Biological Basis of Behavior

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• Caroline O. Cobb, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityFollow

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This text provides an overview of human behavior through a biological lens, with a focus on the central nervous system and its role in regulating and controlling behavior. Designed for graduate students in PSYC 629, it covers neuron structure and function, neurophysiology, basic neuroanatomy, drugs and behavior, internal regulatory processes, learning and memory, emotions, and selected forms of psychopathology.

The text also incorporates supplemental resources that situate these topics within their broader social context, including discussions of the historical harms experienced by minoritized populations from a behavioral neuroscience perspective.

Accessibility Note

Content is digitally accessible 2025

DOI

10.21974/MSVF-PZ83

ISBN

978-1-7341307-6-8

Publication Date

2024

Publisher

VCU Libraries

Keywords

Psychopharmacology, Psychophysiology, Neuropsychology

Disciplines

Behavioral Neurobiology | Cognitive Neuroscience

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Copyright © 2024 by Caroline Cobb

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Comments

The creation of this open textbook was sponsored in part by the 2022 Affordable Course Content Awards program.

Contributors: Natalie Dautovich; Jared Keeley; David Chester; and Fantasy Lozada

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Cobb, C. Biological Basis of Behavior (2024). VCU Libraries. https://doi.org/10.21974/MSVF-PZ83