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• Epigenetics is the study of all mechanisms of inheritance other than the genetic code and its expression.
• Consciousness - the perception or awareness of some aspect of one’s self or the world.
• Biopsychology is the scientific study of the biology of behavior.
• Biopsychology - denotes a biological approach to the study of psychology rather than a psychological approach to the study of biology
• Psychology is the scientific study of all overt activities of the organism as well as all the internal processes that are presumed to underlie them (e.g., learning, memory, motivation, perception, emotion).
• Biopsychology did not develop into a major neuroscientific discipline until the 20th century.
• The publication of The Organization of Behavior in 1949 by Donald Hebb played a key role in biopsychology's emergence.
• Biopsychologists are neuroscientists who bring to their research a knowledge of behavior and the methods of behavioral research.
• Biopsychology is an integrative discipline.
• Biopsychologists draw together knowledge from other neuroscientific disciplines and apply it to the study of behavior.
• Neurochemistry. The study of the chemical bases of neural activity.
• Neuroanatomy. The study of the structure of the nervous system.
• Neuroendocrinology. The study of interactions between the nervous system and the endocrine system