Handbook of psychology / Vol. 3, Biological psychology / Michela Gallagher, Randy J. Nelson ed

• Includes established theories and cutting-edge developments. • Presents the work of an international group of experts. • Presents the nature, origin, implications, an future course of major unresolved issues in the area. HANDBOOK of PSYCHOLOGY......Page 3 Handbook of Psychology Preface......Page 9 Volume Preface......Page 11 Contents......Page 21 Contributors......Page 23 1 EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY......Page 27 2 BEHAVIORAL GENETICS......Page 61 3 COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY OF VISION......Page 73 4 COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY OF AUDITION......Page 97 5 COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY OF MOTOR SYSTEMS......Page 135 6 VISUAL PROCESSING IN THE PRIMATE BRAIN......Page 165 7 AUDITORY PROCESSING IN THE PRIMATE BRAIN......Page 213 8 PROCESSING OF TACTILE INFORMATION IN THE PRIMATE BRAIN......Page 237 9 THE BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY OF PAIN......Page 263 10 OLFACTION AND TASTE......Page 295 11 FOOD AND FLUID INTAKE......Page 325 12 SEX BEHAVIOR......Page 347 13 SLEEP AND BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS......Page 381 14 MOTIVATIONAL SYSTEMS......Page 405 15 EMOTION......Page 431 16 STRESS, COPING, AND IMMUNE FUNCTION......Page 467 17 THE PSYCHOLOGY AND ETHOLOGY OF LEARNING......Page 483 18 BIOLOGICAL MODELS OF ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING......Page 525 19 MEMORY SYSTEMS......Page 569 20 PRIMATE COGNITION......Page 587 21 LANGUAGE......Page 621 22 PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTION IN COMPUTATIONAL MODELS OF NEURAL NETWORKS......Page 663 23 ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM......Page 681 Author Index......Page 695 Subject Index......Page 735 Evolutionary psychology is the application of the principles and knowledge of evolutionary biology to psychological theory and research. Covers the current state of psychological knowledge and advances.