Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Clinical psychology > Psychotherapy
|
Buy Now
Hormones and Social Behavior (Hardcover, 2008 ed.)
Loot Price: R5,765
Discovery Miles 57 650
|
|
Hormones and Social Behavior (Hardcover, 2008 ed.)
Series: Research and Perspectives in Endocrine Interactions
Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days
|
SocialBonding,aProductofEvolution: anIntroductiontotheVolume
Mechanisms underlying reproductive and maternal functions or coping
represent the
initialstructuringforcebehindmanysocialbehaviors.Theyareaccompaniedbysel-
tivehormonalenvironmentsaimedatfacilitatingor
stabilizingthem.Sexandadrenal steroids are major players in the
regulation of reproductive functions and coping challenges, but
other hormones also participate in a variety of social behaviors
(in
particular,oxytocinandvasopressin,twophylogeneticallyveryoldmoietiesoriginally
associated with maternal care and water balance) and are receiving
increasing att- tion. Their role is highlighted in the present
volume, which gathers contributions to
theColloqueMedicineetRecherche"HormonesandSocialBehavior"organizedbythe
FondationIPSENinDecember 2007.
Whatisthekeytounderstandingtherationaleofhormonalsubstratesofbehavior?
Evolution, of course. Higher manifestations of social behavior have
evolved from -
productivebehavior,characterizedbyErnstMayras"theleadingedgeofevolutionary
change." As formulated by one contributor to thisvolume, however,
"the evolutionary increase in neocortex seen in primates has
induced a signi?cant emancipation of - havior from hormonal
determinants, and in parallel, an increasing role for intelligent
socialstrategies"(Keverne 2008). In so-called "lower" mammalian
animals, many social behaviors are closely - pendent upon the
olfactory system, a component of autonomous regulation of such
importancethatitexpressesalargeproportionofallreceptorgenespresentinthebrain.
Whenonelooksat"higher"mammalssuchasprimates,olfactorycontrolbecomesless
stringent. Olfactory structures exhibit the same number of receptor
genes, but a large number are transformed into non-coding
"pseudogenes." In parallel, hormones i- tially targeted on
physiological functions become increasingly associated with more
diversi?edcognitivefunctions.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.