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Handbook of Psychology Preface xiiiIrving B. WeinerVolume Preface xvRandy J. Nelson and Sheri J. Y. MizumoriContributors xxv1 BEHAVIORAL GENETICS 1Stephen C. Maxson2 EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY 26Russil Durrant and Bruce J. Ellis3 COMPARATIVE VISION 52Gerald H. Jacobs4 VISUAL PROCESSING IN THE PRIMATE BRAIN 81Chris I. Baker5 COMPARATIVE AUDITION 115Cynthia F. Moss and Catherine E. Carr6 AUDITORY PROCESSING IN PRIMATE BRAINS 157Jon H. Kaas, Barbara M. J. O'Brien, and Troy A.Hackett7 COMPARATIVE LOCOMOTOR SYSTEMS 176Karim Fouad, David Bennett, Hanno Fischer, and AnsgarB¿uschges8 NEURAL MECHANISMS OF TACTILE PERCEPTION 206Steven S. Hsiao and Manuel Gomez-Ramirez9 THE BIOPSYCHOLOGY OF PAIN 240Magali Millecamps, David A. Seminowicz, M. Catherine Bushnell,and Terence J. Coderre10 TASTE AND OLFACTION 272Patricia M. Di Lorenzo and Steven L. Youngentob11 FOOD AND FLUID INTAKE 306Timothy H. Moran and Randall R. Sakai12 SEXUAL BEHAVIOR 331Elaine M. Hull and Juan M. Dominguez13 SLEEP AND BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS 365Stephanie G. Jones and Ruth M. Benca14 MOTIVATIONAL SYSTEMS: REWARDS AND INCENTIVE VALUE 395Ryan T. LaLumiere and Peter W. Kalivas15 EMOTION 422Paul J. Whalen, M. Justin Kim, Maital Neta, and F. CarolineDavis16 STRESS, COPING, AND IMMUNE FUNCTION 440Angela Liegey Dougall, Minhnoi C. Wroble Biglan, Jeffrey N.Swanson, and Andrew Baum17 ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON DEVELOPMENT OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM461Laura Petrosini, Debora Cutuli, and Paola De Bartolo18 COMPARATIVE COGNITION 480Edward A. Wasserman and Leyre Castro19 BIOLOGICAL MODELS OF ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING 509Jeansok Kim, Richard F. Thompson, and Joseph E.Steinmetz20 MEMORY SYSTEMS 551Howard Eichenbaum21 SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS, SOCIAL COGNITION, AND THE EVOLUTION OFMIND IN PRIMATES 574Robert M. Seyfarth and Dorothy L. Cheney22 THE NEURAL BASIS OF LANGUAGE FACULTIES 595Chantel S. Prat23 NEURALLY INSPIRED MODELS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES 620Eduardo Mercado III and Cynthia M. Henderson24 NORMAL NEUROCOGNITIVE AGING 643Bonnie R. Fletcher and Peter R. RappAuthor Index 665Subject Index 725