Biological Psychology

Kelly Lambert is a behavioral neuroscientist interested in experience-based neuroplasticity. She enjoys teaching such courses as Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical Neuroscience, and Neuroplasticity Seminar. She and her students are interested in using preclinical animal models to learn more about the neurobiology of stress, resilience, depression, parenting, and natural enrichment.

In addition to publishing more than seventy research articles, Dr. Lambert has published two textbooks (Biological Psychology and Clinical Neuroscience) and three mainstream books (Lifting Depression: A Neuroscientist's Hands-On Approach to Activating Your Brain's Healing Power, The Lab Rat Chronicles: A Neuroscientist Reveals Life Lessons from the Planet's Most Successful Mammals, and, most recently, Well-Grounded: The Neurobiology of Rational Decisions.

Dr. Lambert's work has been featured on several news outlets including the National Geographic Radio Show, Big Picture Science, To the Best of Our Knowledge, WIRED, and CBS Sunday Morning. Her behavioral research was described in her 2019 TEDx Bermuda talk.

Dr. Lambert is an outstanding educator and researcher and has received multiple teaching awards:
BL Virginia Professor of the Year (awarded by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching)
BL Outstanding Faculty Award (awarded by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV)
BL VFIC Hiter Harris Memorial Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
BL International Behavioral Neuroscience Society Career Achievement Award

Part I: The Brain in Context
Chapter 1 Introduction to Biological Psychology

Part II: The Nervous System: Essential Components
Chapter 2 The Nervous System: Structure and Function
Chapter 3 Cells and Circuits
Chapter 4 Neurochemistry, Neuropsychopharmacology, and Drug Addiction
Chapter 5 Evolving Brains: Neural Development, Neuroplasticity, and Recovery of Function

Part III: The Nervous System: Essential Functions
Chapter 6 Sensation, Perception, and Adaptation
Chapter 7 Movement
Chapter 8 Maintenance and Motivation
Chapter 9 Sleep, Wakefulness, and Conscious Awareness

Part IV: Neurobiology in Action
Chapter 10 Emotional Expression and Regulation
Chapter 11 Friends and Lovers: Affiliative and Reproductive Strategies
Chapter 12 Learning, Memory, and Decision Making
Chapter 13 Mental Illness

Appendix: Major Research Methods in This Text

Glossary
References
Credits
Name Index
Subject Index