Biological Psychology

Biological Psychology provides an accessible and engaging introduction for students new to the field, covering the essential topics while highlighting the excitement of cutting-edge research, controversial findings, and real-world applications.

Biological Psychology offers a highly visual, in-depth guide to the basic biological functions of the brain to support students throughout their degree. It encourages engagement through a a focus on real world applications, helping students to apply their learning to conditions such as epilepsy, PTSD and Parkinson's, and treatments such as gene therapy and brain-computer interfaces for spinal cord injuries.

Biological Psychology can feel like an intimidating topic for students but this book starts with simple concepts, introduces them in a simple vocabulary, then helps build knowledge to deep levels of understanding and the skills to succeed.

This edition boats a brand new chapter on Research Methods, as well as a completely revamped learning structure with features focused on real world application, the future of research, key debates and critical thinking, not forgetting the end of chapter Spotlights that bring real depth to areas that students are really interested and are ideal for supporting coursework on those topics.