Brief Contents // 1 The Biological Approach to Psychology 1 // 2 Neurons and Action Potentials 26 // 3 Communication at Synapses 48 // 4 Brain Anatomy 82 // 5 Brain Development and Plasticity 120 // 6 The Visual System 150 // 7 Hearing, the Body Senses, and the Chemical Senses 188 // 8 Control of Movement 224 // 9 Sleeping and Waking 256 // 10 Temperature Control, Thirst, and Hunger 286 // 11 Sexual Behaviors 316 // 12 Biology of Emotion 344 // 13 Learning and Memory 376 // 14 Lateralization, Language, and Consciousness 408 // 15 Abnormal Behavior 444 // A Brief, Basic Chemistry 471 // В Society for Neuroscience Policies on the Use of Animals and Human Subjects in Neuroscience Research 477