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Recent neuroscience research makes it clear that human biology is
cultural biology - we develop and live our lives in socially
constructed worlds that vary widely in their structure values, and
institutions. This integrative volume brings together
interdisciplinary perspectives from the human, social, and
biological sciences to explore culture, mind, and brain
interactions and their impact on personal and societal issues.
Contributors provide a fresh look at emerging concepts, models, and
applications of the co-constitution of culture, mind, and brain.
Chapters survey the latest theoretical and methodological insights
alongside the challenges in this area, and describe how these new
ideas are being applied in the sciences, humanities, arts, mental
health, and everyday life. Readers will gain new appreciation of
the ways in which our unique biology and cultural diversity shape
behavior and experience, and our ongoing adaptation to a constantly
changing world.
As widespread social transformations have been paralleled by gains
in health and life expectancy through public health and other
improvements, a variety of other challenges to health have emerged,
particularly in lifestyle related, behaviourally mediated changes
in rates of chronic disease. Hormones, Health and Behavior looks at
the relationship of human biology and human society at the
intersection of behavior, hormones and health. There is both
scientific interest and practical urgency behind the ideas and
findings presented here, as the need for a socio-ecological view of
function and well-being has become more apparent. This book
documents an emerging understanding of how hormones create linkage
between behavior or social life and health. It will inform graduate
students and researchers interested in human sciences, human
development, anthropology, epidemiology, public environmental and
reproductive health.
As widespread social transformations have been paralleled by gains in health and life expectancy through public health and other improvements, a variety of new obstacles to health have emerged. Lifestyle-related, behaviorally mediated changes in rates of chronic disease are the most prevalent of these new challenges. This book examines the relationship between human biology and human society, and how behavior, hormones, and health intersect. There is both scientific interest and practical urgency behind the ideas and findings presented here, as the need for a socioecological view of function and well-being has become more apparent. This book documents an emerging understanding of how hormones create the linkage between behavior or social life and health.
This interdisciplinary book offers a unique exploration of the
formative effects of children's early life experiences, with an
emphasis on interactions among neurodevelopmental, behavioral, and
cultural dynamics. The authors draw on insights from
psychobiological, clinical, and cross-cultural comparative research
that maps the robustness of these developmental dynamics across
species and societies. Multidisciplinary case studies focus on
specific periods of development, or windows of susceptibility,
during which caregiving and other cultural practices potentially
have a long-lasting impact on brain and behavior. Chapters describe
in detail: how social experience interacts with neurodevelopmental
disorders; how epigenetic mechanisms mediate the effects of early
environment; the interaction of temperament and environmental
influences; the implications of early life stress or trauma for
mental health and well-being; and the cultural shaping of sexual
development and gender identity. The authors also explore key
aspects of and common experiences associated with modern childhood,
including teasing, bullying, the function of social play, emotional
regulation, and management of attention disorders. The final
section translates insights from this work into a fresh appraisal
of child-rearing practices, clinical interventions, and global
public health policy that affect the mental health and well-being
of children around the world.
This interdisciplinary book offers a unique exploration of the
formative effects of children's early life experiences, with an
emphasis on interactions among neurodevelopmental, behavioral, and
cultural dynamics. The authors draw on insights from
psychobiological, clinical, and cross-cultural comparative research
that maps the robustness of these developmental dynamics across
species and societies. Multidisciplinary case studies focus on
specific periods of development, or windows of susceptibility,
during which caregiving and other cultural practices potentially
have a long-lasting impact on brain and behavior. Chapters describe
in detail: how social experience interacts with neurodevelopmental
disorders; how epigenetic mechanisms mediate the effects of early
environment; the interaction of temperament and environmental
influences; the implications of early life stress or trauma for
mental health and well-being; and the cultural shaping of sexual
development and gender identity. The authors also explore key
aspects of and common experiences associated with modern childhood,
including teasing, bullying, the function of social play, emotional
regulation, and management of attention disorders. The final
section translates insights from this work into a fresh appraisal
of child-rearing practices, clinical interventions, and global
public health policy that affect the mental health and well-being
of children around the world.
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