Introduction to Behavioral Pharmacology There are hundreds, if not thousands, of substances that are used to modify behavior. While different classes of substances have known effects, one has only to see a group of people drinking to excess to recognize that not everyone responds in the same way to a given substance. Why do substances have the behavioral effects they do, and why do in... more »dividuals vary in their responses to them? This book provides a conceptual framework for answering such questions. It includes the following chapters:
Thomas Byrne and Alan Poling on Principles of Behavior Analysis Alan Poling and Thomas Byrne on Principles of Pharmacology Lisa Baker, Thomas Morgan, and Alan Poling on Neuropharmacology Alan Poling and Thomas Byrne on Assessing Drug Effects in Non-Humans Susan Snycerski, Sean Laraway, and Alan Poling on Basic Research with Humans Alan Poling, Thomas Byrne, and Thomas Morgan on the Stimulus Properties of Drugs Alan Poling on the Variables that Influence Drug Action Scott H. Kollins, Kristal Ehrhardt, and Alan Poling on Clinical Drug Assessment Sean Laraway, Susan Snycerski, Thomas Byrne, and Alan Poling on Drug Abuse« less