Understanding Biological Psychology

a distinctive and student-friendly textbook;

helps students to appreciate the central role that biological processes play in psychology;

gives conceptual clarity to a complex and often confusing field;

innovative integration of theory and methods;

covers a core area of the undergraduate syllabus;

synthesizes biological processes with mainstream psychological topics to make the subject both interesting and accessible;

focuses on what biological psychology is for, rather than treating it as an end in itself;

provides basic introductions to biological principles and applications;

covers recent advances, such as neuroimaging and molecular genetics.