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Author Schulkin, Jay

Title Adaptation and well-being : social allostasis / Jay Schulkin
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 204 pages) : illustrations
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Evolutionary Perspectives and Hominoid Expression -- 2. Cognitive Competence and Cortical Evolution -- 3. A Window into the Brain -- 4. Chemical Messengers and the Physiology of Change and Adaptation -- 5. Social Neuroendocrinology -- 6. Cephalic Adaptation: Incentives and Devolution -- 7. Neocortex, Amygdala, Prosocial Behaviors
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Psychoneuroendocrinology.
Sociobiology.
Brain -- Evolution.
Adaptation (Physiology)
Allostasis.
Well-being.
Human comfort.
Neuropsychology.
Evolution (Biology)
Neuroendocrinology.
Neuropsychology
Allostasis
Biological Evolution
Brain -- physiology
Neuroendocrinology
Sociobiology
Adaptation, Physiological
evolution.
comfort (sensation)
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
MEDICAL -- Physiology.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Human Anatomy & Physiology.
Neuropsychology
Neuroendocrinology
Human comfort
Evolution (Biology)
Adaptation (Physiology)
Allostasis
Brain -- Evolution
Psychoneuroendocrinology
Sociobiology
Well-being
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011002439
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