145
The Customized-Test-Battery Approach 145
Tests of the Common Neuropsychological Test Battery 146
Intelligence 146
Memory 146
Language 147
Language Lateralization 147
Tests of Specific Neuropsychological Function 147
Memory 147
Language 148
Frontal-Lobe Function 148
Behavioral Methods of Cognitive Neuroscience 148
Paired-Image Subtraction Technique 149
Default Mode Network 149
Mean Difference Images 149
Biopsychological Paradigms of Animal Behavior 150
Paradigms for the Assessment of Species-Common Behaviors 150
Open-Field Test 150
Tests of Aggressive and Defensive Behavior 151
Tests of Sexual Behavior 151
Traditional Conditioning Paradigms 151
Seminatural Animal Learning Paradigms 151
Conditioned Taste Aversion 152
Radial ARM Maze 152
Morris Water Maze 152
Conditioned Defensive Burying 153
Themes Revisited 154
Key Terms 154
Part Three Sensory and Motor Systems 156
6 The Visual System: How We See 156
The Case of Mrs. Richards: Fortification Illusions and the Astronomer 158
Light Enters the Eye and Reaches the Retina 159
Pupil and Lens 159
Eye Position and Binocular Disparity 160
The Retina and Translation of Light into Neural Signals 162
Structure of the Retina 162
Cone and Rod Vision 163
Spectral Sensitivity 165
Eye Movement 166
Visual Transduction: The Conversion of Light to Neural Signals 167
From Retina to Primary Visual Cortex 168
Retina-Geniculate-Striate System 168
Retinotopic Organization 169
The M and P Channels 169
Seeing Edges 170
Lateral Inhibition and Contrast Enhancement 170
Receptive Fields of Visual Neurons 172
Receptive Fields: Neurons of the Retina-Geniculate-Striate System 172
Receptive Fields 174
Simple Cortical Cells 174
Complex Cortical Cells 174
Organization of Primary Visual Cortex 175
The Case of Mrs. Richards, Revisited 175
Changing Concept of Visual Receptive Fields: Contextual Influences in Visual Processing 176
Seeing Color 176
Component and Opponent Processing 176
Color Constancy and the Retinex Theory 178
Cortical Mechanisms of Vision and Conscious Awareness 180
Three Different Classes of Visual Cortex 180
Damage to Primary Visual Cortex: Scotomas and Completion 181
The Case of the Physiological Psychologist Who Made Faces Disappear 181
The Case of D.B., the Man Confused by His Own Blindsight 182
Functional Areas of Secondary and Association Visual Cortex 182
Dorsal and Ventral Streams 183
The Case of D.F., the Woman Who Could Grasp Objects She Did Not Consciously See 184
The Case of A.T., the Woman Who Could Not Accurately Grasp Unfamiliar Objects That She Saw 185
Prosopagnosia 185
Is Prosopagnosia Specific to Faces? 186
R.P., a Typical Prosopagnosic 186
What Brain Pathology Is Associated with Prosopagnosia? 186
Can Prosopagnosics Perceive Faces in the Absence of Conscious Awareness? 186
Akinetopsia 187
Two Cases of Drug-Induced Akinetopsia 187
Conclusion 187
Themes Revisited 188
Key Terms 188
7 Mechanisms of Perception: Hearing, Touch, Smell, Taste, and Attention: How You Know the World 189
The Case of the Man Who Could See Only One Thing at a Time 191
Principles of Sensory System Organization 191
Types of Sensory Areas of Cortex 191
Features of Sensory System Organization 191
Hierarchical Organization 191
Case of the Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat 192
Functional Segregation 192
Parallel Processing 192
Summary Model of Sensory System Organization 192
Auditory System 193
Physical and Perceptual Dimensions of Sound 193
The Ear 194
From the Ear to the Primary Auditory Cortex 196
Subcortical Mechanisms of Sound Localization 196
Auditory Cortex 197
Organization of Primate Auditory Cortex 197
What Sounds Should Be Used to Study Auditory Cortex? 197
Two Streams of Auditory Cortex 197
Auditory-Visual Interactions 198
Where Does the Perception of Pitch Occur? 198
Effects of Damage to the Auditory System 198
Auditory Cortex Damage 198
Deafness in Humans 199
Somatosensory System: Touch and Pain 200
Cutaneous Receptors 200
Dermatomes 201
Two Major Somatosensory Pathways 201
Cortical Areas of Somatosensation 202
Effects of Damage to the Primary Somatosensory Cortex 204
Somatosensory System and Association Cortex 205
The Case of W.M., Who Reduced His Scotoma with His Hand 205
Somatosensory Agnosias 205
The Case of Aunt Betty, Who Lost Half of Her Body 205
Rubber-Hand Illusion 205
Perception of Pain 206
Adaptiveness of Pain 206
The Case of Miss C., the Woman Who Felt No Pain 206
Lack of Clear Cortical Representation of Pain 207
Descending Pain Control 207
Neuropathic Pain 208
Chemical Senses: Smell and Taste 208
Adaptive Roles of the Chemical Senses 209
Olfactory System 209
Gustatory System 211
Broad Tuning Versus Narrow Tuning 212
Brain Damage and the Chemical Senses 213
Selective Attention 213
Characteristics of Selective Attention 213
Change Blindness 214
Neural Mechanisms of Attention 214
Simultanagnosia 216
Themes Revisited 216
Key Terms 216
8 The Sensorimotor System: How You Move 218
The Case of Rhonelle, the Dexterous Cashier 220
Three Principles of Sensorimotor Function 220
The Sensorimotor System Is Hierarchically Organized 220
Motor Output Is Guided by Sensory Input 221
The Case of G.O., the Man with Too Little Feedback 221
Learning Changes the Nature and Locus of Sensorimotor Control 221
General Model of Sensorimotor System Function 221
Sensorimotor Association Cortex 222
Posterior Parietal Association Cortex 222
The Case of Mrs. S., the Woman Who Turned in Circles 223
Dorsolateral Prefrontal Association Cortex 224
Secondary Motor Cortex 225
Identifying the Areas of Secondary Motor Cortex 225
Mirror Neurons 226
Primary Motor Cortex 227
Conventional View of Primary Motor Cortex Function 227
Current View of Primary Motor Cortex Function 228
Belle: The Monkey That Controlled a Robot with Her Mind 229
Effects of Primary Motor Cortex Lesions 229
Cerebellum and Basal Ganglia 229
Cerebellum 230
Basal Ganglia 230
Descending Motor Pathways 231
Dorsolateral Corticospinal Tract and Dorsolateral Corticorubrospinal Tract 231
Ventromedial Corticospinal Tract and Ventromedial Cortico-brainstem-spinal Tract 231
Comparison of the Two Dorsolateral Motor Pathways and the Two Ventromedial Motor Pathways 232
Sensorimotor Spinal Circuits 234
Muscles 234
Receptor Organs of Tendons and Muscles 235
Stretch Reflex 236
Withdrawal Reflex 237
Reciprocal Innervation 237
Recurrent Collateral Inhibition 238
Walking: A Complex Sensorimotor Reflex 238
Central Sensorimotor Programs and Learning 240
A Hierarchy of Central Sensorimotor Programs 240
Characteristics of Central Sensorimotor Programs 240
Central Sensorimotor Programs Are Capable of Motor Equivalence 240
Sensory Information That Controls Central Sensorimotor Programs Is Not Necessarily Conscious 240
Central Sensorimotor Programs Can Develop Without Practice 241
Practice Can Create Central Sensorimotor Programs 241
Functional Brain Imaging of Sensorimotor Learning 242
The Case of Rhonelle, Revisited 243
Themes Revisited 243
Key Terms 243
Part Four Brain Plasticity 245
9 Development of the Nervous System: From Fertilized Egg to You 245
The Case of Genie 246
Five Phases of Neurodevelopment 247
Induction of the Neural Plate 247
Neural Proliferation 248
Migration and Aggregation 248
Migration 248
Aggregation 250
Axon Growth and Synapse Formation 250
Axon Growth 250
Synapse Formation 252
Neuron Death and Synapse Rearrangement 253
Neuron Death 253
Synapse Rearrangement 254
Postnatal Cerebral Development in Human Infants 254
Postnatal Growth of the Human Brain 255
Development of the Prefrontal Cortex 255
Effects of Experience on Postnatal Development of Neural Circuits 256
Critical Periods Versus Sensitive Periods 256
Early Studies of Experience and Neurodevelopment: Deprivation and Enrichment 256
Competitive Nature of Experience and Neurodevelopment: Ocular Dominance Columns 256
Effects of Experience on Topographic Sensory Cortex Maps 257
Experience Fine-Tunes Neurodevelopment 258
Neuroplasticity in Adults 258
Neurogenesis in Adult Mammals 258
Effects of Experience on the Reorganization of the Adult Cortex 260
Disorders of Neurodevelopment: Autism Spectrum Disorder and Williams Syndrome 261
Autism Spectrum Disorder 261
The Case of Alex: Are You Ready to Rock? 261
Genetic Basis of ASD 262
Neural Mechanisms of ASD 262
Cases of Amazing Savant Abilities 262
ASD Is a Heterogeneous Disorder 262
ASD Savants 262
Williams Syndrome 263
The Case of Anne Louise McGarrah: Uneven Abilities 263
Epilogue 264
Themes Revisited 264
Key Terms 265
10 Brain Damage and Neuroplasticity: Can the Brain Recover from Damage? 266
The Ironic Case of Professor P. 267
Causes of Brain Damage 268
Brain Tumors 268
Cerebrovascular Disorders: Strokes 269
Cerebral Hemorrhage 270
Cerebral Ischemia 270
Closed-Head Injuries 271
The Case of Junior Seau 272
Infections of the Brain 272
Bacterial Infections 272
Viral Infections 272
Neurotoxins 273
Genetic Factors 273
Programmed Cell Death 274
Neurological Diseases 274
Epilepsy 274
Focal Seizures 275
The Subtlety of Complex Partial Seizures: Two Cases 275
Generalized Seizures 275
Parkinson’s Disease 276
Huntington’s Disease 277
Multiple Sclerosis 278
Alzheimer’s Disease 278
Animal Models of Human Neurological Diseases 281
Kindling Model of Epilepsy 281
Transgenic Mouse Models of Alzheimer’s Disease 282
MPTP Model of Parkinson’s Disease 282
The Cases of the Frozen Addicts 282
Responses to Nervous System Damage: Degeneration, Regeneration, Reorganization, and Recovery 283
Neural Degeneration 283
Neural Regeneration 283
Neural Reorganization 285
Cortical Reorganization Following Damage in Laboratory Animals 286
Cortical Reorganization Following Damage in Humans 287
Mechanisms of Neural Reorganization 287
Recovery of Function after CNS Damage 287
Neuroplasticity and the Treatment of CNS Damage 288
Neurotransplantation as a Treatment for CNS Damage: Early Research 289
The Case of Roberto Garcia d’Orta: The Lizard Gets an Autotransplant 289
Modern Research on Neurotransplantation 290
Promoting Recovery from CNS Damage by Rehabilitative Training 290
Treating Strokes 290
Treating Spinal Injury 291
Benefits of Cognitive and Physical Exercise 291
Treating Phantom Limbs 291
Cases of Carlos and Philip: Phantom Limbs and Ramachandran 292
The Ironic Case of Professor P.: Recovery 292
Themes Revisited 293
Key Terms 293
11 Learning, Memory, and Amnesia: How Your Brain Stores Information 295
Amnesic Effects of Bilateral Medial Temporal Lobectomy 297
The Case of H.M., the Man Who Changed the Study of Memory 297
Formal Assessment of H.M.’s Anterograde Amnesia: Discovery of Unconscious Memories 298
Digit Span + 1 Test 298
Block-Tapping Memory-Span Test 298
Mirror-Drawing Test 298
Incomplete-Pictures Test 298
Pavlovian Conditioning 299
Three Major Scientific Contributions of H.M.’s Case 299
Medial Temporal Lobe Amnesia 300
Semantic and Episodic Memories 301
The Case of K.C., the Man Who Can’t Time Travel 301
The Case of the Clever Neuropsychologist: Spotting Episodic Memory Deficits 301
Effects of Global Cerebral Ischemia on the Hippocampus and Memory 302
The Case of R.B., Product of a Bungled Operation 302
Amnesias of Korsakoff’s Syndrome and Alzheimer’s Disease 303
Amnesia of Korsakoff’s Syndrome 303
The Up-Your-Nose Case of N.A. 303
Amnesia of Alzheimer’s Disease 304
Amnesia after Concussion: Evidence for Consolidation 304
Posttraumatic Amnesia 304
Gradients of Retrograde Amnesia and Memory Consolidation 305
Hippocampus and Consolidation 305
Reconsolidation 306
Evolving Perspective of the Role of the Hippocampus in Memory 307
Animal Models of Object-Recognition Amnesia: The Delayed Nonmatching-to-Sample Test 307
Monkey Version of the Delayed Non-Matching-to-Sample Test 307
Rat Version of the Delayed Non-Matching-to-Sample Test 308
Neuroanatomical Basis of the Object-Recognition Deficits Resulting from Bilateral Medial Temporal Lobectomy 310
Neurons of the Medial Temporal Lobes and Memory 312
Morris Water Maze Test 312
Radial Arm Maze Test 312
Hippocampal Place Cells and Entorhinal Grid Cells 313
Comparative Studies of the Hippocampus and Spatial Memory 313
Jennifer Aniston Neurons: Concept Cells 314
Engram Cells 315
Where Are Memories Stored? 315
Five Brain Areas Implicated in Memory 316
Inferotemporal Cortex 316
Amygdala 317
Prefrontal Cortex 317
The Case of the Cook Who Couldn’t 317
Cerebellum and Striatum 317
Synaptic Mechanisms of Learning and Memory 318
Long-Term Potentiation 318
Induction of LTP: Learning 320
Maintenance and Expression of LTP: Storage and Recall 321
Variability of LTP 322
Conclusion: Biopsychology of Memory and You 322
Infantile Amnesia 322
Smart Drugs: Do They Work? 323
Posttraumatic Amnesia and Episodic Memory 323
The Case of R.M., the Biopsychologist Who Remembered H.M. 323
Themes Revisited 324
Key Terms 324
Part Five Biopsychology of Motivation 326
12 Hunger, Eating, and Health: Why Do Many People Eat Too Much? 326
The Case of the Man Who Forgot Not to Eat 328
Digestion, Energy Storage, and Energy Utilization 328
Digestion and Energy Storage in the Body 328
Digestion 328
Energy Storage in the Body 328
Three Phases of Energy Metabolism 329
Theories of Hunger and Eating: Set Points Versus Positive Incentives 330
Set-Point Assumption 330
Glucostatic Theory 332
Lipostatic Theory 332
Problems with Set-Point Theories of Hunger and Eating 332
Positive-Incentive Perspective 333
Factors That Determine What, When, and How Much We Eat 333
Factors That Influence What We Eat 333
Learned Taste Preferences and Aversions 333
Learning to Eat Vitamins and Minerals 334
Factors That Influence When We Eat 334
Premeal Hunger 334
Pavlovian Conditioning of Hunger 334
Factors That Influence How Much We Eat 335
Satiety Signals 335
Sham Eating 335
Appetizer Effect and Satiety 335
Serving Size and Satiety 335
Social Influences and Satiety 335
Sensory-Specific Satiety 335
Physiological Research on Hunger and Satiety 337
Role of Blood Glucose Levels in Hunger and Satiety 337
Myth of Hypothalamic Hunger and Satiety Centers 337
VMH Satiety Center 337
LH Feeding Center 338
Reinterpretation of the Effects of VMH and LH Lesions 338
Modern Research on the Role of Hypothalamic Nuclei in Hunger and Satiety 339
Role of the Gastrointestinal Tract in Satiety 339
Hunger and Satiety Peptides 340
Serotonin and Satiety 341
Prader-Willi Syndrome: Patients with Insatiable Hunger 341
Prader-Willi Syndrome: The Case of Miss A. 341
Body-Weight Regulation: Set Points Versus Settling Points 342
Set-Point Assumptions about Body Weight and Eating 342
Variability of Body Weight 342
Set Points and Health 342
Regulation of Body Weight by Changes in the Efficiency of Energy Utilization 343
Set Points and Settling Points in Weight Control 343
Human Obesity: Causes, Mechanisms, and Treatments 346
Obesity: Who Needs to Be Concerned? 346
Obesity: Why Is There an Epidemic? 346
Why Do Some People Become Obese While Others Do Not? 347
Differences in Consumption 347
Differences in Energy Expenditure 347
Differences in Gut Microbiome Composition 347
Genetic and Epigenetic Factors 347
Why Are Weight-Loss Programs Often Ineffective? 348
Leptin and the Regulation of Body Fat 348
Obese Mice and the Discovery of Leptin 349
Leptin, Insulin, and the Arcuate Melanocortin System 349
Leptin as a Treatment for Human Obesity 349
The Case of the Child with No Leptin 350
Treatment of Obesity 350
Serotonergic Agonists 350
Gastric Surgery 350
Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa 350
Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa 351
Anorexia Nervosa 351
Bulimia Nervosa 351
Relation between Anorexia and Bulimia 352
Anorexia and Positive Incentives 352
Anorexia Nervosa: A Hypothesis 353
The Case of the Student with Anorexia 353
Themes Revisited 354
Key Terms 354
13 Hormones and Sex: What’s Wrong with the Mamawawa? 355
Men-are-Men-and-Women-are-Women Assumption 357
Developmental and Activational Effects of Sex Hormones. 357
Neuroendocrine System 357
Glands 357
Gonads 358
Hormones 358
Sex Steroids 358
The Pituitary 359
Female Gonadal Hormone Levels Are Cyclic; Male Gonadal Hormone Levels Are Steady 359
Control of the Pituitary 359
Control of the Anterior and Posterior Pituitary by the Hypothalamus 360
Discovery of Hypothalamic Releasing Hormones 360
Regulation of Hormone Levels 361
Regulation by Neural Signals 361
Regulation by Hormonal Signals 361
Regulation by Nonhormonal Chemicals 362
Pulsatile Hormone Release 362
Summary Model of Gonadal Endocrine Regulation 362
Hormones and Sexual Development of the Body 362
Sexual Differentiation 363
Fetal Hormones and Development of Reproductive Organs 363
Internal Reproductive Ducts 363
External Reproductive Organs 364
Puberty: Hormones and Development of Secondary Sex Characteristics 364
Hormones and Sexual Development of Brain and Behavior 365
Sex Differences in the Brain 365
First Discovery of a Sex Difference in Mammalian Brain Function 366
Aromatization Hypothesis 366
Sex Differences in the Brain: The Modern Perspective 367
Development of Sex Differences in Behavior 368
Development of Reproductive Behaviors in Laboratory Animals 368
Development of Sex Differences in the Behavior of Humans 368
Three Cases of Exceptional Human Sexual Development 369
Exceptional Cases of Human Sexual Development 370
The Case of Anne S., the Woman Who Wasn’t 370
The Case of the Little Girl Who Grew into a Boy 370
The Case of the Twin Who Lost His Penis 371
Do the Exceptional Cases Prove the Rule? 372
Effects of Gonadal Hormones on Adults 372
Male Sexual Behavior and Testosterone 372
The Case of the Man Who Lost and Regained His Manhood 373
Female Sexual Behavior and Gonadal Hormones 373
Anabolic Steroid Abuse 374
Brain Mechanisms of Sexual Behavior 376
Four Brain Structures Associated with Sexual Activity 376
Cortex and Sexual Activity 376
Hypothalamus and Sexual Activity 376
Amygdala and Sexual Activity 377
Ventral Striatum and Sexual Activity 378
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity 378
Sexual Orientation 378
Sexual Orientation and Genes 378
Sexual Orientation and Early Hormones 379
What Triggers the Development of Sexual Attraction? 379
Is There a Difference in the Brains of Gay Persons and Heterosexuals? 379
Gender Identity 380
Independence of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity 380
Themes Revisited 381
Key Terms 382
14 Sleep, Dreaming, and Circadian Rhythms: How Much Do You Need to Sleep? 383
The Case of the Woman Who Wouldn’t Sleep 385
Stages of Sleep 386
Three Standard Psychophysiological Measures of Sleep 386
Three Stages of Sleep EEG 386
Dreaming 387
REM Sleep and Dreaming 387
Testing Common Beliefs About Dreaming 388
Interpretation of Dreams 388
Why Do We Sleep, and Why Do We Sleep When We Do? 389
Two Kinds of Theories of Sleep 389
Comparative Analysis of Sleep 389
Effects of Sleep Deprivation 390
Interpretation of the Effects of Sleep Deprivation: the Stress Problem 390
Predictions of Recuperation Theories About Sleep Deprivation 391
Two Classic Sleep-Deprivation Case Studies 391
The Case of the Sleep-Deprived Students 391
The Case of Randy Gardner 391
Experimental Studies of Sleep Deprivation in Humans 391
Sleep-Deprivation Studies of Laboratory Animals 393
REM-Sleep Deprivation 393
Sleep Deprivation Increases the Efficiency of Sleep 394
Circadian Sleep Cycles 396
Circadian Rhythms 396
Free-Running Circadian Sleep–Wake Cycles 396
Jet Lag and Shift Work 397
A Circadian Clock in the Suprachiasmatic Nuclei 397
Neural Mechanisms of Entrainment 398
Genetics of Circadian Rhythms 399
Four Areas of the Brain Involved in Sleep 399
Two Areas of the Hypothalamus Involved in Sleep 399
The Case of Constant in vonEconomo, the Insightful Neurologist 400
Reticular Formation and Sleep 400
Reticular REM-Sleep Nuclei 401
Drugs That Affect Sleep 403
Hypnotic Drugs 403
Antihypnotic Drugs 403
Melatonin 404
Sleep Disorders 405
Insomnia 405
Mr. B., the Case of Iatrogenic Insomnia 405
Hypersomnia 406
REM-Sleep–Related Disorders 407
The Case of the Sleeper Who Ran Over Tackle 407
Effects of Long-Term Sleep Reduction 408
Differences between Short and Long Sleepers 408
Long-Term Reduction of Nightly Sleep 408
Long-Term Sleep Reduction by Napping 409
Effects of Shorter Sleep Times on Health 409
Long-Term Sleep Reduction: A Personal Case Study 410
The Case of the Author Who Reduced His Sleep 410
Themes Revisited 411
Key Terms 411
15 Drug Use, Drug Addiction, and the Brain’s Reward Circuits: Chemicals That Harm with Pleasure 413
Case of the Drugged High School Teachers 414
Basic Principles of Drug Action 415
Drug Administration, Absorption, and Penetration of the Central Nervous System 415
Oral Ingestion 415
Injection 415
Inhalation 415
Absorption Through Mucous Membranes 415
Drug Action, Metabolism, and Elimination 415
Drug Penetration of the Central Nervous System 415
Mechanisms of Drug Action 415
Drug Metabolism and Elimination 416
Drug Tolerance, Drug Withdrawal Effects, and Physical Dependence 416
Drug Tolerance 416
Drug Withdrawal Effects and Physical Dependence 416
Drug Addiction: What Is It? 417
Role of Learning in Drug Tolerance 418
Contingent Drug Tolerance 418
Conditioned Drug Tolerance 419
Thinking About Drug Conditioning. 420
Five Commonly Used Drugs 420
Tobacco 421
Alcohol 421
Marijuana 423
Cocaine and Other Stimulants 425
The Opioids: Heroin and Morphine 426
Comparing the Health Hazards of Commonly Used Drugs 428
Interpreting Studies of the Health Hazards of Drugs 428
Comparison of the Hazards of Tobacco, Alcohol, Marijuana, Cocaine, and Heroin 429
Early Biopsychological Research on Addiction 430
Physical-Dependence and Positive-Incentive Perspectives of Addiction 430
Intracranial Self-Stimulation and the Mesotelencephalic Dopamine System 431
Early Evidence of the Involvement of Dopamine in Drug Addiction 432
Nucleus Accumbens and Drug Addiction 432
Current Approaches to the Mechanisms of Addiction 433
Three Stages in the Development of an Addiction 434
Initial Drug Taking 434
Habitual Drug Taking 435
Drug Craving and Addiction Relapse 436
Current Concerns About the Drug Self-Administration Paradigm 437
Unnatural Housing and Testing Conditions 437
Excessive Focus on Stimulants 437
A Noteworthy Case of Addiction 437
The Case of Sigmund Freud 437
Themes Revisited 438
Key Terms 438
Part Six Disorders of Cognition and Emotion 440
16 Lateralization, Language, and the Split Brain: The Left Brain and Right Brain 440
Cerebral Lateralization of Function: Introduction 443
Discovery of the Specific Contributions of Left-Hemisphere Damage to Aphasia and Apraxia 443
Tests of Cerebral Lateralization 443
Sodium Amytal Test 443
Dichotic Listening Test 444
Functional Brain Imaging 444
Discovery of the Relation Between Speech Laterality and Handedness 444
Sex Differences in Brain Lateralization 444
The Split Brain 445
Groundbreaking Experiment of Myers and Sperry 445
Commissurotomy in Human’s with Epilepsy 447
Evidence That the Hemispheres of Split-Brain Patients Can Function Independently 448
Cross-Cuing 449
Doing Two Things at Once 449
The Z Lens 450
Dual Mental Functioning and Conflict in Split-Brain Patients 451
The Case of Peter, the Split-Brain Patient Tormented by Conflict 451
Independence of Split Hemispheres: Current Perspective 451
Differences Between Left and Right Hemispheres 452
Examples of Cerebral Lateralization of Function 452
Superiority of the Left Hemisphere in Controlling Ipsilateral Movement 453
Superiority of the Right Hemisphere in Spatial Ability 453
Specialization of the Right Hemisphere for Emotion 453
Superior Musical Ability of the Right Hemisphere 453
Hemispheric Differences in Memory 454
The Left-Hemisphere Interpreter 454
What Is Lateralized—Broad Clusters of Abilities or Individual Cognitive Processes? 454
Anatomical Asymmetries of the Brain 455
Evolutionary Perspective of Cerebral Lateralization and Language 456
Theories of the Evolution of Cerebral Lateralization 456
Analytic–Synthetic Theory 456
Motor Theory 457
Linguistic Theory 457
The Case of W.L., the Man Who Experienced Aphasia for Sign Language 457
When Did Cerebral Lateralization Evolve? 457
What Are the Survival Advantages of Cerebral Lateralization? 457
Evolution of Human Language 458
Vocal Communication in Nonhuman Primates 458
Motor Theory of Speech Perception 458
Gestural Language 459
Cortical Localization of Language: The Wernicke-Geschwind Model 460
Historical Antecedents of the Wernicke-Geschwind Model 460
The Wernicke-Geschwind Model 461
Wernicke-Geschwind Model: The Evidence 462
Effects of Cortical Damage and Brain Stimulation on Language Abilities 462
Evidence from Studies of the Effects of Cortical Damage 463
Evidence from Functional Neuroimaging Studies 463
Evidence from Studies of Electrical Stimulation of the Cortex 464
Current Status of the Wernicke-Geschwind Model 466
Cognitive Neuroscience of Language 466
Three Premises That Define the Cognitive Neuroscience Approach to Language 467
Functional Brain Imaging and the Localization of Language 467
Bavelier’s fMRI Study of Reading 467
Damasio’s Pet Study of Naming 468
Cognitive Neuroscience of Dyslexia 469
Developmental Dyslexia: Causes and Neural Mechanisms 469
Developmental Dyslexia and Culture 469
Cognitive Neuroscience of Deep and Surface Dyslexia 470
The Case of N.I., the Woman Who Read with Her Right Hemisphere 471
Themes Revisited 471
Key Terms 471
17 Biopsychology of Emotion, Stress, and Health: Fear, the Dark Side of Emotion 473
Biopsychology of Emotion: Introduction 474
Early Landmarks in the Biopsychological Investigation of Emotion 474
The Mind-Blowing Case of Phineas Gage 474
Darwin’s Theory of the Evolution of Emotion 475
James-Lange and Cannon-Bard Theories 476
Sham Rage 476
Limbic System and Emotion 477
Klüver-Bucy Syndrome 477
A Human Case of Klüver-Bucy Syndrome 478
Emotions and the Autonomic Nervous System 478
Emotional Specificity of the Autonomic Nervous System 478
Polygraphy 478
Emotions and Facial Expression 479
Universality of Facial Expression 479
Primary Facial Expressions 479
Facial Feedback Hypothesis 479
Voluntary Control of Facial Expression 480
Facial Expressions: Current Perspectives 481
Fear, Defense, and Aggression 481
Types of Aggressive and Defensive Behaviors 482
Aggression and Testosterone 483
Neural Mechanisms of Fear Conditioning 484
Amygdala and Fear Conditioning 484
Contextual Fear Conditioning and the Hippocampus 484
Amygdala Complex and Fear Conditioning 485
Brain Mechanisms of Human Emotion 486
Cognitive Neuroscience of Emotion 486
Amygdala and Human Emotion 487
The Case of S.P., the Woman Who Couldn’t Perceive Fear 487
Medial Prefrontal Lobes and Human Emotion 487
Lateralization of Emotion 488
Neural Mechanisms of Human Emotion: Current Perspectives 488
Stress and Health 489
The Stress Response 489
Animal Models of Stress 490
Psychosomatic Disorders: The Case of Gastric Ulcers 490
Psychoneuroimmunology: Stress, the Immune System, and the Brain 491
Innate Immune System 491
Adaptive Immune System 491
What Effect Does Stress Have on Immune Function: Disruptive or Beneficial? 492
How Does Stress Influence Immune Function? 493
Does Stress Affect Susceptibility to Infectious Disease? 493
Early Experience of Stress 494
Stress and the Hippocampus 495
Conclusion. 495
The Case of Charles Whitman, the Texas Tower Sniper 495
Themes Revisited 496
Key Terms 496
18 Biopsychology of Psychiatric Disorders: The Brain Unhinged 497
Schizophrenia 499
Schizophrenia: The Case of Lena 499
What Is Schizophrenia? 500
Causal Factors in Schizophrenia 500
Discovery of the First Antipsychotic Drugs 501
Dopamine Theory of Schizophrenia 501
Schizophrenia: Current Research and Treatment 503
Atypical Antipsychotics 503
Renewed Interest in Hallucinogenic Drugs 504
Mechanisms of Schizophrenia-Related Genes 504
Schizophrenia and Brain Structure Changes 504
Conclusion 505
Depressive Disorders 505
Defining Depressive Disorders 505
The Case of S.B., the Depressed Biopsychology Student 506
Causal Factors in Major Depressive Disorder 506
Antidepressant Drugs 507
Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors 507
Tricyclic Antidepressants 507
Selective Monoamine-Reuptake Inhibitors 507
Atypical Antidepressants 507
NMDA-Receptor Antagonists 508
Effectiveness of Drugs in the Treatment of Depressive Disorders 508
Brain Differences in Depression 508
Theories of Depression 509
Monoamine Theory of Depression 509
Neuroplasticity Theory of Depression 509
Treatment of Depression with Brain Stimulation 510
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation 510
Deep Brain Stimulation 510
Conclusion 510
Bipolar Disorders 511
Defining Bipolar Disorders 511
The Case of S.B. Revisited: The Biopsychology Student with Bipolar Disorder 511
Causal Factors in Bipolar Disorders 512
Mood Stabilizers 512
Brain Differences Associated with Bipolar Disorders 513
Theories of Bipolar Disorders 513
Anxiety Disorders 513
The Case of M.R., the Woman Who Was Afraid to Go Out 514
Four Anxiety Disorders 514
Etiology of Anxiety Disorders 514
Pharmacological Treatment of Anxiety Disorders 515
Benzodiazepines 515
Serotonin Agonists 515
Antidepressant Drugs 515
Animal Models of Anxiety Disorders 515
Neural Bases of Anxiety Disorders 516
Tourette’s Disorder 516
The Case of R.G.—Barking Like a Dog 516
What Is Tourette’s Disorder? 517
Neural Bases of Tourette’s Disorder 518
Treatment of Tourette’s Disorder 518
The Case of P.H., the Neuroscientist with Tourette’s Disorder 518
Clinical Trials: Development of New Psychotherapeutic Drugs 519
Clinical Trials: The Three Phases 519
Phase 1: Screening for Safety. 519
Phase 2: Establishing the Testing Protocol. 520
Phase 3: Final Testing. 520
Controversial Aspects of Clinical Trials 520
Requirement for Double-Blind Design and Placebo Controls 520
The Need for Active Placebos 520
Length of Time Required 520
Financial Issues 521
Targets of Psychopharmacology 521
Effectiveness of Clinical Trials 521
Conclusion 522
Conclusion of the Case of S.B.: The Biopsychology Student Who Took Control 522
Themes Revisited 523
Key Terms 523
Epilogue 524
Appendixes 524
Glossary 528
References 549
Credits 592
Name Index 594
Subject Index 607