Social Neuroscience and Public Health - Foundations for the Science of Chronic Disease Prevention (Paperback, 2013 ed.)

The field of public health is primarily concerned with understanding and improving physical health from a large group perspective (i.e., communities and whole populations). The field of social neuroscience, on the other hand, is primarily concerned with examining brain-behavior relationships that unfold in a social context. Both of these are rapidly developing fields of inquiry, and their boundaries have only recently begun to overlap. This book discusses collaborative research findings at the intersection of social neuroscience and public health that promise to fundamentally change the way scientists, public health practitioners, and the general public view physical health within the larger social context. Eighteen chapters are organized under the following major sections: cognition and health outcomes; neuroscientific aspects of health communication; health behavior and the neurobiology of self-regulation; neurobiological processes in health decision making; ecological and social context; neuroscience methods; and future directions.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2015
First published:	2013
Editors:	Peter A. Hall
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	318
Edition:	2013 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4899-9131-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Physiological & neuro-psychology Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Neurosciences Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Personal & public health > Health psychology Promotions
LSN:	1-4899-9131-X
Barcode:	9781489991317

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