Ayşe Meltem Sevgili, Bengi Ünal, Bora Baskak, Çağrı Temuçin Ünal, Damla Sayar Akaslan, Güray Koç, lkan Tatar, Metehan Çiçek, Nakşidil Torun Yazıhan, Nihal Apaydın, Nurcan Orhan, Nurcihan Kiriş, Pınar Kurt Augereau, Rukiyye Çınar, Seren Düzenli Öztürk, Simge Aykan, Sinan Yetkin, Sirel Karakaş, Zekeriya Yelboğa Multidisciplinary research on the biological basis of our behavior is of great interest in our country as well as all over the world. This book, which is an original work in the field of physiological psychology, has been prepared by experts in the field of psychology, neurosciences, physiology, anatomy, neurology, psychiatry, language and speech therapy departments of different universities. In the book, the path from physiological psychology to cognitive neuroscience is genetics, neural transmission, nervous system, brain development, psychopharmacology, visual and non-visual sensory systems, motor system, language, memory, learning, emotions, social cognition, eating-drinking-reproductive behaviors and sleep. topics are covered. In these chapters, firstly, the historical development of the subject is discussed, then the biological mechanisms underlying the behaviors are explained and the subjects are enriched through current studies. In the Physiological Psychology book, which includes the topics at the intersection of physiology, anatomy and psychology, care was taken to include not only Western-based studies but also original studies made in our country. Attention was paid to ensure that the language of the book was fluent, plain and understandable; topics were supported with diagrams, pictures and graphics priority has been given to preparing the chapters in a way that the reader can read with pleasure and easily understand. This book we hope that it will be a resource that will help experts and students working in the fields of psychology, psychological counseling and guidance, psychiatry and neuroscience to discover the biological basis of behavior.

Dicle Dövencioğlu, Elif Aysimi Duman, Güneş Ünal, İnci Ayhan, Nihan Alp, Nur Soylu Yalçınkaya "This book; It consists of studies that uniquely address issues that have emerged as a result of several centuries of theoretical and empirical discoveries, contradictions and even tides in the history of psychology. The articles in the book show how wide the conceptualization level of psychology is, from the gene/environment interaction that largely determines our lives to the perception in the social environment. In addition, the book covers techniques ranging from animal models to MRI and EEG, and explains how and why psychology research has benefited from these methods. Apart from this scope and original content, another aspect that makes this book valuable is that it is in Turkish. Unfortunately, the dominance of English and its universality as the language of science brings with it the publication and dissemination of most of the researches in this language. Although the existence and prevalence of a lingua franca is important because it enables all scientists in the world to agree with each other, it is obvious that Turkish must be a scientific language and a means of communication. For this reason, I hope that this book will be an encouraging factor for young scientists to bring their ideas and products into our language.”
Reşit Canbeyli
Bogazici University