| Adaptation and Well-Being Contributor(s): Schulkin, Jay (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521509920 ISBN-13: 9780521509923 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $97.85 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Physiology - Medical | Neuroscience |
| Dewey: 612.022 |
| LCCN: 2011002439 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9" (1.25 lbs) 212 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Recently, an interest in our understanding of well-being within the context of competition and cooperation has re-emerged within the biological and neural sciences. Given that we are social animals, our well-being is tightly linked to interactions with others. Pro-social behavior establishes and sustains human contact, contributing to well-being. Adaptation and Well-Being is about the evolution and biological importance of social contact. Social sensibility is an essential feature of our central nervous systems, and what have evolved are elaborate behavioral ways in which to sustain and maintain the physiological and endocrine systems that underlie behavioral adaptations. Writing for his fellow academics, and with chapters on evolutionary aspects, chemical messengers and social neuroendocrinology among others, Jay Schulkin explores this fascinating field of behavioral neuroscience. |
Contributor Bio(s): Schulkin, Jay: - Dr Schulkin is currently a Research Professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics and in the Neuroscience Department at Georgetown University, as well as a Member of the Center for the Brain Basis of Cognition at Georgetown. His research investigates the neuroendocrine basis of behaviour and his current interests include the evolution of information molecules, such as CRH, oxytocin, behavioural adaptation and the brain. |