Biological Psychology

"Biopsychology" is one of the core knowledge areas of the psychology discipline and is inseparable from the frontier development direction of psychology, "cognitive neuroscience." The "National Standards for Undergraduate Teaching Quality in Psychology Majors" promulgated by the Ministry of Education in 2018 stipulates that "Biological Psychology" is a required course for undergraduate psychology. The writing team of this book are young and middle-aged researchers in related fields in China, and are also front-line teachers teaching related courses in various university research institutes. Under the leadership of Professor Su Yanjie, they united as one to integrate the research results and cutting-edge progress at home and abroad (especially their own research group), and explained it in simple terms to help readers comprehensively understand the current research status of various topics. The content of this book covers the classic basic knowledge in the field of biological psychology. It also pays special attention to the cutting-edge research progress in related fields and emerging intersecting fields. In particular, it systematically explains the important scientific research results of relevant domestic laboratories in recent years. These features condense into the biggest highlight of this book, which is of great help to expand the scientific horizons of readers. This book starts from broad biological psychology, and includes the basic knowledge and basic principles of biological psychology, the anatomy and development of the brain and its relationship with behavior; the evolution of the brain and behavior and the genetic mechanism of psychological behavior; the brain mechanisms of cognitive processes such as sensory processing, learning and memory, speech and language processing; the summary and introduction of research results on the neural processes and neural mechanisms of psychological phenomena and behaviors such as addiction, mental dependence and reward loops, neuropsychiatric diseases, stress and health, and cultural and social cognition. It includes cutting-edge developments in different fields and research topics in biological psychology, as well as the work accumulation of each author's own laboratory, which helps students understand and grasp the domestic and foreign research trends and development prospects of biological psychology. Therefore, this book can be used as a reference book for undergraduate students studying biological psychology and a textbook for postgraduate biological psychology special courses. It can also be used as a reference for students to choose research directions and research groups. About the author Su Yanjie studied at the Department of Psychology at Peking University from 1983 to 1992. He graduated with a doctorate in 1992 and stayed at the school to teach. Currently, he is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Peking University. He is currently the deputy dean of Yuanpei College of Peking University. Secretary General of the Psychology Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education, Executive Director of the Chinese Psychological Society, Vice Chairman and Secretary General of the Beijing Psychological Society. Taught undergraduate courses in developmental psychology, neuroanatomy, comparative psychology and environmental psychology, as well as graduate courses in developmental psychology topics and comparative psychology topics. Research interests mainly focus on the evolution and development of psychological abilities, especially the occurrence and development of theory of mind and the evolution of social behavior and intelligence. He has published more than 200 papers in Chinese and foreign academic journals such as PNAS, Developmental Psychology, Sex Roles, American Journal of Primatology, Acta Psychologica Sinica, Psychological Science, and Psychological Development and Education.