•Coins the term "molecular psychology" to describe cutting-edge methodology that investigates the nerual bases of behavior. •Compiles and applies research across clinical neuroscience, genetics, psychology and other fields to study behavior and its neural underpinnings. •Molecular methods cover candidate genes, genome-wide association studies, copy number variations, gene expression studies, and epigenetics. •Assembles an interdisciplinary team of leaders and specialists across an array of fields. Determining the biological bases for behavior, and the extent to which we can observe and explain their neural underpinnings, requires a bold, broadly defined research methodology. The interdisciplinary entries in this handbook are organized around the principle of "molecular psychology," which unites cutting-edge research from such wide-ranging disciplines as clinical neuroscience and genetics, psychology, behavioral neuroscience, and neuroethology.
For the first time in a single volume, leaders in diverse research areas use molecular approaches to investigate social behavior, psychopathology, emotion, cognition and stress in healthy volunteers, patient populations, and an array of non-human species including rodents, insects, fish, and non-human primates. Chapters draw on molecular methods covering candidate genes, genome-wide association studies, copy number variations, gene expression studies, and epigenetics while addressing the ethical, legal, and social issues to emerge from this new and exciting research approach.
Readership: Psychologists with a biological orientation and neuroscientists with an interest in behavior (using both animal models and humans); clinicians in mental health (clinical psychologists and psychiatrists); researchers in cognitive, behavioral, social, and clinical neuroscience; graduate students in neuroscience and psychology.
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