The Neurobiology of Parental Behavior

ISBN-13: 9781441918277 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 418 str.

Michael Numan; Thomas R. Insel

Opis

Departing from cognitive neuroscience this volume addresses the emotional and motivational aspects of the brain biology of various animals. The results of this line of research are then examined and the implications for human beings assessed and documented.

Recenzje

From the reviews:

"What Numan and Insel have produced is a clearly-written text explaining how maternal motivation and behaviour are regulated by neurobiological systems, and how these systems are themselves regulated by genes and environments that differ between females and therefore yield variation in maternal behaviour and offspring development. ... The study of behavioural causation is fascinating and vitally important, and reading this book should inspire many a PhD student, including in primatology, to want to conduct their doctoral research in this field." (Christopher Pryce, Primate Eye, June, 2005)

Spis treści

Introduction * Hormonal and Nonhormonal Basis of Maternal Behavior * Experiential Factors Influencing Maternal Behavior * Motivational Models of the Onset and Maintenance of Maternal Behavior and Maternal Agression * Neuroanatomy of Maternal Behavior * Neurochemistry and Molecular Biology of Maternal Behavior * Paternal Behavior * Neural Basis of Parental Behavior Revisited * Human Implications

O autorze

Among the membership of the Society for Neuroscience, the largest
subset of researchers are those working in behavior. There are
numerous courses offered at the graduate level examining these issues
in neuroscience, behavioral science, psychobiology, psychology, and
evolutionary biology programs. This first volume in a new series
examines these vital questions.