Biological psychology..

eth0_

..the science of the brain. Has anyone here studied it? Can you recommend any books on the subject?

GuanYin

Do you mean general Neuroscience or Biology as it pertains to Psychology?

eth0_

Originally posted by syke
Do you mean general Neuroscience or Biology as it pertains to Psychology?

No, I mean neuroscience as it applies to psychology...studying the structure and composition of the brain, how it develops, what is schizophrenia in terms of brain chemistry and biology, hearing, speech and language, consciousness, development of the human nervous system from conception to birth, human sensory systems yadda yadda yadda

GuanYin

The Synaptic Organization of the Brain by Shepard

Its a pretty good Neurophamracology/physiology one.

eth0_

Originally posted by syke
The Synaptic Organization of the Brain by Shepard

Its a pretty good Neurophamracology/physiology one.

Looks ok, yeah, i'll try and pick it up in whsmith, amazon don't do the softcover.

beardedchicken

there's a book called biopsychology by pinel, which i found very good as an introduction to the subject.

is this for college or general interest? if it's for general interest, or indeed an introductory course, then the pinel book would be ok, but if you want something more in depth and complex, then i'd say go for the shepard book

eth0_

It's for uni. Cheers for the recommendation, are you studying psychology yourself?

GuanYin

The Biochemical Basis of Neuropharmacology by Cooper, Roth and Bloom is another of the more sciencey ones.

beardedchicken

Originally posted by eth0_
It's for uni. Cheers for the recommendation, are you studying psychology yourself?

not any more; i studied it in first year but i didn't get into second year to do the mode 1 honours degree. i still have an interest in it, though, it's worth doing some indepentent reading on it to get a different perspective on other things i'm still doing in college.

another psychology related book i'd reccomend is the blank slate by steven pinker, it's about the philosophy of mind, but it brings in neuroscience, experimental and empirical evidence, linguistics, and philosophy

eth0_

Originally posted by beardedchicken
not any more; i studied it in first year but i didn't get into second year to do the mode 1 honours degree. i still have an interest in it, though

Cheers for the book recommendations. Would you not think of going back to uni, even part time? The open uni is good, and Dublin Business School do psych part time

beardedchicken

oh, i'm still in uni, i'm just doing different subjects! i've actually checked, and there's still loads of options open to get into psychology, without having done the mode 1 degree. it's possible to do a hDip in psychology, which, combined with an honours degree in a related discipline, will bring you up to the standard of the full honours degree, and will be enough to be recognised by the Irish and British Psychology Societies.

i may try and get back into psychology in the end, but i've got other interests as well that i'd like to try and pursure, i'm just really not sure where i want to go after i finish my degree.