: Toward an Understanding of the Prosocial and Antisocial Brain
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\ Michael Numan.
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Elsevier
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: Academic Press
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, 2015
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xi, 345 pages
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:illustrations (some color)
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Index
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An introduction to neural systems -- Basic genetics and epigenetics -- Aggressive behavior -- Sexual behaviors and sexual differentiation -- Parental behavior -- Monogamy and the formation of enduring social attachments between mating partners -- Human sociality -- References -- Index.
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"The Neurobiology of Social Behavior presents a comprehensive and multilevel analysis of the neural regulation of prosocial and antisocial behaviors in mammals. An important feature is the integration of animal and human studies that span research from molecular and developmental neurobiology, behavioral neuroscience, and social, cognitive, and affective neuroscience. The book begins with two chapters dealing with functional neuroanatomy and molecular genetics. This introduction is followed by chapters on aggression, sexual behaviors and sexual differentiation, parental behavior, monogamy, and human sociality. All chapters integrate animal and human studies, but the final chapter deals with highly developed human social characteristics, such as empathy, trust, cooperation, and altruism. By emphasizing basic research on the neurobiology of a variety of social behaviors, and appreciation is gained on how a breakdown or dysfunction within social neural circuits an lead to pathological outcomes. Therefore, most chapters integrate research on normal and abnormal social behaviors. The social pathologies discussed include intermittent explosive disorder, pedophilia, abusive and neglectful parenting, autism, and psychopathy." --