About the Author
Dr Heather McLannahan joined the Faculty of Science at the Open University in 2000, principally to write in the area of Health Sciences, having previously been a tutor on the Science Foundation course. Since 2000, she has actively contributed to the course materials for four Open University courses, including
Human Biology,
Biopsychology,
Signals and Perception: the Science of the Senses, and
Issues in Brain and Behaviour: Ageing and Addiction.