In the mid-20th century, integrative efforts began concerning
the brain and its social and humanistic functions. These efforts
were led by Paul D. MacLean's integrative research and thought. As
the century ended, however, such efforts were lost in the surge of
new effort in brain and genome research. Nobel Prizes were awarded
on biochemical and cellular findings relevant to psychiatry.
Findings on these levels seemed to provide ultimate answers.
By contrast, Cory, Gardner, and their contributors provide a
more comprehensive view by extending MacLean's findings and
integrative theory. Supported by new findings and extended by
critical analyses of current work, the collection provides
foundations for more integrative efforts that the editors and
contributors believe will prevail increasingly in coming decades.
Looked at from another vantage point, therapeutic, social,
economic, and politial sciences have proceeded wtihout operating
theories congruent with, or based on, brain functions.
Across-species perspectives have been lacking. This collection
redresses this problem and leads the way toward more comprehensive
21st century research on the one hand, and practical applications
on the other. Multiple approaches extend from modeling efforts to
across-species comparisons, to the basic science of psychiatry to
theoretical explanations of political and economic systems. But
most important, these essays abolish the Berlin wall that currently
separates the brain from its social functions. A major guide for
scholars, students, and researchers involved in the neurobehavioral
sciences, for psychologists, psychiatrists, and others involved
with human clinical sciences, and for social scientists concerned
with the impact of the nervous system and its function.
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