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The Feeling of What Happens : Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness
Antonio R. Damasio
Paperback - $26.95
A gifted medical clinician with decades of caring for patients with brain damage offers a new understanding of the biological roots of consciousness and its role in survival. "A must read for anyone wanting a neurologist's perspective on one of the g ...
Behavior Genetics Principles : Perspectives in Development, Personality, and Psychopathology
Lisabeth F. Dilalla
Hardcover - $96.95
This book demonstrates the importance of behavior genetics for many fields of psychology utilizing the theories and methodologies that were originated by Dr. Irving I. Gottesman. Specific topics that are covered are child temperament and psychopathol ...
The Object Stares Back : On the Nature of Seeing
James Elkins
Paperback - $24.95
This arresting, provocative book on how we see--reminiscent of Diane Ackerman's A Natural History of the Senses--mixes science, philosophy, psychology, and art history, and offers startling, insightful observations likely to alter forever the way we ...
Touch
Tiffany Field
Paperback - $26.95
The first sensory input in life comes from the sense of touch while a baby is still in the womb, and touch continues to be the primary means of learning about the world throughout infancy, well into childhood. Touch is critical for children's growth, ...
Progress in Psychobiology and Physiological Psychology
Steven J. Fluharty
Hardcover - $248.95
For 31 years, Progress in Psychobiology and Physiological Psychology has provided cutting-edge literature to behavioral neuroscience research. The current volume provides new research on satiety, the neuroendocrinology of fear, sleep regulation, and ...
Why Men Won't Ask for Directions : The Seductions of Sociobiology
Richard C. Francis
Paperback - $47.95
"A synthesis of the latest advances in the behavior, physiology and ecology of sociosexual behaviors, Francis's book focuses primarily on animals, but also develops and critiques the history and present state of how this material has been applied (an ...
The Psychobiology of Behavioral Development
Ronald Gandelman
Hardcover - $147.95
Designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, this textbook explores both the psychological and biological influences on the development of behavior, using data from both animal and human subjects to support principles and hypotheses. Th ...